Cam Newton is interested in backing up Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa

<div> <figure> <img alt="Carolina Panthers v Tampa Bay Buccaneers" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/CHe-HhJyG5ZHPcNGPA2PMOhup1c=/0x0:3148x2099/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72159519/1363675423.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> <p>Is there enough room for another quarterback on the Miami Dolphins?</p> <p id="4SnRVp">Former NFL MVP Cam Newton is hoping to land on an NFL roster after recently throwing passes at <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35913893/cam-newton-throws-more-30-passes-auburn-pro-day">Auburn’s pro day in late March</a>. </p> <p id="QVWp7E">On Wednesday, Newton took to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHRsjSVeg2A">his Youtube channel</a> and suggested nine quarterbacks he would be interested in backing up. </p> <p id="hZkb4q">“There’s a narrative that’s out there that says, you know, Cam does not want to be a backup,” Newton said. “I never said I didn’t want to be a backup, so I’m going to take this time to explain who and what situation I would want to be a backup to and for.”</p> <p id="cdbZ48">The list included Lamar Jackson (<a href="https://www.baltimorebeatdown.com/">Baltimore Ravens</a>), Josh Allen (<a href="https://www.buffalorumblings.com/">Buffalo Bills</a>), Justin Fields (<a href="https://www.windycitygridiron.com/">Chicago Bears</a>), Deshaun Watson (<a href="https://www.dawgsbynature.com/">Cleveland Browns</a>), Jalen Hurts (Philadephia Eagles), Malik Willis (<a href="https://www.musiccitymiracles.com/">Tennessee Titans</a>), Sam Howell (Washington Commanders), Aaron Rodgers (maybe the <a href="https://www.ganggreennation.com/">New York Jets</a>) and Miami’s Tagovailoa. </p> <div id="NTlRDZ">“There’s a narrative that’s out there that says, you know, Cam does not want to be a backup,” he said. “I never said I didn’t want to be a backup, so I’m going to take this time to explain who and what situation I would want to be a backup to and for.”</div> <p id="rP2Ozf">“Some of those guys may already have penciled-in backups that the franchise is probably OK with, and that’s fine,” Newton said. “I’m just voicing my opinion and I’m just getting the narrative out. And I didn’t want nobody kind of to assume or live in this false bravado like, ‘Yeah, right, Cam. Hang it up. Your heyday is over with.’</p> <p id="gBYlap">“The truth of the matter is, yes, I am 33, soon to be 34, and I do believe that I have a talent that not a lot of people have. But on another front, there’s so much that I can provide that somebody provided for me in my overall growth.”</p> <p id="t93IoX">Newton added that his phone hasn’t rung this offseason and with that in mind, it’s hard to imagine that the <a href="https://www.thephinsider.com/">Dolphins</a> reach out to the former Panthers and Patriots quarterback. </p> <p id="r8R5Ck">Not only did Miami pick up <a href="https://www.thephinsider.com/2023/3/20/23648334/miami-dolphins-officially-exercise-quarterback-tua-tagovailoas-fifth-year-option-2023-nfl">Tagovailoa’s fifth-year option this offseason</a>, but it also signed former Jets quarterback <a href="https://www.thephinsider.com/2023/3/22/23651704/mike-white-happy-to-come-home-and-play-quarterback-for-miami-dolphins">Mike White to a two-year contract</a>. The Dolphins kept three quarterbacks on the roster last year and it’s hard to imagine that the team would move on from Skylar Thompson for Newton after starting a playoff game for the franchise last season. </p> <p id="SqZs1x"></p> <p id="VEyNyu"></p> </div>