This is what happens...

[OneBadassCat]

I don't the think the staff would purposely hang a player out to dry at the expense of the team winning.

[Matt Foley]

I don't the think the staff would purposely hang a player out to dry at the expense of the team winning.

Yeah, I don't think for a minute they want to lose just to get him out of there. But I do think they could make the play calling much more Moore friendly. Last year they did that. This year, they know they have the guy they want in there anyway waiting in the wings.

[SmootsDaddy89]

I don't see what they did as being unfriendly to Moore. He barely threw anything until that last drive in the first half, and he was still fuging up.

Unless being Moore friendly involves only calling smoke routes, screens, and other plays from Vince Young's Book 'O Football for Dumbfugs.

[magnus]

I'm saying I think Moore has been set up to fail. Not saying the Panthers coaches are trying to lose, that's ridiculous...just that the formula that was used at the end of last season is not the same that they are using now. More, much more, is being placed on Moore's shoulders and his weaknesses are now out there for all to see. The coaches want to put pressure on Moore so that if he fails they have their excuse to go to Clausen.

yeah, because if there's anything I know about John Fox, it's that he'll lose on purpose for ulterior motives, and he loves failure. Oh, and he won't start guys he wants to start. This is all fantastically plausible, good work.

[Matt Foley]

I don't see what they did as being unfriendly to Moore. He barely threw anything until that last drive in the first half, and he was still f**king up.

Unless being Moore friendly involves only calling smoke routes, screens, and other plays from Vince Young's Book 'O Football for Dumbf**ks.

Did Moore just regress as a quarterback, despite playing with the ones since the last five games of last year? Or has the playbook become more complicated, because Clausen knows most of it (similar system as Weis's at Notre Dame)?

[SmootsDaddy89]

I just don't think he can handle pressure. That's been my concern with him since we cut Jake. He played well last season because we were eliminated from the playoffs and he didn't seriously think he'd be given a shot to be the guy next year, even with how badly Jake played.

Also he rarely was having to play from behind.

(We WOULD have kept him if JR didn't pull the trigger on cutting him this offseason.)

And even what you're suggesting is true, doesn't that just make Moore a retard, and he shouldn't be starting anyway?