Seattle Seahawks' new tight end Greg Olsen spent the last nine seasons of his NFL career with the Carolina Panthers. When Olsen went to Carolina in 2011, it was Newton's rookie season, the main attraction, and number one overall pick. 2019 was the last season in Carolina for either of the two, though. Olsen went to play with Seattle, and Newton signed a one-year deal with the New England Patriots.

While Olsen's never played for Patriots' head coach Bill Belichick, he's been around long enough to know a lot about him. And of course, being teammates with Newton for nine years, he's very familiar with the quarterback. So it should come as no surprise that Olsen has an opinion on the pairing. According to Adam London of NESN.com, Olsen shared his opinion on the Newton-Belichick dynamic.

“…I think, you know, from talking to guys that have played in New England, I think the public persona of Bill is one thing — and I’m sure there’s truth to some of that — I think behind closed doors he understands what each of his players individually needs,” Olsen said Wednesday on ESPN’s “First Take.”

“The support they need, the space they might need at times to bring out their best. If you look across Belichick’s coaching career, he’s coached a lot of different styles of players. The one thing he’s going to learn about Cam is no one wants to win more than him, nobody’s gonna come every day and practice harder and train harder and prepare better. The things that Cam does so well are pretty much that whole ‘Patriot Way’ of everything is about winning. Cam is going to check all those boxes, so I don’t think they’re going to have any issues on that front. Is he going to dress different after the game than some of the other quarterbacks? Of course. Cam is his own person. But never at any moment does it ever take away his willingness and his preparation to go out there and win first and foremost. I think that would resonate with all coaches around the league, not just in New England.”

Olsen sees no problems between the quarterback and the head coach. He highlights Newton's need to win and talks about how hard he trains and prepares.

Olsen believes that will make him and Belichick mesh immediately. As for Newton's style, that shouldn't matter either.

The tight end thinks that it will all come down to how he plays and how hard he practices, not about what he wears. And Belichick will love everything about Newton, the player. So nothing else will get in the way of that.