It turns out that during the 2016 season the Carolina Panthers benched Cam Newton for wearing a tie, but that the quarterback never missed a snap after partially tearing the rotator cuff in his throwing shoulder.
The Panthers revealed Tuesday that Newton will have surgery on his throwing shoulder on March 30 in Charlotte to repair an injury he sustained Dec. 11 in a home game against San Diego. The plan is for Newton to be healthy by the time training camp rolls around in late July.
But I will take that plan with a grain of salt, in part because the original plan was for Newton to rehab his shoulder with some R&R this offseason.