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Fox Says Jake Will Most Likely Start in 2009


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Just read this article so I thought I'd share it with you guys.

"...Still, the Panthers expressed faith in Delhomme afterward. "Jake is a hell of a quarterback who had a rough night," Panthers coach John Fox said. And while Fox said he can't predict the future, he also said, "That's kind of what my thinking is," when asked if Delhomme would be his starting quarterback in 2009.

Added Smith, who didn't make his first catch until late in the third quarter: "That's my quarterback. That's the guy I stand behind."

We saw Saturday night why Kurt Warner started in front of Delhomme for the Amsterdam Admirals in NFL Europe back in 1998. Warner is a classic drop-back quarterback. Delhomme is a gunslinger. A risk taker. Often, those risks work.

Saturday, I can't remember a single one that did - not when it mattered, anyway. Delhomme fell on the sword afterward, taking the blame for everything that happened. In a matter-of-fact voice, he said he felt worse about his performance in this game than any other game he had ever played at any level.

"Not even close," he said. And: "I didn't give us a chance tonight." And: "It wasn't our night. It wasn't mine - that's for sure."

Delhomme remains the quarterback that took Carolina to the Super Bowl in 2003, the NFC Championship Game in 2005 and to a 12-4 regular-season record this season.

We all saw what the Panthers looked like without him in 2007. But we also all know that there is a Good Jake and a Bad Jake - who appeared in the playoffs once before, when Delhomme threw three interceptions at Seattle in the 2005 NFC Championship Game.

Although Bad Jake hasn't climbed out of his dungeon very often this season, he reappeared Saturday."

Here's the full article if you're interested: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/2009/01/10/20090110spt-pantherscolumn.html

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"Over and over, Arizona picked Delhomme off. Give the Cardinals defenders credit - they caught everything. If that had been the Panthers' defensive backfield, at least three of those would have been dropped."

Wow, did one of us write that article?

No, it was on an Arizona newspaper website, so they may be slightly biased (or truthful...whichever).

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