There are one too many Jordons at Chapel Hill these days, according to Cam Newton.<\/p>\n
The former Heisman and MVP-winning quarterback called out North Carolina\u2019s new head football coach, Bill Belichick, for being a distraction to the team as his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, continues to make headlines.<\/p>\n
\u201cI find it extremely interesting for a person who always led with this: \u2018Do not be a distraction,’\u201d Newton said in a TikTok clip. \u201cWe talking more about Jordon Hudson than talking about who\u2019s our starting quarterback. You can\u2019t name me three players on North Carolina\u2019s roster right now besides Jordon Hudson.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow you have that same situation with a 16-year-old that you\u2019re trying to recruit. And you got to talk to his momma? This ain\u2019t a good look.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cam Newton says Bill Belichick is now a distraction. TikTok, 4thand1<\/p>\n
Newton notes that Belichick had consistently talked about eliminating distractions while the coach of the Patriots dynasty, notably in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n Newton played for Belichick in 2020 when he was benched for rookie Mac Jones.<\/p>\n Former Patriots legend Julian Edelman recently noted how the drama involving Hudson had become exactly what Belichick aimed to avoid in Foxborough.<\/p>\n \u201cThe No. 1 thing we used to talk about all the time in New England was distractions. \u2018Let\u2019s not make distractions. The game\u2019s already as hard as it is. To prepare for it, to play, to coach.\u2019 And regardless of what her role is, Jordon, yeah, I thought he got an unfair public opinion on the whole thing, because that happens all the time,\u201d Edelman said on \u201cThe Herd with Colin Cowherd.\u201d<\/a> \u201cAnytime we do behind-the-scenes this, that, you\u2019ve got someone that represents you, they\u2019re gonna jump in.<\/p>\n \u201cBut now that it\u2019s gained and it\u2019s snowballed to what it\u2019s become right now, where we\u2019re talking about it three weeks later, it\u2019s become a distraction. That\u2019s what we all think right now. This is becoming a distraction. We gotta practice what we preach here.\u201d<\/p>\n Belichick has done anything but that in recent months and Newton adds that college players could get a bit spiteful with their coach, considering his relationships problems aren\u2019t that different than those one of his student-athletes may be encountering.<\/p>\n Hudson, 24, could be the same age as a graduate assistant on his staff and just a few years older than an upperclassman on his roster. <\/p>\n Bill Belichick is pictured with girlfriend, 24-year-old Jordon Hudson. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con<\/p>\n \u201cIn the NFL locker room, we would laugh at this,\u201d Newton continued. \u201cAs a teenager, I could compartmentalize this person as being my coach and take heed of what he\u2019s saying. And be able to not throw that back at him and say, \u2018Eh, what you got going on, coach? Got girl problems just like me?’\u201d<\/p>\n The drama surrounding Belichick and Hudson has only intensified in recent weeks.<\/p>\n Hudson interjected multiple times in an interview with \u201cCBS Sunday Morning,\u201d saying her 73-year-old boyfriend would not be answering a question about how they met.<\/p>\n Belichick later released a statement knocking CBS for \u201cselective editing\u201d and not sticking to a discussion about his book, and he also defending his girlfriend\u2019s action.<\/p>\n Belichick has said that Jordon Hudson has nothing to do with UNC football. Jordon Hudson \/ Instagram<\/p>\n CBS denied that this interview was supposed to solely focused on the book and instead was a wide ranging discussion within the bounds of a prior agreement.<\/p>\n After mass backlash came from all avenues, Belichick did a recent interview with ESPN and firmly declared that Hudson<\/a> \u201cdoesn\u2019t have anything to do with UNC football.\u201d<\/p>\n Some have speculated that Belichick won\u2019t ever coach on UNC sidelines. AP<\/p>\n