Cam Newton Injury: Updates on Panthers Star’s Ankle and Return

March 18, 2014   ·   Joseph Zucker   ·   Jump to comments

First, the Carolina Panthers lost all their wide receivers via free agency. Now, the guy who's supposed to throw the ball to what few wideouts are left is going in for surgery. Needless to say, it's not a great start to the offseason for Carolina.   
The team confirmed that star quarterback Cam Newton is set to have ankle surgery on Wednesday, per Joe Person of The Charlotte Observer:
The Panthers said that Newton has been dealing with ankle soreness since the season ended:
The star QB could be out for four months:
With that timetable, Newton would be out until around July or August. That would mean that the Panthers might not have their starting QB for the first game of the preseason. At the very least, he's likely to miss organized team activities, per NFL.com's Ian Rapoport:
ESPN Stats and Info sheds light on just how much contact Newton has endured over the course of the last three seasons:
This news is the cherry on top of what has been...

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