Report: Cam Newton to start throwing next week

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Cam Newton will take another step next week toward putting a disappointing 2016 season behind him.

He will throw for the first time since his shoulder surgery in late March, according to the team’s website.

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This will keep Newton on target to be ready for training camp.

A year after being named league MVP and reaching the Super Bowl, Newton’s passer rating sank to a career-low 75.8 and the Panthers fell to 6-10.

Newton threw 19 touchdown passes and 14 interceptions, and said that he played the last four games with a partially torn rotator cuff. He’ll have not only a repaired shoulder but a couple of new weapons at his disposal in 2017. No. 8 overall draft pick Christian McCaffrey figures to be a multi-dimensional running back and second-round wide receiver Curtis Samuel ran the second-fastest 40 time at the combine (4.31).

If Newton can again become the type of quarterback who ran for 10 touchdowns two years ago, the Panthers’ offense could be scary.

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