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Another Matt Moore Article (Panthers.com)


Mr. Scot

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By the numbers: Quarterbacks

On the negative side for Carolina's quarterbacks was Jake Delhomme's touchdown-to-interception ratio; at minus-10 (eight-to-18), it was the worst in the league. The Panthers were 3-7 when their starting quarterback had a negative or even TD/INT ratio and 5-1 when it was positive, once again cementing the connection between turnovers and defeat.

Having got that out of the way, let's turn to an equally resonant number on the positive side.

If Matt Moore's 104.9 quarterback rating as a starter had been accomplished in a quarter or even a game or two, it could easily be brushed off as a fluke. If you give a pro passer enough starts, he'll have one bright day; even Ryan Leaf had a 111.8 rating thanks to a three-touchdown, 311-yard performance in 2000 at Denver.

But Moore's number came over five games, not just one. In Weeks 13-17 this past season, it was only exceeded among quarterbacks who threw at least 100 passes by San Diego's Philip Rivers.

It also measures impressively among young quarterbacks since 1978, when the schedule expanded to 16 games. In that span, there have been 203 occasions where a quarterback aged 25 or younger threw at least 100 passes in the final five games of a regular season.

You know, I could almost get the impression that they're trying to tell us something :sosp:

Mason hedges later on, reminding everyone - almost like an investment strategy infomercial disclaimer - that Moore's five game foundation from this season is not a guarantee of future success.

Still, I find it telling, especially that second paragraph.

There's also this:

Games with that combination of statistics [120 or higher rating, 3 TDs, 0 interceptions] are even more rare in Panthers history, with just nine in 240 regular-season games since the franchise's inception; with a frequency of 3.75 percent, they take place once every 26.7 games -- a little less than twice in a three-year span.

Moore hit those numbers in consecutive games, the first time any Panthers quarterback did so since Steve Beuerlein in Weeks 14 and 15 of the 1999 season. Beuerlein is the franchise's leader in 120.0/3/0 games with four; three came during his memorable 1999 season when he went to the Pro Bowl.

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It's good to see he is in pretty good company on the second list. Eric Zeier....who? I don't even remember him. But other than him, it's an impressive list. Glad to see that Derek Anderson is not on there, since he seems to be the one everybody is afraid MM could wind up being.

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It's good to see he is in pretty good company on the second list. Eric Zeier....who? I don't even remember him. But other than him, it's an impressive list. Glad to see that Derek Anderson is not on there, since he seems to be the one everybody is afraid MM could wind up being.

I remember Zeier. He was with the Browns and came out of Georgia. A little bit of flash early on, but nothing special over the course of time (undersized, if I remember right).

Edit: Okay, something's not right. I just took a closer look at that list and he has Zeier's stats listed as 2007. Zeier was out of the league way before that.

I wonder if the stats attributed to Zeier actually belong to Joe Flacco (but even then the year would be wrong).

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If John Fox wrote that article it would have said:

But Jake won the Arizona game

But Jake won the Arizona game

But Jake won the Arizona game

But Jake won the Arizona game

But Jake won the Arizona game

Don't Forget:

That was the most complete game all year

and

Jake gives us the best chance to win

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for anyone that would simply pass these off as fluff articles I'd argue that when an organization controls every aspect of the media and only releases what they want us to hear, you can read far more into every single thing that actually gets printed.

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Ill believe it when I see matt moore starting on opening day. I seriously doubt that a meaningless article written by a nobody at panthers.com is any indication that fox is going to start moore next year. If you really want to read between the lines then listen to when fox kept saying "jake had a better game against arizona" when he was being asked about matt moore. That's all you need to know about his mindset

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