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We've got the top 20 mat of your preseason power rankings for the NFL.

I'll run through the first 21 through 32 that we covered yesterday before we get into the top 20. The New England Patriots went from 21 to an

unknown number here in the top 20. I'm interested to see how high you think they jumped

with the addition of Cam Newton. I just saw from Adam Schaefter that the Patriots were the only

team to offer Cam Newton a contract, which is somewhat surprising. A former NFL MVP quarterback

that was a free agent that's only 31 years old going into his age 31 season that

couldn't get a job. That's that's one thing that I think is when people look back and be like,

and it was almost like, and correct me if I'm wrong here, Matt, sort of league wide and fans of the

NFL and maybe even you and I, we were like, okay, well, why hasn't Cam signed?

Maybe the Chargers, maybe the Patriots, maybe a couple other teams would seem like a fit.

Patriots signed Cam, and then it's a big, oh, crap.

They just allowed the Patriots to do that, didn't they?

And it all becomes very clear.

All of a sudden, a lot more Cam Newton fans out there in the world.

Yeah, I mean, that is amazing. And that team does

hold a lot of weight and it's deserved. I mean, their success in what Belichick brings to the

table is really unmatched in the league, obviously. And if we take that at face value and Adam knows

his stuff, I mean, let's say that that was the only contract that was offered to

Cam. I think that's a little bit of malpractice by some GMs out there. I mean, I really look at

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