Interesting conversation this week...

[Bruce]

Matt Moore = Broadway Joe?

[ncdrifter]

Well, if Fox doesn't like Moore he must hate Joe Flacko. Flacko is the most laid back unexcitable QB I have ever seen!

[rippadonn]

And watch it evolve as the offseason continues or at least I hope it does. I hoe that Rip work s with him and helps him develop more of a killer instinct. After all if your leader lacks one, how will it develop?

The last few games has proven that he's as good as or equal to Delhomme and better than David Carr or Vinny Testaverde. If one can lead by example in a game he has done so. We started putting up points in a big way and our turnovers dropped dramatically.

Killer instinct or not he's playing at a high level and winning games. I fully support him starting in 2010. He has said in another interview that he was going to work even harder this off season. He must have gotten the message.

[punkpanther]

I dont give a crap if he sits around reading high times and somking a bong all week, if he wins on sunday its good enough for me

[Pimpdaddy]

What really bothers me is Fox really didn't know who gave us the best chance to win...

[God]

People act like Jakes intensity is some god attribute. IMO that is when he became the most vulnerable to throw a pick.

[SMACKDAB]

Yep. Everyone sees Moore talent and figure with time and maturity he will develop the intensity he needs. He has the tools to be good he just needs the drive to be the best. Maybe like Williams did in 2008, he will see that he can make the jump to outstanding rather than adequate.

Here is my problem. Fox went down that road once before with Weinke(his dislike for him), yet kept him around, now he is doing the same thing again????? Has he not learned anything? Even that wasn't enough to make him address the QB situation for the future to this very day, and that is what befuzzles the sh!t out of me!

One word.......stubborn.

[Matt Foley]

I talked to a few players on the team, and here is what they told me. Bunch of the guys really liked Zod's fight song...you know...tick tack quarterback, cats say meow?....and after meetings they would get together with Fox and they would all sing it together. One day Moore walked by and said "that song is so ghey."

Don't kill the messenger.

[pantherfan49]

And watch it evolve as the offseason continues or at least I hope it does. I hoe that Rip work s with him and helps him develop more of a killer instinct. After all if your leader lacks one, how will it develop?

Assuming Moore lacks the killer instinct (wouldn't you rather have talent and results), then the D and Smitty will more than make up for it.

[panthers55]

I want my QB to be laid back, there seems to be an assumed association with laid back and lazy or uncaring. I'm laid back and am very passionate about things.

The Mannings are both laid back and that shouldn't matter as kong as they give it their all on the field, regardless of demeanor.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1030919/index.htm

Likewise, Manning says outsiders can be fooled by his own affable exterior. "If people think I'm a laid-back guy" he says, "that's their mistake." Yes, he makes an effort to be friendly, chatting up rookie free agents at minicamps and talking with well-wishers at airports and restaurants. But on the field Manning can be caustic and exacting. Tight end Marcus Pollard remembers questioning Manning on a play call during practice early in the quarterback's career. "Hey," Manning snapped, "if I tell you it's Easter, you'd better hunt for eggs."

[panthers55]

Assuming Moore lacks the killer instinct (wouldn't you rather have talent and results), then the D and Smitty will more than make up for it.

Your offense is only as aggressive as your leader. if that isn't Moore we are in trouble.

[panthers55]

Well, if Fox doesn't like Moore he must hate Joe Flacko. Flacko is the most laid back unexcitable QB I have ever seen!

Does he play for Panthers? Then why would Fox care? Didn't Flacco have a passer rating of 10 last Sunday. Thought so!! Maybe he was not prepared and too laid back.

[Lumps]

Moore is a pretty laid back guy. Tends not to take things overly serious, maybe not even football as much as the next guy. This clashes with the type of player Fox likes to use. But it may also explain how Matt is able to come into big games with all that pressure and perform the way he did.

Yes, I can personally confirm this. Matt seems very care free at least to me, even close to game time. I personally think its a great thing. The first game he started it worried me but its its just his personality. I also agree that this is one of his pros when he plays for sure.

[panthers55]

I dont give a crap if he sits around reading high times and somking a bong all week, if he wins on sunday its good enough for me

I suspect they are mutual exclusive.