NFL Report states Cam had "substantial" knee damage

[CarolinaSunday]

I know there's a thread about the concussion finding, but I thought this might warrant its own thread:

In the NFL investigation on whether the Panthers followed concussion protocol after the hit to the eye that Cam took, an interesting nugget was buried.  The reason Cam awkwardly fell to the ground was because he could not bend his knee.  From the NFL.com article: 

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Per the investigation, when "Newton elected to 'take a knee' while coming off the field, he did so in an awkward fashion because he could not bend his right knee normally."

"He had an MRI a day later and it showed substantial damage and a lot of swelling, that's the reason he can't fully bend it as he goes to the ground," Sills told Rapoport.

 

I had not heard about a knee injury before.  I saw tweets indicating be does not need surgery but I don't love the "substantial" descriptor. 

[Mr. Scot]

The team actually mentioned Cam having a knee injury when they were discussing what happened on the field. 

We took it as a dodge since their initial story had been that they told him to fake an injury to get an official time out.

Sad to hear it's true.

[arbnranger]

Yea just heard that on NFL radio 

[therealmjl]

nvm read the topic

[TheRed]

He's one of the toughest QB's this league has ever seen.

It's a shame our fanbase doesn't appreciate him more.

He nearly shreds his knee carrying the run game, and you've got people losing their minds over footwork.

[uncfan888]

If you have a hundred million dollar qb constantly putting his body on the line cuz the running game is total poo without him, this kinda stuff is going to happen. 

Please give him some help this offseason 

[therealmjl]

2 minutes ago, TheRed said:

He's one of the toughest QB's this league has ever seen.

It's a shame our fanbase doesn't appreciate him more.

He nearly shreds his knee carrying the run game, and you've got people losing their minds over footwork.

He throw off his back foot dood

[TheRumGone]

4 minutes ago, TheRed said:

He's one of the toughest QB's this league has ever seen.

It's a shame our fanbase doesn't appreciate him more.

He nearly shreds his knee carrying the run game, and you've got people losing their minds over footwork.

You are getting so tiresome

[luke nukem]

knee injuries are never good but if the MRI revealed that he didn't need surgery then there is nothing to really worry about... He's got 7 months to heal.

[TheRed]

2 minutes ago, TheRumGone said:

You are getting so tiresome

Do I cry to you about your posts on the reg? Nut up dude.

[Cary Kollins]

at least there's not three meaningless regular season games for Rivera to throw Cam out there

 

[TheRumGone]

Just now, TheRed said:

Do I cry to you about your posts on the reg? Nut up dude.

You are everywhere saying the same poo over and over again. I’m thinking you might actually be insane.

[TheRed]

2 minutes ago, TheRumGone said:

You are everywhere saying the same poo over and over again. I’m thinking you might actually be insane.

Here we go again with the awkward psychoanalysis.

I dont care.

[CarolinaSunday]

9 minutes ago, luke nukem said:

knee injuries are never good but if the MRI revealed that he didn't need surgery then there is nothing to really worry about... He's got 7 months to heal.

I'm glad they are saying he doesn't need surgery now. I'm just concerned that they used "substantial" to describe the damage they found. Sounds like there could be a potential ticking time bomb situation. Hopefully I'm over-reacting. 

I also hope they don't change their mind in March and decide then that he DOES need surgery.