As Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton continues to rehab a surgically-repaired Lisfranc injury on his left foot, a source with knowledge of the situation told The Athletic on Monday that the team believes he is likely to pass his physical/be cleared for some football activity in March.



But because of the ambiguous and delicate nature of a Lisfranc injury, the team will be careful with his return to full team activities, and, the source said, has discussed limiting him through spring workouts in early April and May (the Panthers can begin these workouts in advance of the standard schedule because they have a new coaching staff).



That is, if Newton is still a Carolina Panther by that time.



Questions about Newton’s future have swirled since he suffered the Lisfranc injury in the 2019 preseason, and escalated after the firing of former head coach Ron Rivera, who drafted Newton in 2011 and coached him during his 2015 MVP season. Now in a rebuild, the...