The Carolina Panthers (6-8) will sit quarterback Cam Newton for the final two games of the season, a league source said on Wednesday.
Newton has been dealing with shoulder soreness and a limited range of motion almost a year after surgery to repair a partially torn rotator cuff.
He began appearing on the Panthers’ injury report as “limited” in Week 8, which head coach Ron Rivera said was a return to Newton’s “new normal” in which the quarterback is limited in practice on Wednesdays and some Thursdays.
Newton was on this schedule every week in 2017, which was the season after he had the surgery.