Will Clausen really get a chance?

[Jpjr]

Cam does have boom or bust potential.....however his athleticism alone will keep him from being Clausen level horrific. Clausen only plays if Cam and the vet get injured or both are horrific. I think odds are against that.

You don't start Clausen and hand the keys to Cam. If you go that route you start a vet.

You are assuming the Panthers land a vet capable of starting. Unless your talking about a Keith Null, not a lot of guys want to come in to a place that just drafted a franchise QB. For example, good luck getting Hasselbeck to come here as a free agent without paying him a starters salary...

I've followed Clausen for a while and happen to think that he severly underperformed his potential while Cam overperformed last year at Auburn. While I have no illusions about him beating out Cam, I think some people that only know Clausen by his performance last year will be surprised at what they see this year.

This should all be sorted out in the preseason...

[CRA]

You are assuming the Panthers land a vet capable of starting. Unless your talking about a Keith Null, not a lot of guys want to come in to a place that just drafted a franchise QB. For example, good luck getting Hasselbeck to come here as a free agent without paying him a starters salary...

I've followed Clausen for a while and happen to think that he severly underperformed his potential while Cam overperformed last year at Auburn. While I have no illusions about him beating out Cam, I think some people that only know Clausen by his performance last year will be surprised at what they see this year.

This should all be sorted out in the preseason...

Any vet Carolina lands will be more suitable to start than Clausen. Rivera won't only be given the type options lame duck Foxy had

If you have followed Clausen for awhile you know he plays the game just like he did at Notre Dame and nothing about his game suggests he can function in what Chud ran in Clev.

Carolina ain't a bad spot for a vet.....all they have to worry about is Cam.

[DaCityKats]

he showed no progress over 10 games. that potential would have at least showed some.

[jtnc]

You are assuming the Panthers land a vet capable of starting. Unless your talking about a Keith Null, not a lot of guys want to come in to a place that just drafted a franchise QB. For example, good luck getting Hasselbeck to come here as a free agent without paying him a starters salary...

I've followed Clausen for a while and happen to think that he severly underperformed his potential while Cam overperformed last year at Auburn. While I have no illusions about him beating out Cam, I think some people that only know Clausen by his performance last year will be surprised at what they see this year.

This should all be sorted out in the preseason...

I only seen to two good passes the whole season from Jimmeh Clausen. He's a horrible QB who panics very quickly and has no balls.

[Jpjr]

I only seen to two good passes the whole season from Jimmeh Clausen. He's a horrible QB who panics very quickly and has no balls.

I'm not going to change your view on this board. Like I said let's see how the preseason goes. I'm not going to sit here and make excuses for the kid anymore, either he silences the critics in the next two months or its over.

[MHS831]

he is essentially irrelevant.

Not unless we can market his skills for a trade to a West coast offense team. I also think it is too early to give up on him. Here, he is done, but not elsewhere. He can give us 3-4 games and hand it to Newton. If he plays well during those games? Ride him a bit longer and then put him on the block a week before the trading dealine. A team with an injury might pay more than he is worth.

[MHS831]

I don't even care about regaining any value out of clausen.

I know most arm chair GM's say ya got to regain some value...get something for him. They are obsessed with it.

The draft is a gamble. There isn't a team in the league that gets value out of their busts. It's also unfair to expect "hurney to do so, and if he doesn't, he sucks!"

This isn't soley directed at you...so don't take it that way.

Clausen sucks. He has no value to any team, cause they can just wait for him to be cut.

Ya cut ways with trash...not try to get value for it.

And many arm chair QBs think they know enough to dump a rookie QB before he has been seasoned to play in this league. Huge mistake letting him go for nothing. And Clausen sucked--your tense was wrong. Look at John ELway's rookie numbers. started 10 games, 47% completion percentage. More interceptions and lower QB rating than Clausen. Elway's coach was not a lame duck and his line was healthy. His WRs were veterans. Most Denver fans wanted him gone. Check the numbers. Few NFL QBs do much as rookies.

[MHS831]

he showed no progress over 10 games. that potential would have at least showed some.

During those 10 games, Wharton was injured, Schwartz moved to RG and Williams to RT. The Rookie WRs improved-hard to do without a QB. Smith dropped more balls than his entire career combined. Third, fourth, and fifth string RBs played a large percentage of the time. His offensive coordinator was Jeff Davidson and, during the 10 games, "The QB Killer" Scherer was screwing up yet another talent. As the season progressed teams pinned their ears back because our offensive weapons were scrubs or rookies. In games Clausen started, the Panthers played Atlanta twice, Pittsburgh, New Orleans twice, and Tampa Bay. He was horrible at times, but he will be much better this season. He knows what to expect.

Folks, John Fox was furious over the Clausen pick. He was forced by Richardson to play him at the end of the season. JC was set up to fail by circumstance and through vendetta. Clausen is a kid. How would you perform? You think his confidence wasn't shattered?

[CRA]

During those 10 games, Wharton was injured, Schwartz moved to RG and Williams to RT. The Rookie WRs improved-hard to do without a QB. Smith dropped more balls than his entire career combined. Third, fourth, and fifth string RBs played a large percentage of the time. His offensive coordinator was Jeff Davidson and, during the 10 games, "The QB Killer" Scherer was screwing up yet another talent. As the season progressed teams pinned their ears back because our offensive weapons were scrubs or rookies. In games Clausen started, the Panthers played Atlanta twice, Pittsburgh, New Orleans twice, and Tampa Bay. He was horrible at times, but he will be much better this season. He knows what to expect.

Folks, John Fox was furious over the Clausen pick. He was forced by Richardson to play him at the end of the season. JC was set up to fail by circumstance and through vendetta. Clausen is a kid. How would you perform? You think his confidence wasn't shattered?

see, here is the problem. You claim clausen should get a pass b/c of who made up the running game.....yet ignore the fact they were one of the better producing ground attacks in the NFL in the 2nd half of the season (when Clausen did the bulk of his starting).

You fault Smitty for not catching balls....when a QB failed to keep him involved in an offense and ignored him.

Clausen didn't look like an undrafted QB.....and the degree of how poor he performed can't be put on others. John Fox made winning QBs of Jake Delhomme and Matt Moore....his system is designed for QBs to find success doing very little. Clausen was just sad. They reported he was far worse in practice than what we saw. Sometimes you draft an epic flop.....

[MaineManPanther]

I see no true negative for allowing Clausen a chance to compete for a stating gig, so long as he doesn't takes the majority of snaps in attempting to do so.

[CRA]

I see no true negative for allowing Clausen a chance to compete for a stating gig, so long as he doesn't takes the majority of snaps in attempting to do so.

I see no true negative for allowing Clausen a chance to compete for the 3rd QB spot.

[rickyisclutch]

I'm a long term lurker on this site but figured I would chime in here. I would prefer if the qb job went to the guy who looks the best in camp, not whomever sells the most jersey's. If Jimmy has turned his game around(he was a rookie, the game moved too fast, it happens)give him the ball.

[MaineManPanther]

I see no true negative for allowing Clausen a chance to compete for the 3rd QB spot.

So why not both? Give the kid some early starting reps in camp, practise, preseason etc, and see if there is anything to work with. If he continues to struggle, drop him.

[CRA]

So why not both? Give the kid some early starting reps in camp, practise, preseason etc, and see if there is anything to work with. If he continues to struggle, drop him.

you can let him compete for the 3rd QB spot and see if there is anything to work with......

letting Clausen be the competition for the starting spot based on what we know......is the definition of building a weak QB roster.