hand injury = total BS?

[PuntJake]

i could see how this might be a team orchestrated injury to allow hurney and fox to bench jake without taking the responsibility of doing so just in case the moore experiment fails, then they can avoid the responsibility of having made the decision to bench jake.

GROW A PAIR JOHN FOX AND MAKE THE CALL TO BENCH JAKE FOR POOR PLAY! and not for some trumped up injury for a hangnail!

"deflect and deny" has worked the past few seasons, why stop now? the "injuries" excuse has explained away more than one losing season thus far in fox's career.

[Guild]

Whatever

I'm just happy to see Moore get a chance to play and maybe succeed.

I'm also happy to know that if he doesn't we'll have a clear idea on how to move in the offseason.

[PuntJake]

yeah, thats been my goal as well because i really don't think moore is the answer, but will be glad to see him get a legit shot to find out one way or another.

[Kevin Greene]

Or it could be to spare Jake, a warrior for the Panthers for years the embarassment.

Either way, it will allow the Panther organization to better analyze their QB needs next year.

[Guild]

Whatever

I'm just happy to see Moore get a chance to play and maybe succeed.

I'm also happy to know that if he doesn't we'll have a clear idea on how to move in the offseason.

[MurkN]

What if Fox throws a curve ball and Feeley starts?

[Fox007]

Fox is a bitch, and has turned into a terrible coach, but who cares what the reason is.

[Guild]

What if Fox throws a curve ball and Feeley starts?

Maybe he does.

I really doubt it though.

I'd see Moore and Feeley both playing in the next game before I'd see Feeley starting and playing as the sole QB.

[Mr. Scot]

You can't fake a broken finger, and the league doesn't really allow you to just declare someone "injured".

Said it elsewhere: The notion that this is a fake injury is just stupid.

[frash.exe]

Not likely

if they actually did try to feign an injury and the NFL found out, you'd see some heavy penalties incurred on fox

[mav1234]

While the timing is perfect, it's got to be real. You could tell from the way Fox was defending Jake that he still believes in him. Can't really be surprised, Jake is why Fox was thought of as a great coach for so many years (even up to last year...).

[Udogg]

Fox is a good coach. Made some bad decisions, but fundamentally I think what he coaches and preaches is the right way to win football games. Turnovers however make his gameplan moot. Having a player that has 22 turnovers through 11 games means that you are not winning the turnover battle. Add fumbles by RB's into that, and your definitely not winning. There is no coach in the league that can win with that many turnovers.

His loyalty to Jake appears to be his greatest weakness. Having loyalty toward the best QB(by the wins/loses) in your franchise history isn't the worst thing I can think of. I don't think with Jakes implosion and all the Injuries that Fox will be fired this year and it just so happens that Jakes hand injury helps even more because it forces him to play the backup.

[PantherPhann89]

I just hope that they actually let Moore play and restrict him to help Jake's/Fox's cause. Let him play QB, not under center just to hand off.

[CatfanMO]

For Peak's Sake, how many more "actually injured" threads are we going to see?