Pat Yasinkas on Clausen

[Jaxel]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- There was a white stretch Hummer limousine in the parking lot off the Carolina Panthers' practice fields Friday morning. For the record, it did not deliver Jimmy Clausen to his first NFL minicamp practice.

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Seems more humble than people though, but it's just one day. We'll see what Clausen is all about in the coming days.

[The Don]

welp, considering how much Pat sucks at writing... nice story. kind of pointless though if you ask me. i think everyone is stoked about having Clausen here, but not just because he may be the starter... but because Fox is doing things out of the ordinary, letting guys compete for jobs and stuff. that's exciting, there in itself.

just a side note: Tom Coughlin changed the way he coached in 2007 and won the super bowl. just sayin'.

[CarolinaKing]

I'm glad we now have a lot of talent at QB but I will always pull for Matt to be our starting QB.

[Swarly]

that was a horrible article. he had been building it up like it would be so good over the past couple days. he basically said everything we've already heard.

I won't give you a detailed play-by-play account of Clausen's first practice.

that's when I knew the article would suck.

[Lout]

Clausen isn't dumb enough to come to minicamp in a stretch limo.. he realizes the criticsm that comes with that now.. and I think it's safe to say he has matured since then. Also, dropping our of the first round is probably another check to his ego.. I think he will be a much better QB and team leader having been chosen in the 2nd round as opposed to the 1st round.