Injuries: Greg Olsen (foot) cleared for everything (via NFL.com)

Tight end Greg Olsen said he’s been “cleared for everything for a while now,” but Panthers teammate Cam Newton hasn’t thrown yet and there’s no timetable for the quarterback.

Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen’s road to recovery from a foot injury has gone well so far.

Olsen reportedly “moved around well” during Wednesday’s organized team activity, which marked the second day of OTAs for the Panthers. And he’s apparently getting on-field work without much or any medical restrictions.

“I’ve been cleared for everything for a while now,” Olsen told reporters, via Jourdan Rodrigue of the Charlotte Observer.

Olsen landed on injured reserve in early December, so he certainly had time to recover. His availability in 2019 will be a key for the Panthers’ offense when considering he has missed 16 games, including seven in 2018, over the past two seasons.

When healthy, Olsen is one of the NFL’s top tight ends as evidenced by three straight 1,000-yard receiving campaigns from 2014 to 2016 before the injuries.

While the Panthers have good news on Olsen’s status, the team continues to err on the side of caution with quarterback Cam Newton, who underwent shoulder surgery in January and didn’t throw Wednesday.

On Wednesday’s episode of the RapSheet and Friends podcast, Panthers owner David Tepper shared his thoughts on Newton and where things stand at this point in the offseason.

“Cam has been working really hard this offseason, doing different types of training than he’s done in the past,” Tepper told NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport. “I think he has a good perspective on things and he is our quarterback, unquestionably, and he’s the guy. I think new and improved Cam will be better than he ever was. That’s what I’m looking forward to.”

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