Jake Delhomme would suck as a back-up!

[OneBadassCat]

Jake Delhomme would be a good back up for the right price. But it has to be set in place that Moore is the future period. Time on the bench would give Jake a chance to better evaluate his game, and even Moore's game. I believe Jake would do all he could to help Moore. I do see whole leadership thing to be a potential issue but I think most of the players know that Jake is done. If Jake is really uncomfortable with that then he can go some where else. Carolina would still be the best place for him to succeed, whether it be as a starter or a back up and mentor.

[AceMan]

Usually I agree with you on pretty much everything. But I think do to Jake's history with the Panthers he would be a distraction as a backup. It would be better to just let him go and hopefully he can find another situation and maybe turn it around ala Kurt Warner. He cast too big a shadow if we truly want Moore to be the man imo. Plus he is like the apple in the garden of eden to John Fox. Better to just get that temptation away from him completely.

I have to agree with this. Fox has already said that he would have a hard time benching Delhomme...Delhomme has been bad for 2 seasons now...he is done! Keeping him as a back-up is foolish. Imagine if we had to insert him in a game...you really think we can win with Delhomme? Name one game where Delhomme has played average and I can name you twice as many where Delhomme has played downright awful! Delhomme has just about single-handily RUINED our season this year even though I would throw in alot of blame to Fox as well. We can find much better back-ups with starter potential. Just pay the man and cut him.

Also, paying a back-up 13 mil with no future with the team is stupid. We might as well take the hit now and put someone on the roster with some actual skill instead of wasting it on a has been who is ruining his legacy more and more each week.

[panthers55]

Usually I agree with you on pretty much everything. But I think do to Jake's history with the Panthers he would be a distraction as a backup. It would be better to just let him go and hopefully he can find another situation and maybe turn it around ala Kurt Warner. He cast too big a shadow if we truly want Moore to be the man imo. Plus he is like the apple in the garden of eden to John Fox. Better to just get that temptation away from him completely.

I understand the fear response to get rid of Jake at all cost but I don't know that it can't work out for him to stay. Especially given what we have to pay anyway. I am also convinced that Jake may have good stretches in him. But I am in the minority of that count for sure.

[pantherpain]

I understand the fear response to get rid of Jake at all cost but I don't know that it can't work out for him to stay. Especially given what we have to pay anyway. I am also convinced that Jake may have good stretches in him. But I am in the minority of that count for sure.

Is this Jake's mom....you really do love stroking Jake.

[panthers55]

Is this Jake's mom....you really do love stroking Jake.

Realist and someone who can look at the elements and make a decision. Just like if Jake was going to cost us 13 million and we could dump him without consequence, I would be the first one saying he should go. There is no question right now he isn't worth 13 million. That is not the issue at all. The issue is why in the world would you pay for something and discard it now, when you can work with it, evaluate it, and decide in 6 months what to do without consequence. The first seems hasty and emotionally driven while the second is reasoned, logical and thought out.

Because some of you have such a negative emotional response to a player causing you to fashion hasty rash judgements, you can't see the wisdom is letting things play out and evaluating them over time. To color my response as extreme fails to acknowledge the overwhelming evidence to support a patient approach.

Things have really gone awry when a patient, considered approach is now an extreme attitude far right of the general consensus to change things no matter the consequence or reward.

[bigdog10]

I got not problem with the panthers keeping him,

as long as he is our third string QB

[panthers55]

I got not problem with the panthers keeping him,

as long as he is our third string QB

Yeah lets bash Fox for not opening up things as a competition in the past but then advocate for the same thing to happen next year because it is Jake. Yeah thats a rational opinion.

[Squirrel]

I got not problem with the panthers keeping him,

as long as he is our third string QB

That would mean no rookie to groom for the future. Im still not sold on Moore and the more I look at it the more I'm not.

[Mother Grabber]

I'm a lot more sold on Moore, than I am on Jake.