Scott Fowler: Cutting Delhomme was a mistake

[Davidson Deac II]

I agree with it, especially since the money we are paying him is not a cap hit. Best for the team so that Matt knows he is the man, and best for Jake to get it done early so that he has a chance to find out what his options are.

[Panthro]

I don't really want Jake mentoring our starting QB

[Smithers]

People are just not used to this team making feasible business decisions, Fowler included. This team has shown its loyalty too much in the past, so much that it has hurt the organization.

Jake was no longer respected as a player on this team and among the fans. I love him as a person, and am grateful for what he has done. But his time his up. Fowler fowled up with this article.

[CatMan72]

Not sure where Scott is coming from, cutting Jake makes perfect sense in this uncapped year. Teams need to operate under the assumption that the cap will return, so this might be the only window of opportunity the Panthers had to do this without long-term cap implications.

[Jangler]

Fowler fowled up with this article.

You could say, he laid an egg.

[Darth Biscuit]

ultimate, gold-plated insurance policy

Really? Really??? So silly. I stopped reading here.

I like Jake as a person and a player, but it was past time for him to go... as someone else said, the mistakes were his contract extension and Fox's stubbornness on not benching him last season... not this.

[Highlandfire]

Can't think of the last decent article Scott Fowler has written?

Umm Never? What ever will he do now that his lover Jake has been cut?

[KillerKat]

lol Fowler is a moron

[MadHatter]

I agree that I think this is a bad move.

I did not want Jake to start. However, he is as good a back-up QB as we will sign. Plus, he knows this offense and is respected in teh locker room.

If Fox could have ensured that Jake would be the back-up, I would have voted to keep him.

Fox's inability to change is what forced JR to make this move.

[Dpantherman]

I agree that I think this is a bad move.

I did not want Jake to start. However, he is as good a back-up QB as we will sign. Plus, he knows this offense and is respected in teh locker room.

If Fox could have ensured that Jake would be the back-up, I would have voted to keep him.

Fox's inability to change is what forced JR to make this move.

please stop. Jake Delhomme was getting paid Starting QB money to sit on the bench in 2010. its over. quit. done. In the real world when you can no longer do your job what happens??? you get Fired. end of story. finished.

[MadHatter]

please stop. Jake Delhomme was getting paid Starting QB money to sit on the bench in 2010. its over. quit. done. In the real world when you can no longer do your job what happens??? you get Fired. end of story. finished.

So now he is being paid starter money to not play....what is your point?

Pay him $12.7M as a back-up....or pay him $12.7M to not play.

The only way this makes financial sense is for future years. Dump his $12.7M now and no cap hit. Keep him and release him in a year or two and you would have $6-8M of cap hit in that year. That is the only way this makes sense.

Posts like yours is evidence that you could never run a company or organization. You let your emotions drive your decisions. When that happens, you usually fail.

Given the poor quality of any post you have ever made, you would be better served to lurk in the weeds and learn from your elders.

[The Pieyed Piper]

Weeds?

[rayzor]

with the sentimental attachment that many on the team had for jake, it was going to be nearly impossible for moore to take the team over in the offseason. best thing for moore and the team was to eliminate jake altogether.

you want to move forward? cut ties with the past.

[jloh]

Weeds?

the weed you could be smoking with geico.... :smilielol5: oh, wait....i already HAVE geico!