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On the Ledge


Jangler

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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.

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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.

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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...

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