Love You Jake! Was the only shot to win next year!

[twylyght]

I have been reading these forums for about 6 years and decided it was about time I make an account. While I have followed Carolina for most of my life, I truly did not have a true NFL team allegiance till I started following Jake on the Saints when Mike Ditka picked him up and later got traded to the Panthers.

I love the Panthers and hope we do well with Matt Moore next year but this move is nothing more than a ploy to please the disillusion Matt Moore fans and justly pissed off Panther fans. While Jake understandably lost it last year after his elbow surgery, he had only one good wide receiver to throw to and our special teams SUCKED! Jake will be able to beat good teams next year but I don't see how Matt Moore has the skills to beat a team like the Saints when they have something to play for. Jake is an easy scape goat for a VERY below average team.

I really hope we make a tone of moves for 2010 because Matt Moore is NO solution to this team's problems!

For our team to win, we need a signal caller that will protect the ball and be accurate. Jake wasnt that guy. He single handedly cost us at least 3 games last year and was probably more like 5. If Moore provides those aforementioned qualitites, then you will see just how valuable those traits are in the NFL.

[ThPantherFan]

Oh boy. I apologize for clearly offending so many people. I realize the dislike of Jake is very justified I just do not understand the amount of hate many posters here seem to have for him and the lack of blame for any other aspect of the team (minus Fox).

As for my support of Jake, I never knew it was not allowed to look up and respect an athlete. I am a Panther fan first and foremost and have never and will never support any other team. When Jake was picked up by the Panthers, I was fighting for a starting spot on my HS football team and Jake was the kind of "never give up" athlete that I looked up to. Before 1995 the Panthers were not a team so many Panther fans have become fans from following a favorite football player. I don't see how that is wrong? I moved from North Carolina when I was very young to Chicago and hated The Bears especially after they fired Mike Ditka where I followed him on the Saints and later Jake (who he picked up). I remember hating the Saints when it was clear Jake deserved to be starting over an injured Aaron Brooks.

I forgot the different atmosphere of this forum compared to the baseball forum I frequent. I just do not see how the team I watched last year, minus Peppers and Jake, will be playoff contenders with a mostly unproven Matt Moore. Obviously there is a lot more time in the off season and I hope Matt Moore and the Panthers dominate the division next year!

Go Panthers!

It might be a good idea for you to change your screen name. In my personal opinion, people don't like what you've posted and that may distort their view of future post.

[Zod]

People who change from team to team because of one player are fairly useless from a sports fan perspective.

[Neylus]

I disagree with this. Jake was better than average. WAS. His best statistical season came without Steve Smith, and there were no crazy acrobatic catches from Muhsin Muhammad that year. If Jake had one issue with Smith throughout his career, it was that he forced the ball to him too much. Jake was a baller in his time. That time is over, but calling him average is a travesty.

Moose made a ton of leaping acrobatic grabs in 04'. Just saying.

[jtaylor13]

I have been reading these forums for about 6 years and decided it was about time I make an account. While I have followed Carolina for most of my life, I truly did not have a true NFL team allegiance till I started following Jake on the Saints when Mike Ditka picked him up and later got traded to the Panthers.

I love the Panthers and hope we do well with Matt Moore next year but this move is nothing more than a ploy to please the disillusion Matt Moore fans and justly pissed off Panther fans. While Jake understandably lost it last year after his elbow surgery, he had only one good wide receiver to throw to and our special teams SUCKED! Jake will be able to beat good teams next year but I don't see how Matt Moore has the skills to beat a team like the Saints when they have something to play for. Jake is an easy scape goat for a VERY below average team.

I really hope we make a tone of moves for 2010 because Matt Moore is NO solution to this team's problems!

You Jake lovers are funny.Bad games ok. But explain why Jake would almost knock down the defender with the ball.Hell the other teams should have put receivers to guard panther receivers.Then explain why (DON'T HIT ME jake) would just throw the ball up and prey.Maybe if Jake would have run a few times he could have made plays.And Fox well he is a joke.Jake did what he was paid for.Poorly yes but he did what he was hired to do.Fox job was to put in players to get the job done.If jake was sucking then fox should have pulled him.Why was fox and crew out getting retired oq's and winky ol yes that fat looser.Panthers should have been looking for a qb.Hell how many does the team have before jake was caned.5 4 and none are good????

Get a real QB.