Delhomme: "I didn't play well"

[mantal]

Actually I bet he is much harder on himself than anybody on a message board could ever be.... I'm often not a big fan of Jake's play, but I've never doubted his work ethic (aka heart). He does what he can with the skills he has, I admire that.

I understand what you are saying and I'm sure that he beats himself up about it, but then again, I doubt he sends himself 30 to 40 text messages per day saying how much he sucks, which is what happens on here from single posters. He's an average QB, nothing more. But he's my QB and I'm going to support him until he's not, not something all posters are going to do.

[Montsta]

Anybody here ever sit and wonder what aspect of our team people could possibly hate on so much if we had a big name QB instead of Jake? Thank god Jake shoulders the burden well, because if we had a whiny bitch QB like Cutler, he would throw the whole team under the bus to get out of "media trouble", and then our whole damn ship would start sinking.

[Montsta]

I understand what you are saying and I'm sure that he beats himself up about it, but then again, I doubt he sends himself 30 to 40 text messages per day saying how much he sucks, which is what happens on here from single posters. He's an average QB, nothing more. But he's my QB and I'm going to support him until he's not, not something all posters are going to do.

"You cannot give Reputation to the same post twice."

[User Name]

I understand what you are saying and I'm sure that he beats himself up about it, but then again, I doubt he sends himself 30 to 40 text messages per day saying how much he sucks, which is what happens on here from single posters. He's an average QB, nothing more. But he's my QB and I'm going to support him until he's not, not something all posters are going to do.

I can't crawl into his skin, but judging by his words he knows what comes with the job. And that's what he took on when he (his coach or his Dad) decided he'd be a QB, he may not have realized it at 9 years old, but it's been his life since about then.

Football players as a whole hold their community's hearts in their hand. It's a love (admiration) hate (disappointment) thing. When you win you're the talk of the town, when you loose same thing in a bad way.

That's the great, or bad thing about playing football, it makes you grow up fast, and IMO makes those who play stronger / better men.

[CRA]

Anybody here ever sit and wonder what aspect of our team people could possibly hate on so much if we had a big name QB instead of Jake? Thank god Jake shoulders the burden well, because if we had a whiny bitch QB like Cutler, he would throw the whole team under the bus to get out of "media trouble", and then our whole damn ship would start sinking.

if Jake was like Cutler he would probably add in that there is always a possibility that Steve could have run a wrong route that led to one pick or poor protection/failure to pickup a blitz up front that led to another, etc.....

Now I know Jake can stink at times, but he does take 100% responsibility......and I'm sure a small percentage aren't all his fault. Some QBs like to share the blame. Jake takes it all. Jake is a great guy and I'm glad he is our QB. It would be nice if he was a better QB.....but I'll take him and hope to be stronger in other aspects.

[MadHatter]

well there is really not much else he can say is there?

The positive here is that he did not detail what others here do/have as far as play calling i.e. abandoning the run.

The Panthers just got punched in the mouth that game and everyone saw what happens when/if the coaches lean on Jake to win the game. Jake is not my favorite QB and he is definitely not going to ever be that kind of QB but to be fair not many are or ever have been in history. Historically with the Panthers the QB is down on the list of priority when it comes to the salary cap and strength of roster. Weinke was the only draft pick home run they swung at with the position and my theory is that they felt comfortable with that more based on his age coming off the Heisman. This shows that JR is making his presence known in that discussion as the only constant over the life of the franchise. It must be his philosophy to stay away from the "young guns" and take the risk of occasionally missing out on the the Matt Ryans of the world. As long as that approach does not blow up too much like it did in that game (Cards) and we don't rely too much on Jake, we should be OK. I do not personally agree with that strategy as it leads to a somewhat mediocre result over time but I'm not on the Panthers payroll so it really doesn't matter what I/we think in the end.

So while I am glad he did not mouth off about "other" things that happened during that game that many have speculated about here, I think he said all he needed to given his obviously not having the best day and what he feels is his solid relationship with the powers that be in the franchise. Jake has always been comfortable enough here to accept responsibility and over the years he has become more and more comfortable doing it. The flip side is that he never has been too mouthy or too flashy when the win streak is going which which I consider a positive. By staying even keel with the media his statements always come off as positive from the standpoint of the franchise.

Everyone will (should) agree that with the roster currently intact a "better" QB would be a benefit and maybe push us over the edge but I always remember that without his serviceability over the years this roster may never have been able to be assembled. For that I am grateful but just like I am sure he would say, with the job comes the commitment to take responsibility for bad games and good ones.

Maybe it's not fair. Maybe it's childish to get on him too much sometimes. I don't know and it really does not matter. Such comes with the job. Hopefully the negative is a motivator and more times than not for him it seems to be. He has his slides and definitely the last outing was the worst ever. For what its worth I expect him to "bounce back" because of who he is and the reality of his character but if he does not and continues to struggle in the mix of the superior NFL talent that surrounds him, I won't be too surprised.

C'mon Jake!

Did you actually write something halfway postive about Jake there? I believe you did.

[Raskle]

I just want to know when exactly he managed to travel back in time and throw gameballs to Walls???

Gotta love the idiocy of some of those comments following the article

[Hairless Cat]

I think I am going to be sick. Sure he sucked that game but he is good for that about 2 times a year.

I believe that would be more accurately 3 or 4 x a year.

Anyone have the stats for Jake really sucked games?

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

I believe that would be more accurately 3 or 4 x a year.

Anyone have the stats for Jake really sucked games?

Just in '08 or over his carreer? And what's the basis for suck games? QB rating below 40?