Cam Newton Returns For Patriots’ Mandatory Minicamp, Stephon Gilmore Holding Out

Patriots starting quarterback Cam Newton has returned to the field. He participated in the team’s first mandatory minicamp workout without restriction after missing the final three voluntary workouts last week with a hand injury. But Stephon Gilmore, the team’s top cornerback and the 2019 NFL defensive player of the year, was one of several players absent. Gilmore skipped the team’s 10 voluntary workouts. He’s entering the final season of the five-year, $65 million deal he signed in 2017. The $7.5 million he could earn this season would rank him 25th among NFL cornerbacks in 2021.