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Josh McCown beating out Matt Moore...


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Why isn't Matt the bandaid? He is not a rookie anymore, has game experience, and more time in the Panthers system by 1 year.

I think Josh has shown the coaches a thing or two. He may be the chosen one to be groomed to start in a few years.

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I'm almost starting to think they don't know what to do with the back up anymore. It would have been nice to have gotten (and kept) a comfortable lead in a few game to really see what Moore and McCown can do. But that doesn't matter anymore. Can only hope either one would be ready......just in case.

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Hasn't McCown been #2 all year, esp. since Moore started the year injured? I'm not one to put too much stock in preseason performances, but perhaps the coaches were a little wary of Moore since he had a rough go of it. Maybe they just wanted to make sure he had some time to sit back before they had to throw him back in there. Of course, that's what happened last year, but I think there was more pressure this year, so maybe they just wanted a guy that had been through the ups and downs of the league before. While far from great the guy definitely hasn't been David Carr terrible - 35 TDs to 40 picks in 46 games played.

I don't think it bodes ill for Moore... if anything, maybe just another vet for him to watch.

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I forgot that Moore got hurt... McCown probably was #2 all year and I just wasn't paying attention.

Moore came close to the IR list. In fact, some were surprised he wasn't stashed there.

But McCown came to the team as the #2 due to injury and Moore practiced at #3 all year as far as I know. I don't recall hearing anything about Moore's health the whole season so I wonder at what point McCown won the job? Moore was scheduled to be healthy in October (out 6-8 weeks).

I'd have loved to see McCown play some snaps but that would have required our defense to protect a frickin' lead!

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