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Here’s how Panthers QB Cam Newton’s new normal is supposed to work. But will it?

Seizing on a reporter’s reference last week, Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera agreed that resting Cam Newton’s sore throwing shoulder during the week was the “new normal” for the team’s seventh-year quarterback.

Except it’s not entirely new.

The Panthers used the same approach with Newton to get him to the finish line in a disappointing 2016 season, and then again at training camp this summer when Newton was coming off rotator cuff surgery.

Rest, rinse, repeat.

Newton seems to be caught in a rough spin cycle.

He takes it easy during the week to prevent further wear and tear on the shoulder, lacks touch and rhythm on Sundays because of his limited practice repetitions, and then has to do it all over again the following week because of soreness caused by his gameday workload.