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Baldy on a Cam sack

CarolinaSamurai

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6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It's almost as if being very limited in practice for the better part of a year is impacting Cam's play. Shocking.

But if you're in charge and you know this, why do you still throw him out there?

Is "best option to win" in early games against weak to moderate opponents enough to justify potentially messing him up long term?

I wouldn't normally look to the Colts as an example of good decision making, but they might actually be taking the right approach with Luck.

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5 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

But if you're in charge and you know this, why do you still throw him out there?

Is "best option to win" in early games against weak to moderate opponents enough to justify potentially messing him up long term?

I wouldn't normally look to the Colts as an example of good decision making, but they might actually be taking the right approach with Luck.

It's almost as if Panthers fans haven't gotten accustomed to this organization making baffling decisions regarding injuries. Two botched ACL reconstructions for TD by the team doctor before finally going to THE knee guy in Dr. James Andrews. Putting Beason out there with an Achilles that was held together with duct tape and bailing wire. Letting Cam play late last year with a torn rotator cuff when we were out of contention. I'm sure I could go on but that's just off the top of my head from relative recent history.

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5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It's almost as if Panthers fans haven't gotten accustomed to this organization making baffling decisions regarding injuries. Two botched ACL reconstructions for TD by the team doctor before finally going to THE knee guy in Dr. James Andrews. Putting Beason out there with an Achilles that was held together with duct tape and bailing wire. Letting Cam play late last year with a torn rotator cuff when we were out of contention. I'm sure I could go on but that's just off the top of my head from relative recent history.

Oh, I'm used to it.

I don't wanna be used to it anymore.

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5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It's almost as if Panthers fans haven't gotten accustomed to this organization making baffling decisions regarding injuries. Two botched ACL reconstructions for TD by the team doctor before finally going to THE knee guy in Dr. James Andrews. Putting Beason out there with an Achilles that was held together with duct tape and bailing wire. Letting Cam play late last year with a torn rotator cuff when we were out of contention. I'm sure I could go on but that's just off the top of my head from relative recent history.

Bringing Benji back to early that even Proehl admitted

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8 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It's almost as if Panthers fans haven't gotten accustomed to this organization making baffling decisions regarding injuries. Two botched ACL reconstructions for TD by the team doctor before finally going to THE knee guy in Dr. James Andrews. Putting Beason out there with an Achilles that was held together with duct tape and bailing wire. Letting Cam play late last year with a torn rotator cuff when we were out of contention. I'm sure I could go on but that's just off the top of my head from relative recent history.

Go to the way back machine and Patrick Jeffers comes to mind. It's nothing new. 

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