I don't think we can bench Kyle Allen...

[Verge]

Kyle is 4-0, he has a 108 QBR, he has made the tempo of this offense unbelievably good, and his ability to get it to all the weapons is superior than trying to fit Cam rushing back in, and working on Cam's timing for a few games. The reality is that we have to win the division, the wildcard situation is nuts, and we cannot afford to take a couple of games to get him reinstalled, wonder if he is really healthy, risking him getting injured again, and swing this momentum any other way but the way it is trending right now. It's much better to let Cam get healthy and take the wait and see approach with our potential future at QB, because at this point, who really knows? Cam is the better QB when healhty, no question about that, but can he stay healthy? Keep in mind, on those five throws where it was perfectly placed and dropped, he would have been over 300 yards and possibly another TD. 

[Mr. Scot]

I'm never a fan of players losing starting jobs to injuries, and I've been saying up to now that we don't know enough about Allen yet to be certain.

Now however, I've gotta admit it's a valid question.

[45catfan]

Even if Allen is a Trent Dilfer....even Dilfer has a ring.  Don't fug up a good thing.....

[mc52beast]

Panthers need to see what they have in a healthy Cam. Going into the last year of his contract, if he doesn’t show he can still be a top qb he might be playing somewhere else.

[LinvilleGorge]

Allen has played well enough to at least beg the question. The big question IMO though is how if Cam's foot will fully recover during the season and how close can he be these days to his 2015 version?

If he can even be close to 2015 then he's simply a better QB than Kyle Allen.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, 45catfan said:

Even if Allen is a Trent Dilfer....even Dilfer has a ring.  Don't fug up a good thing.....

That was in a previous era of football, before the NFL started handicapping defenses to create high scoring games on the regular. 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, mc52beast said:

Panthers need to see what they have in a healthy Cam. Going into the last year of his contract, if he doesn’t show he can still be a top qb he might be playing somewhere else.

The Panthers need to play the guy that gives them the best chance to win regardless of what consequences it has for Newton, Allen or anybody else..

Who that is right now is the only question that matters.

[45catfan]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

That was in a previous era of football, before the NFL started handicapping defenses to create high scoring games on the regular. 

So in today's NFL, an effective game manager isn't good enough for a ring?  That's only a yesteryear thing?  I would personally disagree.

[45catfan]

It's funny that in the era of fantasy football "game manager" is a four-letter word.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, 45catfan said:

It's funny that in the era of fantasy football "game manager" is a four-letter word.

I really do wish people would stop using that phrase as if it were a bad thing.

Managing a game effectively is a big part of what every quarterback does.

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, 45catfan said:

So in today's NFL, an effective game manager isn't good enough for a ring?  That's only a yesteryear thing?  I would personally disagree.

Yes, exactly. The rules are too friendly to offenses and the playoffs are stacked with the top offenses. You're not likely to get to the SB without winning a shootout at some point. That wasn't necessarily the case 20 years ago.

[Shocker]

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

Yes, exactly. The rules are too friendly to offenses and the playoffs are stacked with the top offenses. You're not likely to get to the SB without winning a shootout at some point. That wasn't necessarily the case 20 years ago.

Brady is arguably the biggest "game manager" in the NFL.

[Castavar]

You can't

I don't care what side you are on (personally, I'm on the whoever gives us the best chance to win side), you don't bench a QB who is 5-0 as a starter and the team is rolling. Momentum and chemistry is a real thing, and we have that right now. The WORST thing that could kill this momentum and cause division among the locker room is to trot Cam out against the 49ers and we lose his first game back. That would totally derail our whole season. Just roll with Allen until he strings together some bad games or L's.