Gridiron Insight » Jake Delhomme http://www.gridironinsight.com Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:19:33 +0000 en hourly 1 What’s in the future for Delhomme and the Panthers? http://www.gridironinsight.com/latest-news/whats-in-the-future-for-delhomme-and-the-panthers http://www.gridironinsight.com/latest-news/whats-in-the-future-for-delhomme-and-the-panthers#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:45:59 +0000 Tyler McConachie http://www.gridironinsight.com/latest-news/whats-in-the-future-for-delhomme-and-the-panthers I’m pretty sure Jake Delhomme would like to forget this season and just pocket the money he hornswoggled away from the Panthers before the season started. Quite frankly I don’t blame him.

Delhomme is having the worst year of his rocky career. On Sunday he added 4 more interceptions to his stats and helped guide the Panthers to another painful loss. It’s pretty safe to say the Panthers won’t be making the playoffs. So where does that put them going into next season? As it stands right now, directly in the shitter.

The Panthers made a big commitment to Delhomme prior to this season and he’s not proving his worth. There needs to be changes in Carolina and sticking with Delhomme could prove to be a mistake. He’s always been a very streaky, up and down quarterback, and it seems that his peaks are getting lower and his valleys are getting deeper.

The Panthers are going to have to make some big offseason moves to right the ship. Where it starts is anyones guess. But don’t be surprised if it starts with Fox. Fox is Delhommes biggest fan, so if he goes Jake becomes a lot less popular in Carolina. Right now Delhomme is gonna need all the fans he can get. If he keeps playing the way he has been he’s gonna have to use part of that big contract to buy a few.

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]]> http://www.gridironinsight.com/latest-news/whats-in-the-future-for-delhomme-and-the-panthers/feed 0 Is it Time for Change in Carolina? http://www.gridironinsight.com/latest-news/is-it-time-for-change-in-carolina http://www.gridironinsight.com/latest-news/is-it-time-for-change-in-carolina#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:10:59 +0000 Tyler McConachie http://www.gridironinsight.com/latest-news/is-it-time-for-change-in-carolina The Carolina Panthers have won 3 of their last 4 games after opening the season with three straight losses. However those wins have come against Washington, Tampa Bay and a somewhat impressive win against Arizona last week. Nothing to brag about but a win is a win.

As of right now the Panthers are 3-4. It’s still early but they need to keep winning, the NFC is fairly tight right now and it doesn’t seem like anything less than 10-6 will get you into the playoffs. That puts them in a position that allows for a slim margin of error. So let’s say Carolina doesn’t make it, where does that put John Fox?

Fox led the Panthers to the Super Bowl in his second season as their head coach, losing to New England on a last second field goal in one of the most classic Super Bowls ever. But since then Fox has led the Panthers to the playoffs only two other times and seems to habitually underachieve.

Right now their biggest problem seems to be quarterback. At the beginning of the year the team showed Delhomme some love signing him to a fat 5-year contract extension. Fox is the guy that has shown loyalty to Delhomme his whole time in Carolina.

It’s going to be hard for Carolina to impress anyone this year. It just doesn’t seem like they’re capable of doing it. With a fairly solid pass rush and secondary, topped off with a stellar run game, the Panthers seem like all they need is a fresh new start and a fire under their ass. Doesn’t Bill Cowher live in Cariolina?

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