Funchess awaits a new beginning in Indianapolis."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Keep Sounding PodcastPanthers 2019 NFL DraftCSR Film RoomNFL Free AgencyCarolina Panthers free agency 2019Colts expected to sign wide receiver Devin Funchess to a one-year dealNew Youth Terry Godwin Jersey ,66commentsFunchess awaits a new beginning in Indianapolis.EDTShareTweetShareShareColts expected to sign wide receiver Devin Funchess to a one-year dealKim Klement-USA TODAY SportsAccording to reports, free agent wide receiver Devin Funchess is expected to sign a one-year deal with the Indianapolis Colts.Funchess revealed that his time was up in when he posted the video below, announcing that he was going to be playing in a different uniform next season.Your browser does not support HTML5 video.In his four years in Carolina, Funchess produced a total of 161 receptions with 2233 yards and 21 touchdowns. He showed promise at times, and he has also struggled at times. The struggles were simply too great for Carolina to spend big money on him.With Funchess leaving Blue Michael Palardy Jersey , Cam Newton currently has one less weapon to rely on. That’s just for now though. Hopefully, the Panthers have big free agency and draft plans moving forward. After all, it’s still only day one of free agency. Re-signing Funchess would have been too expensive for Carolina to do, especially with all the holes they have yet to fill. It is exciting to see Funchess get a fresh start on a new team. We’ll see if he develops faster in a new environment with Andrew Luck throwing the football to him. For the Panthers, more money is saved for bigger offseason moves in the near future. CHARLOTTE Michael Palardy Jersey 2019 , N.C. (AP) — Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has opted for surgery to repair his ailing right throwing shoulder.The team announced Newton had an “arthroscopic procedure” on Thursday and that he will begin the rehabilitation process immediately. There is no timetable listed for when he can begin throwing again.The Panthers also said the procedure was successfully performed by team physician Pat Connor.Carolina still has not disclosed the exact nature of Newton’s shoulder injury. The quarterback also had surgery in March of 2017 to repair a partially torn rotator cuff.Newton struggled all season with right shoulder problems that limited his ability to throw the ball downfield. On several occasions the Panthers substituted backup Taylor Heinicke to throw Hail Mary passes because of Newton’s lack of arm strength.Panthers coach Ron Rivera decided to hold Newton out of the final two games of the 2018 regular season with what the team deemed “shoulder soreness.”After Carolina’s 12-9 loss to the Saints on Dec. 17, Newton expressed frustration over not knowing what it would take to fix the shoulder.“When you talk to different people who can help you with it, there’s not any magical surgery or whatever. It’s just time,” Newton said at the time. “I’ve tried and done everything.”Newton said at the time he had taken anti-inflammatories, got massages and tried acupuncture.At that time he said doctors couldn’t say if he needed surgery.“I’ve been eager to go to (head trainer Ryan Vermillion’s) office Daryl Williams Jersey 2019 , weeks and weeks and weeks and kind of find out what it is. ‘Did you find something? What am I supposed to do? What do we have to do?'” Newton said. “… It is what it was, just a lot of soreness and tension in the joints.”The decision to have surgery was made earlier this week by the team and Newton’s camp.The Panthers finished 7-9 in 2018 and out of playoff contention after starting the season 6-2.The 29-year-old Newton threw for 3,385 passing yards with 24 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, but struggled mightily down the stretch and was a mere shell of his former self in the final few games he played. He barely practiced at all during the second half of the season, which appeared to throw off his timing with his receivers.Panthers owner David Tepper said last week that he wasn’t sure when Newton would be back on the field Blue Daryl Williams Jersey , but was hoping for the best.He also said the team was going to “keep its options open” at quarterback and have a backup plan in place in case Newton isn’t able to return to full strength next season.Tepper wouldn’t be opposed to a situation like Colts quarterback Andrew Luck went through. Luck sat out a season because of a shoulder injury and returned to lead the Colts to the playoffs this season.“If you told me that (Newton) took a year off and could be fully recovered and everything else and that’s what it took, an extra year, why wouldn’t you do that?” Tepper said. “Now, we would have to do other things and we’d have to go out and get another quarterback, which Mario Addison Jersey 2019 , if you could find me some more cap space, I’d appreciate that.”Newton has two years left on a five-year, $103.7 million contract.
