Carolina Panthers left tackle Michael Oher was living in Nashville last winter rehabbing a toe surgery that ended his subpar season with Tennessee.
Oher said he’d been “left for dead” after the Titans cut him in February, until Panthers quarterback Cam Newton texted him with a lifeline.
Newton had contacted other free agents during his first four years with the Panthers trying to woo them to Charlotte. But Newton said his conversation with Oher was different.
“I didn’t say ‘I want you to be here,’ (but) I need you. That’s a difference. Want and need is two big different words,” Newton said.