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Imagine this, if you will...

Mr. Scot

By Mr. Scot,
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So let's suppose for a moment that new starting QB Matt Moore struggles badly this season.

Even worse, suppose he's replaced by Jimmy Clausen, and the heralded rookie also looks bad.

Further imagine that former Panther Jake Delhomme starts leading the Browns to the kind of victories he used to help produce down here.

Ouch :(

Couldn't happen, you say? Believe me, it could. Kurt Warner was a shell of himself before reigniting his career in Arizona. Likewise, plenty of guys that had once looked washed-up have found new life with a simple change of geography and structure.

So if this worst case scenario occurs, what will the fan reaction be like? Will people come in and decry that we gave up on Delhomme too early? Will they second guess the team for cutting ties rather than keeping Delhomme as at least a backup option?

They will...

But they shouldn't :nonod:

Given everything that we saw up through the end of last year, moving on from Delhomme was the right thing to do. Yes, it could turn out to be wrong, but even if it does, you can't really blame the team for making that decision. Since none of Dionne Warwick's friends works for the Panthers, they have to go on what they know (and what they know said "let him go").

The unpredictable is commonplace in the NFL. It's what makes any offseason so full of hope. This particular break also happened to be full of change, and change that was warranted by the events that preceded it. The events that will succeed it are anybody's guess.

But make no mistake. Even if the eventual outcome might make it seem otherwise, the Panthers did the right thing.

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