SPARTANBURG Ryan Kalil Color Rush Jersey , S.C. (AP)Panthers right tackle Daryl Williams tore the medial collateral ligament and dislocated the patella in his right knee Saturday at training camp practice at Wofford College.The team said there is no timetable for his return.Williams was engaged with two pass rushers during 11-on-11 team drills when his knee bent back awkwardly. Several players gathered around Williams and others took a knee while the crowd went silent. He was carted off the field.Rivera said it was difficult for players to resume practice after watching what happened because Williams is so liked.”We were kind of floating right there, especially on the offensive side,” he said. ”You could feel it and it takes a little wind out of your sails a little bit. But after that period we refocused.”Williams, entering his contract season Graham Gano Jersey , has started 28 games and played in 39 during his three seasons in Carolina. He started all 16 games at right tackle last season. Pro Football Focus ranked Williams as top right tackle in the NFL last season and the third-best offensive tackle overall.Taylor Moton, the backup right tackle, said Williams is one of his best friends on the team. He immediately took a knee to pray.”He’s been a great mentor to me, just watching how he plays day in and day out Julius Peppers Jersey ,” Moton said. ”He was a (second-team) All-Pro tackle last year and he means a lot to the team.”Rivera called the injury ”a tough one,” saying Williams is a ”big part” of the offense.”We will keep our fingers crossed,” Rivera said. ”In the meantime, Taylor is going to have to step up and take advantage of the opportunity to get better.”Said Moton: ”Wherever coach puts me I am going to give it my 100 percent best effort. If it’s at right tackle DJ Moore Color Rush Jersey , so be it. I feel comfortable and confident.”— For all the jokes that have been made about Panthers quarterback Cam Newton‘s offseason rehabilitation strategies, there’s a reality that he can’t deny.He’s turning 30 next month. He has two years remaining on his contract. And he’s coming off shoulder surgery, which creates reasonable layers of doubt about his future.He’s taking all of this personally.Via Marcel Louis-Jacques of the , Newton said in his latest vlog entry that he’s putting all of his energies into this comeback.“I’m going through a trying time in my life James Color Rush Bradberry Jersey , where I need things that’s going to make me better,” Newton said. “I’m coming off surgery on my shoulder and there’s a lot of people that’s kind of counting me out. There’s also new talent coming in that wants my spot, for whatever it’s worth. It’s also things that I’m seeing through the lens of, ‘Cam lost a step.’“I’m trying to knock all that [expletive] out the park because when I’m focused Ian Thomas Jersey , I’m dangerous.”Newton was only a danger to himself last year, as he played far past the point he was effective on the field. The Panthers’ 6-2 start turned into a seven-game losing streak and pressure mounted, but he kept playing when it was clear he couldn’t throw the ball downfield.If the Panthers aren’t looking seriously at quarterbacks in this draft, they should be. Even if you assume Newton will be perfectly well this year Curtis Samuel Color Rush Jersey , they need a better grade of backup than they rolled with last year. If they pretend that a guy like Kyle Allen (who was unemployed for nearly two months before they brought him back to the practice squad and he ended up starting and playing OK against a Saints team that wasn’t really trying in the finale) is a real answer, that’s more of a wish than a plan.Regardless, Newton seems to be approaching this year as if his future is very much up in the air. And until he returns to the field and in something resembling his MVP form, it sort of is.