Jeff Garcia

[Marillion]

New guy here, but an original Panthers fan.

I apologize if this has been addressed, and it's probably a little late, but I was wondering why we didn't try to get Garcia rather than Feeley? I think he's the perfect fit for the offensive philosophy. Steady, experienced QB who doesn't make many mistakes. He's also a very accurate short-to-medium range passer.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Welcome to the Huddle.

It has indeed been addressed, in fact well before we even pursued Feeley. Most here subscribe to the notion that Garcia isn't that great outside of West Coast offenses. Be that as it may, I don't see how Feeley would be a better option.

Perhaps the real reason -- as Garcia has publicly stated -- is that he wants to be a starter. I sincerely think Fox is opposed to bringing in talent that could threaten or actually supplant Jake Delhomme as the starter.

[Khyber53]

John Fox's style isn't a West Coast offense style of play, with short/intermediate passing being the crux of offensive momentum.

Fox's style is more of the old Air Coryell style which operates off of a power running game that attempts to get 8 or more defenders in the box against the run, opening up deep strike passing. (The strategy was coined for Don Coryell who used it extensively with the San Diego Chargers during the Dan Fouts years.)

Garcia, besides being an older, short-term opportunity, doesn't fit the mold very well, and there may have also been an issue of price tags with how close we were up against the cap.

[Catdaddy]

Garcia is great in the west coast offense, but not that good in different systems, remember when he was in Cleveland?

[SMACKDAB]

Then why did we throw 45 dink and dunk passes last game?

[Guild]

We threw all those dink and dunk passes because Davidson reads and gets his playcalling advice from the Huddle.

[Mesmer]

Then why did we throw 45 dink and dunk passes last game?

Because, if we get Garcia or Feeley, or Moore then we're free to criticize their shortcomings and talk about how they wouldn't work in the passing offense that Fox would like to run. Nevermind the fact that our current QB doesn't work in any offense and can't even run the offense that we are using.

Point is, Fox doesn't trust Jake in there, and he doesn't trust any of his other options. Our passing offense will be based around short passes until we get either A) a new QB that Fox is confident in or a new coach. So saying someone can only complete shorter passes well, and using that as a bad thing, makes people look a little silly at this point... seeing as Jake can't even do that.. and that's what we're asking of our QB.

[SMACKDAB]

So in short....we suck, and are fvcked at the same time.

WOW...new news. :willy_nilly:

[Smithers]

We don't need another washed up QB. This team needs youth at the position. Garcia, Feely, Jake...they are not the answer.