On Tuesday, the Carolina Panthers announced that franchise quarterback Cam Newton will have surgery to repair a partially torn rotator cuff on March 30. The announcement came along with the revelation that the injury was discovered in a December MRI after Newton was hurt in a game against San Diego.
That directly contradicted the confirmations made at the time by head coach Ron Rivera and Newton himself that the MRI “came back clean.”
On Friday, Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman was asked directly about the contradictons in a small media gathering – which he opened by stating that he really “had nothing to add” to the report, given to the Panthers in-house media by head athletic trainer Ryan Vermillion.