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For his part I thought PJ played well. As much as we kicked Arizona's butt people forget they were 8-1 and their defense was only giving up right at 18 points a game. Does PJ need to.protect the ball better? Of course but this was his second start. I wouldnt be surprised if they dont platoon PJ and Cam to save a little Cam like we do with CMC. While Cam isnt a RB he surely takes a bunch of hits. I could see using them both based on who has the hot hand. That might be a way to extend Cam even if it is only 8 games.

Interested to see how he plays if he starts. Washington has a legitimate defense and Rivera knows Cam's strengths and weaknesses. But Cam should be well rested and fresh. Should be a good game. Let Cam start and see what he can do. We need to see how everyone plays and we have lots of decisions at the end of the year. Personally I hope Cam has a great day and shows he is back.

He did a good job and make the choice at QB more difficult next week.

Already covered this ground repeatedly. Try to keep up. No one is comparing them as quarterbacks simply saying there is no reason to decide anything right now. Cam hasnt played a down for us yet this time around. Lets see how he does and then decide where to go.

Again you are getting way ahead of things because of your love for Cam. As a Panther fan we all hope Cam does great and our QB woes are gone. But that is far from given and right now Darnold is already getting paid. He has not really gotten a chance to sit and learn from a veteran pro. He is our back up or starter depending on how Cam and PJ do the next 4 weeks. There is plenty of time to evaluate everything after this season is over.

The Dolphins defense looks like a Ravens defense only faster. They are putting 7 rushers on the line confusing Jackson and filling all the run gaps smothering the Ravens rushing attack. They look like us. Going to be a tough matchup.

This is surely an interesting season. First the thrill of victory and then the agony of defeat and then Superman to the rescue. I wonder what else happens. Cam has energized the fanbase for sure and lets be real, what did we have to lose. As a Panther fan you have to hope he still has some magic left. I wonder if they will put in a small package for Cam like redzone running and passing given PJs redzone problems this Sunday.

The last few seasons have reminded me of a horror movie- Nightmare on Mint Street.

I know folks dont want to hear this but Tepper brought in Cam to fill seats. The price of tickets for the Washington game doubled right after the announcement. This was a no brainer. If Cam wins some games then the excitement is back and maybe we have a winning season. If he sucks we stiill fill seats as folks will want to see Cam not knowing if this is a long term deal or short term rental.

Spoken what? That it is too early to be talking releasing someone at this point in the season. Lets see how Cam does and then after Darnold comes off IR we can decide what to do. Remember when we released Cam too early without giving him enough of a chance. Lets keep the pitchforks in the hay until after the season.

Right and no one was comparing them as quarterbacks. What I was pointing out was that it is convenient to find the scapegoat to get rid of without addressing the real problem when they dumped Cam and didnt address the O line once again. Novel idea why not fix the line and then decide if the qbs you have are suddenly better. That would go for Cam, Darnold, PJ, Barkley, et al.

Again why make any judgements until after the year. If Cam is great in this lineup then it is Darnold but if Cam has the same issue it might be the line and playcalling. So you let Cam play 4 games and then see who gives you the best chance to win the rest of the way. Besides Darnold could be a great backup who can win a game if necessary. Maybe sitting and watching will do him good.

But if Cam is the starter then Darnold is a much better backup than anyone else when he comes back. Why would you do anything this year? Plenty of time to evaluate after the season is over.

Think this is getting blown out of proportion. What we will do with Darnold is put him on IR and in 4 weeks see how Cam is doing. Darnold is signed through 2023. Those who were upset we moved too quickly from Cam seem to have no problem doing the same thing with Darnold. Maybe we should learn from history.

And if Tepper came in and started doing his best Jerry Jones impression it could be bad for our future. How many owners turn around teams with their meddling.....

Nah, he will be brought in to revitalize the running game now that Cam is back

No apologies will be given. This is business. Do you want to play or not?? Ok great then lets go.

I can see a restructure and convert what you can into a bonus to prorated it and then add voidable years or whatever they do to make cap magically disappear. Get New Orleans on the phone... He is the soul of the defense and when he is out we are a different group. When healthy he is a steadying force and a playmaker. You pay him whatever it takes and let the cap guys argue about how to structure it.

Absolutely. He is only scratching the surface of the force he can be. He needs to put on some more muscle to help with durability and we have the next Michael Strahan.

Smitty is areceiver and sees through a receivers eyes. He would be biased toward OBJ who is controversial just like he was. You have to just take what he said understanding the lense he filters everything through. Then again, C'Mon Man........

That's me too. I would have an average arm and great intangibles than a great arm and suspect ability to read and react for whom the game never slows down.

In college you play football when you aren't going to class or doing others things. In the pros football is your job and all you do. You have time for whatever you need to do. You are getting paid a ton to do nothing else. The equipment and technology they have available to them now is way beyond anything you would have had no matter where you went. No there is no comparison.

Agreed. I am told you don't try and bulk up but you actually do strength exercises using bands for instance while replicating your throwing motion so you don't do exactly what you mentioned. Plus it should be a gradual process while still practicing your throwing motion so you gain velocity and strength while still maintaining your flexibility, and keep your mechanics and timing.

That may or may not be true. If you are working on your mechanics at the same time you work on your strength improvement they should stay relatively consistent. Especially if you use exercises that reproduce the types of movements you will be doing such as throwing a ball the change will be so gradual it won't necessarily change your timing. Or at least my daughter the athletic trainer and physical therapist said that was the case and she works with college and some pro athletes.

When I see how guys like Smitty and McCaffrey really bulked up and got a lot stronger in an NFL strength program why don't we see it with QBs. Other than Cam and a few outliers most QBs are not that strong and don't change from college to the pros. If they don't work out to get stronger or faster you would think they would to at least protect from injury which can be at least somewhat mitigated by increased musculature. I guess they don't think there is much you can do to improve or it isn't important.