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(AP) — four months after surgery on his throwing shoulder.Panthers coach Ron Rivera isn’t worried.Rivera downplayed Newton sitting out of passing drills at organized team activities (OTAs) on Wednesday, saying it’s a “really big not-that-big-of-a-deal.” Rivera said there’s still no timetable for when Newton will begin throwing again, but remains optimistic the 30-year-old QB will be ready to practice when the team opens training camp in late July.“What (the medical staff) is doing is taking it day-by-day and week-by-week and evaluating,” Rivera said. “They will just continue to go through the process, but there is no timeframe.”The Panthers say Newton underwent an “arthroscopic procedure” Jan. 24 after struggling to throw the football more than 20 yards downfield last season because of shoulder discomfort and lack of arm strength.The 2015 league MVP watched organized team activities (OTAs) Wednesday wearing a blue hoodie with a red No. 1 practice jersey over the top, but didn’t throwing any balls.Rivera said he’s seen progress with Newton off the field.“I’m very optimistic and I think he’s done a great job” with rehabilitation Stitched Matt Paradis Jersey , Rivera said. “We will just continue to go forward with it until we are told what he can and can’t do.”Newton was not made available for comment after practice, but told The Associated Press on May 10 that his throwing shoulder is “getting there.”This isn’t the first time Newton has missed offseason practice time while recovering from shoulder surgery.He had surgery in March of 2017 on the same shoulder and missed all of OTAs and most of training camp recovering from surgery to repair a partially torn rotator cuff. The Panthers still wound up making the playoffs that season.With Newton out, rookie third-round draft pick Will Grier from West Virginia and last year’s backups Taylor Heinicke and Kyle Allen took the reps under center.“I think the biggest plus for us that we have three guys that we thinking can help us at quarterback and we are giving them every opportunity,” Rivera said. “We are rolling guys through and each guy is playing with a different group every day, so I think that will help the guys around them and for those guys to assimilate to their teammates.”Rivera is particularly excited to see what a healthy Newton will do under center in his second season working under offensive coordinator Norv Turner.“The first year definitely was a learning experience and unfortunately the arm weakness came up,” Rivera said. “… I am anticipating a nice big step for everybody in the system.”NOTES: Professional golfer Harold Varner III took in practice from the sideline as a guest of Rivera. The Panthers coach has befriended Varner Youth Shaq Thompson Jersey , who grew up in nearby Gastonia, North Carolina. Varner received a text message from Rivera after shooting a disastrous 81 in the final round of the PGA Championship on Sunday, which knocked him out of contention. Rivera told Varner to “keep his head up” and if he keeps working “good things will happen.” Varner said Wednesday, “We keep in touch and talk about life, football, everything.” Ed. Note - For those of you who enjoyed this series last year Stitched Shaq Thompson Jersey , we’ve decided to change it up for 2018. Instead of focusing our attention on the head coach of our opponent, we’ve opened it up to anyone affiliated with the organization. So, instead of “Ron Rivera looks like...” you’ll get a collection of jokes about other folks as well. We hope you enjoy this updated format. -BSSince we have a bye this Sunday (and therefore no opponent), the CSR staff decided to have a little fun at the Panthers’ expense by borrowing the ‘looks like game’ concept from The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz on ESPN.Ed. Note 2.0 - The Looks Like Game is the best thing that anyone does at ESPN and it’s not even close. If you’ve never experienced it before I highly recommend it. Trust me.Below is a collection of our best efforts to figure out exactly what/who people from the Panthers organization look like. Feel free to discuss your favorite ones in the comments section, and you can even provide your own if you feel up to it.Disclaimer: This is all in good fun. We’re not trying to hurt anyone’s feelings here, so if you happen to stumble across this and find your name mentioned Youth James Bradberry Jersey , we sincerely hope you understand that we’re mostly kidding.CSR looks like: Panthers edition...Cam Newton looks like a modern art museum had sex with an Old Navy.Ben Jacobs looks like he frequently attempts to take down The Old 96er at his local steakhouse.Ron Rivera looks like a weatherman for a small tv station who gets really excited when he gets to use the green screen.Ryan Kalil looks like the guy who tries way too hard during pickup sports games.Greg Olsen looks like a down on his luck guy who will do anything to get his foot in the door.Norv Turner looks like a guy who would tell you all the ailments brought on by the medications he takes if you’re in line with him more than 45 seconds.Taylor Heinicke looks like the guy your freshman daughter brings home from college that you secretly hate but have to pretend to like while she’s around.J.J. Jansen looks like he performs magic at retirement homes.Ron Rivera looks like the worn out police detective who’s mailing it in until he’s eligible for retirement in 8 months.Norv Turner looks like the dad who can’t understand why anyone would want to upgrade to HDTV when his 13” black and white tv “works just fine”.Christian McCaffrey looks like a guy who would be really angry that Beta house is ruining the crystal image of fraternities on his campus.Norv Turner looks like he’s really good at backgammon.Eric Washington looks like a corrections officer.Lance Taylor looks like a guy who constantly berates an umpire at his kids little league baseball game.Look Kuechly looks like he has gone to the same barber for 30 years.John Matsko looks like he has been Luke Kuechly’s barber for the last 30 years.Norv Turner looks like the guy who is always at Applebee’s trying to shoot the breeze with strangers at the bar.Ron Rivera looks like a security guard for a parking lot who takes his job way too seriously.Christian McCaffrey looks like his father’s favorite child.Luke Kuechly looks like a guy who your wife probably wishes you looked like, but will spare your feelings anytime you comment on that fact.John Matsko looks like he whistles loudly while he urinates.Michael Palardy looks like the guy doing a keg stand in the parking lot of a Kenny Chesney concert.Cam Newton looks like the millennial version of Prince.Colin Jones looks like a guy who spends his life advising you on your finances.Devin Funchess looks like the token black guy in a horror movie.Shaq Thompson looks like Devin Funchess’ best friend in said horror movie.Graham Gano looks like he tells everyone that he’s an NFL player but fails to mention that he’s a kicker.Dontari Poe looks like the one bouncer at the club that you do NOT mess with.Amini Silatolu looks like the one bouncer at the club that everyone sneaks around without paying their cover charge.Norv Turner looks like he tries to impress people by pulling a quarter from behind their ear.Ron Rivera looks like he mows his lawn a second time for that perfect checkerboard look.Christian McCaffrey looks like the random patron in every SportsClips commercial.Julius Peppers looks like that guy who lives on your block that is really nice but you can tell you should stay on his good side.David Mayo looks like he sells essential oils in his spare time.Greg Olsen looks like the high school girls’ soccer coach that all the soccer moms talk about how “yummy” he looks during the games.Captain Munnerlynn looks like that uncle that insists on playing 1-on-1 basketball at all the family reunions so he can ‘show all these young cats how its done’.Graham Gano looks like a narc.Mike Adams looks like he is two months away from being in a Polident commercial.Which ones are your favorites, Panthers fans?Discuss.