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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Quarterback Cam Newton has agreed to a offer with the Carolina Panthers that will bring him back to the staff that he assisted reach the Tremendous Bowl in 2015, it was declared Thursday.
The offer, which is pending a actual physical, is worth up to $10 million for the remainder of the year, like $4.5 million guaranteed and a $1.5 million roster reward, a resource explained to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Panthers, who selected Newton with the first all round decide in the 2011 draft, produced him following the 2019 season after he’d struggled for various many years with shoulder and foot accidents. They commenced a new routine with mentor Matt Rhule at that time.
The Panthers (4-5) started looking for choices at quarterback after starter Sam Darnold experienced a shoulder harm Sunday that will sideline him four to 6 weeks.
P.J. Walker is established to start Sunday’s sport versus the Arizona Cardinals (8-1). Matt Barkley is also on the roster.
Rhule mentioned the staff was contemplating any and all options, but he would not get into “hypotheticals” when asked particularly about Newton.
“My task is to check out to win appropriate now,” Rhule stated Wednesday. “Our enthusiasts usually are not paying out money to observe us gain in two several years. At the very same time, you might be attempting to make a Super Bowl-caliber group. So it truly is a balancing act of undertaking what’s correct extensive-time period and hoping to gain at the exact time. Numerous instances these are the identical matter.
“There are four groups in the NFC with more than 6 wins. Everybody else is about like us. Plenty of teams appropriate now in the NFL are making an attempt to figure out how to get earlier .500, and have a excellent yr and acquire in the second half of the calendar year. … My job is to attempt to win.”
Newton, the 2015 NFL MVP, began 15 game titles for the New England Patriots in 2020 just before getting released in training camp this calendar year soon after the crew determined to go with rookie Mac Jones as the starter.
Newton skipped 3 techniques ahead of the year many thanks to what the Patriots identified as a COVID-19 protocol “misunderstanding,” but Invoice Belichick explained the quarterback’s vaccination position failed to issue into the final decision to release him.
The 32-year-previous Newton, in a video clip printed to his YouTube channel very last month, explained he’s been vaccinated and wishes to continue on playing.
“Hell yeah, I still want to enjoy football,” Newton mentioned in the video clip. “I even now get that urge to go out and accomplish and do some thing that I have been accomplishing considering that I was 7 many years aged.”
Newton previous played for Carolina in the next recreation of the 2019 period right before staying sidelined with a Lisfranc injuries suffered in the third preseason recreation.
In nine seasons with Carolina, Newton handed for 29,041 yards and 182 touchdowns, and rushed for 4,806 yards and 58 touchdowns. He threw for 35 touchdowns and ran for 10 much more during his MVP period.
