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Stick with Clausen

Mr. Scot

By Mr. Scot,
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PanthersPhan18 Newbie

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Yes, he had some rough moments, but overall it was actually beter than I expected it to be.

I definitely see the potential for him to be a long term starter, even if he has some bad showings early on.

How many would have benched - maybe even given up on - Freeman after that performance against the Panthers last year?

This is what happens to rookies. I hate that he was thrown in this early, but now that he's in, don't screw things up even worse by pulling him out.

And hopefully turns out to be an elite qb.

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panthers55 Grand Master

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Clausen looked like a rookie out there and made plenty of mistakes. But like others have said, it is way too early to pull the plug on him. The real issue is whether he improves in his next outing or continues to struggle. If he plays better in a dome on the road next week, then you have to look at that and feel good about his potential. If he doesn't play well then you still don't know how much was New Orleans on the road or whether he isn't as good as we all hoped. But it takes time for you to evaluate a rookie and he needs time to show what he can do. Given that Fox's resume is on the line I know he wouldn't wait very long to put Moore back in, but at this point I doubt he is calling the shots. Clausen will get some more shots and we will all get to see how he does.

It isn't like we are going to have a winning record this year. At this point we would have to win half of our remaining games to finish 6-10. It doesn't seem to matter who we start at quarterback.

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How can you say this but benching Moore is just fine?

You know how I feel about starting rookies too early.

You also know how I feel about benching starters.

We can argue all day about whether benching Moore was the right move, but it doesn't really matter now. It's done.

Pulling a Spurrier will only make things worse.

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mav1234 Grand Master

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Fox's resume is on the line?? No way. If he puts in Moore, he damages his resume because if he doesn't reel off a huge winning streak, Fox has shown a lack of faith in developing young QBs. This has been a knock on him for a while, and franchises picking him up that do not have established QBs (Browns, for instance) would look at this as a negative.

I think he'll find a job easy, but I think that Clausen gives him a built in security blanket. "No only was my 4-12 team young, it had a rookie starting QB!" as opposed to "Yeah I played musical chairs with QBs..."

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