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Fox: Too Early to Name QB for Next Week

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panthers55 Grand Master

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alot of moore supporters point to clausen not playing better than matt as a reason to put him back in and vice versa but to me the fact that moore & clausen are EVEN at this point says more about him than clausen. after 4 seasons of learning under veterans & playing some he should be further along

I wonder if we ask the players who they want, what they would say. I know one veteran receiver who would be on the Moore bandwagon.LOL

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I wonder if we ask the players who they want, what they would say. I know one veteran receiver who would be on the Moore bandwagon.LOL

doesnn't matter who they want, they are paid to to their job & if they can't/won't then they will be playing somewhere else or working for ups

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doesnn't matter who they want, they are paid to to their job & if they can't/won't then they will be playing somewhere else or working for ups

You obviously haven't played sports at a high level or you wouldn't say that. Football may be a business but it isn't like an 8-5 job where you don't have to like who you work with. In professional sports these guys spend all day almost every day together. If the quarterback doesn't have the faith of the other players and they don't support him, there is no way he can be effective. If Clausen loses again next week and doesn't play much better, there will be plenty of dissent. If he doesn't get Smitty the ball, it will get ugly.

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You obviously haven't played sports at a high level or you wouldn't say that. Football may be a business but it isn't like an 8-5 job where you don't have to like who you work with. In professional sports these guys spend all day almost every day together. If the quarterback doesn't have the faith of the other players and they don't support him, there is no way he can be effective. If Clausen loses again next week and doesn't play much better, there will be plenty of dissent. If he doesn't get Smitty the ball, it will get ugly.

If he throws a rookie qb under the bus in as little as his second week starting, then Smith isn't the kind of player I thought he was.

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You obviously haven't played sports at a high level or you wouldn't say that. Football may be a business but it isn't like an 8-5 job where you don't have to like who you work with. In professional sports these guys spend all day almost every day together. If the quarterback doesn't have the faith of the other players and they don't support him, there is no way he can be effective. If Clausen loses again next week and doesn't play much better, there will be plenty of dissent. If he doesn't get Smitty the ball, it will get ugly.

actually i played all the way thru college so i understand the competitive nature of being a athlete, but to think that fox or any other coach is going to poll the team or fans to determine who plays is silly, of course we want to keep smith happy & productive cause it benefits the team but nobody is irreplacable(you just might not replace them with the same caliber of player) everybody on the team needs to step up & not just the qb

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If he throws a rookie qb under the bus in as little as his second week starting, then Smith isn't the kind of player I thought he was.

I don't know what you thought he was but what comes up comes out and always had on gameday. If you interview him tomorrow he will be more calm and intropsective. He is an emotional guy and always has been.

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actually i played all the way thru college so i understand the competitive nature of being a athlete, but to think that fox or any other coach is going to poll the team or fans to determine who plays is silly, of course we want to keep smith happy & productive cause it benefits the team but nobody is irreplacable(you just might not replace them with the same caliber of player) everybody on the team needs to step up & not just the qb

No one said they would poll the team and rule by consensus. But if you played in college you know that you have to have a quarterback that the players will go to war with. They need to know if the game is on the line, your guy can get it done and win the game. At this point your best receiver doesn't think your quarterback can even get him the ball. How much will smitty work for Clausen right now?? Not much. And if you think that replacing Smitty would be a good idea, you are just not thinking.

If for no other reason than if you got rid of Smitty you couldn't fill half the stadium. Reminds me of what happened to the Horrnets when they let their stars go and never recovered.

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No one said they would poll the team and rule by consensus. But if you played in college you know that you have to have a quarterback that the players will go to war with. They need to know if the game is on the line, your guy can get it done and win the game. At this point your best receiver doesn't think your quarterback can even get him the ball. How much will smitty work for Clausen right now?? Not much. And if you think that replacing Smitty would be a good job, you are just not thinking.

If for no other reason than if you let got rid of Smitty you couldn't fill half the stadium. Reminds me of what happened to the Horrnets when they let their stars go and never recovered.

i'm not advocating replacing anyone, and yes your qb has to get the respect of his teammates, the fact that smitty is venting shows that he still cares about winning, but its clear that we a rebuilding(even if FO won't say it). clausen as of now is considered the future by the FO so most players are going to have to fall in line as he grows(if they want to be here)

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Remember when Brady first got the job in NE? What was said in a post-game interview? "We will rally around Tom Brady..." Brady had 2 TERRIBLE games (QB rating below 60 I think) before he came on and had a good start in 2001. What about in St. Louis with Kurt Warner? "We will rally around Kurt..."

Fox, if Moore starts next week, I hope you poo yourself on a crowded bus while a dog licks your taint and your wife kills a kitten.

99.9999999% sure that was Kurt Warner you're thinking about and that was after Trent Green suffered a season ending injury in the preseason and Kurt was just a UDFA from NFL Europa. Dick Vermil said that... not Belichit.

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