On the Ledge

[Jangler]

Interesting read. Not much of anything new, just a different take.

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/sep/18/on-the-ledge-panthers-might-face-precipitous-fall-/sports/

Hope springs eternal, even with builders and banks and backs in disarray, but four straight preseason defeats and an opening-day fiasco landed on Panthers hopes like a toilet dropped from the fifth floor. Philadelphia hammered Carolina 38-10, feeding on seven turnovers overall, five by quarterback Jake Delhomme.

The stats -- 11 Delhomme turnovers in his past seven quarters -- inspired widespread panic yet told only part of the story. Carolina's veteran line didn't protect him, nor did the tailbacks. Philadelphia torched the defense, returned a punt 85 yards and flashed the instincts of a playoff contender.

Carolina didn't, which depresses the paying fans and triggers suspicions of a sub-mediocre season followed by massive overhaul. Coach John Fox and General Manager Marty Hurney look as vulnerable as Delhomme, given the labor-pool reality that quality quarterbacks are harder to find.

[bleys]

nothing new, other than the take.. which focuses on a very important detail that isn't quite being focused on... how horrible the OLine was...

[robtrox0]

I don't think we can keep blaming the O-line for Jakes poor performances.. our O-line may have bad games but its nowhere near the level that Jake has been bad.. the last time I can even remember the Oline being horrid was the chicago game when they sacked him 20000 times.

[Argus Plexus]

People need to quit talking about who screwed up. The team's worth is the sum of all the components.

Just watch the damn game on Sunday, and see what happens. Don't expect too much, though.

[bleys]

I don't think we can keep blaming the O-line for Jakes poor performances.. our O-line may have bad games but its nowhere near the level that Jake has been bad.. the last time I can even remember the Oline being horrid was the chicago game when they sacked him 20000 times.

if you watch the OLine during the game, or record and watch later, instead of Jake... yOu would understand who was more to blame, including the coaches...

[Sam Mills Fan]

People aren't talking about the offensive line screwing up as much because we know they can and will bounce back. It's the same five guys that were one of the three best lines in the league last year. They didn't just suddenly start to permanently suck. They'll be back.

Now Jake on the other hand...

[Skew]

Jake wasn't that accurate last year. I thought it had to do with the surgery and needed another year.

He wasn't that accurate during the Phili game even when he didn't have pressure.

[Sword]

Isn't that picture in the article Illegal Hands to the face penalty?

[GRWatcher]

Isn't that picture in the article Illegal Hands to the face penalty?

And the refs actually called it, face mask. :eek: