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Bill Belichick says Cam Newton's hand injury is 'nothing serious,' but still won't practice

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick did something surprising on Thursday: he gave an injury update on a player.

That player is quarterback Cam Newton, who left practice last Friday with a reported bone bruise in his throwing hand. Aside from a report the next day saying that Newton was likely to miss time during this week's OTAs, there hadn't been any update about him.

Until now, that is. During a media session on Thursday, Belichick deviated from his normal practice of telling reporters to refer to the injury report and gave an update on Cam.