Mike Tolbert says Panthers contain mismanaged Cam Newton’s injuries for ‘previous two or three years’

Cam Newton has taken several shots at the Carolina Panthers this offseason, suggesting his outdated crew no longer only twisted his words a couple of doable commerce out of city but then gave up on him by cutting him loose. Now one amongst Newton’s outdated teammates has joined the birthday celebration, with retired three-time Educated Bowler Mike Tolbert telling The Athletic on Monday that the Panthers wronged Newton both before and throughout his departure.

Asked by Joe Particular person whether the Panthers erred by waiting to free up Newton rather late in free company in preference to give him beyond regular time to potentially acquire a job for the 2020 season, Tolbert build apart it bluntly: “Yes.” After which he went on to criticize the crew for extra.

“They’ve been doing him rotten timing-wise for the previous two or three years, if you ask me,” said Tolbert, who spent 2012-2016 with the Panthers. “It goes again to his shoulder surgical design. All people knew his shoulder used to be messed up in the heart of the 300 and sixty five days two years ago. However they wait until offseason will get able to open to contain shoulder surgical design. Is no longer wise. Timing’s off. As rapidly as he got anguish (final) preseason against the Patriots, they contain been announcing, ‘Oh, he is got a high-ankle sprain.’ … However you wait ’til December for him to beg you to contain surgical design. He wouldn’t contain been on the market Week 1 and a pair of. He wouldn’t contain been on the market presumably ’til Week 4 or 5, at minimal.”

No topic whether the Panthers did, in actuality, misdiagnose Newton’s injuries, the quarterback’s medical historical previous might per chance very successfully contain prevented him from landing a fresh home as much as this point. With all 32 NFL crew services and products shuttered for bigger than the most critical two months of free company amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Newton used to be unable to put together any in-particular person physicals with groups no topic lacking all but two video games in 2019 due to the a Lisfranc break. He’s conducted 16 video games lawful once in the final four years.