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The Panthers are back from the bye week and Kyle Allen will be back at quarterback.Coach Ron Rivera ended any potential suspense over his quarterback situation Monday by declaring Allen the team's starter when the Panthers visit the unbeaten San Francisco 49ers this Sunday.Allen is 4-0 as Carolina's starter this season since taking over for the injured Cam Newton.Rivera said Newton will work with trainers this week at practice Arik Armstead Jersey , but wouldn't say how much — if at all — the 2015 league MVP will practice. Newton has missed four games with a mid-foot sprain and hasn't practiced since a Week 2 loss to Tampa Bay.Rivera said Newton has been "tremendous" and has done everything the team has asked of him while rehabbing his foot."He will be with the trainers and will be out there doing the things we need him to do," Rivera said. "We're not going to put any pressure on Cam. He has gone above and beyond as far as working with the other quarterbacks and helping them along the way."Rivera said the injury has been difficult on Newton, but added "at the end of the day we've got to be smart and make good decisions going forward."The Panthers (4-2) return to practice Tuesday.Allen, who went undrafted in 2018, has helped dig the Panthers out of a 0-2 hole to start the season. He has the fourth-best QB rating (106.6) in the league.Rivera said this will be Allen's biggest test yet.He'll face a 49ers' front seven that is loaded with former first-round draft picks and ranks No. 1 in overall defense. San Francisco is also first in pass defense Frank Gore Color Rush Jersey , allowing just 133.5 yards per game through the air while yielding just 10.7 points per game.Rivera said it's unclear if Newton will travel with the team this weekend. He has not been on the sideline for Carolina's past four games, as the team has not wanted him to be needlessly standing on his foot for several hours.Rivera said Allen is getting more and more comfortable the more he's played."The more he plays, the more comfortable he gets and the more his confidence builds," Rivera said. "You see quick decisions, you see quick feet. And that's been huge. And probably the one thing I appreciate is that he's learning to protect the ball better."Allen has not thrown an interception this season https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Bradley-Pinion-Jersey , but has turned the ball over four times on fumbles. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and comedian Dave Chappelle are among eight people being honored by Harvard University for their contributions to black history and culture, the university announced Thursday.All eight recipients of the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal will be honored Oct. 11 by the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard.“The medal honors those who have made significant contributions to African and African-American history and culture, and more broadly, individuals who advocate for intercultural understanding and human rights in an increasingly global and interconnected world Laken Tomlinson Jersey ,” the Hutchins Center said.Kaepernick, formerly of the San Francisco 49ers, created a firestorm when he began kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 to protest police brutality and social injustice. He has more recently been the centerpiece of an advertising campaign by Nike.He has donated and helped raise millions of dollars for organizations fighting social injustice, and founded the Know Your Rights Camp.Chappelle is a writer and producer who has appeared in several movies, hosted his own show on Comedy Central and earned a Grammy and two Emmys.The other honorees are Kenneth Chenault Terrell Owens Color Rush Jersey , chairman and a managing director of General Catalyst; Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Pamela Joyner, founder of Avid Partners, LLC; psychologist and author Florence Ladd; Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; and artist Kehinde Wiley.“Emerging from a variety of backgrounds and professions https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Joshua-Garnett-Jersey , each represents the quest for knowledge, freedom of expression, and pursuit of truth that are foundational to black history and culture, and that were foundational to Du Bois as a thinker and activist,” said Henry Louis Gates Jr. George Kittle Jersey , director of the Hutchins Center.