Cam Newton ran for two touchdowns in his debut for the New England Patriots on Sunday, leading his new team to a 21-11 victory over the Miami Dolphins.

As stellar as Newton played — and as amusing as it was to see the Patriots deploy a totally different offensive approach than they did with Tom Brady — the game-plan may not be sustainable. The 31-year old QB carried the ball 15 times for 75 yards and threw for 155 yards on 15-for-19 passing.

The confident quarterback dismissed concerns about his body holding up over the course of the season. In fact, Newton believe he's gotten wiser as a ball-carrier as he's evolved.

“I just feeling like that’s just how my running style has kind of morphed over the years,” New Patriots QB Cam Newton told WEEI, via Boston.com. “I just feel like I’ve gotten better at it. From the time that I got into the league until the time now, people always see the running amount, but at the same time, the toll on the runner is not always the same as a running back, so to speak.

Newton missed almost the entirety of the 2019 season due to a Lisfranc injury to his left foot, and underwent surgery on his right shoulder the year prior. Yet, he doesn't foresee changing his style despite the constant questions about his long-term health.

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“Every year, a new discussion comes up about it’s not smart to run, it’s not smart to do this or that, but at the end of the day, I just feel like whatever is a necessary way we have to go about winning a football game, that’s what you have to do,” the Patriots veteran said. “If I’m asked to block, I’m just going to do that. If I’m asked to run a route, I’m going to go do it.”

Cam Newton also refuted any rumblings that he injured his hamstring in the Week 1 win, and described himself as “victoriously sore” after his Patriots debut.

Newton went on to explain that as a quarterback, he's in a unique position to either surrender before getting hit or deliver the blow himself.

“I think quarterbacks…have this invisible role to be able to get down in the open field, because they don’t have to finish the run as other positions would like to do. So either I’m the hammer and not the anvil, delivering the blow, or at the end of the day I can get down and, like they all say, live to fight another day.”