Person: Rivera To Name Starter Prior To 3rd Preseason Game

[TylerDurden]

http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/

The quarterback order remained the same for the Panthers on Monday night, with Jimmy Clausen getting the first reps in team drills, followed by Cam Newton.

It figures to stay that way the rest of this week.

Carolina coach Ron Rivera said again he expects to name his starting quarterback next week before the Panthers' third preseason game at Cincinnati on Aug. 25.

Rivera said the game video of Saturday's 20-10 win over the Giants didn't change his assessment of what he saw from the top two quarterbacks. Both did some good things; both made some mistakes, and there were some mistakes from their offensive teammates that caused the quarterbacks to misfire at times.

“The thing that was really good about the way they played was it was right in line with the things we thought they were capable of doing,” Rivera said.

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I assume this means the starter for the season opener. Also, Person is saying Clausen took first team reps, but Reed said Cam took most of them...

[CatMan72]

I think Cam will be the week 1 start unless he really falls flat on his face in one of these preseason games.

[Wither]

Jimmy will probably start unless Cam starts lighting it up in pre-season.

[KillerKat]

what about the 3rd and 4th preseason game? thought he would need to see them play more before making his decision.

[Guest Spot On Dtan]

Trouble no matter what

[EMSMedic79]

I wanna see Cam take snaps with the first team next game to make my decision.

[TylerDurden]

what about the 3rd and 4th preseason game? thought he would need to see them play more before making his decision.

Yeah, I don't understand the reasoning behind it.

You'd think they would make a decision after giving each an equal number of reps with the first team and after all 4 games in order to have a larger sample to make a decision off of.

[jtnc]

I wanna see Cam take snaps with the first team next game to make my decision.

Cam + Smitty= Deadly

[therealmjl]

Trouble no matter what

You suck at life.

[Jase]

makes sense to me, let the starter have some time knowing he's the guy, and let him gel with his offensive teammates.

[Wither]

makes sense to me, let the starter have some time knowing he's the guy, and let him gel with his offensive teammates.

You like gel don't you.

[The Question]

I'm thinking with the offense we're implementing that Cam has to start. We gotta get the ball down field.

[CRA]

what about the 3rd and 4th preseason game? thought he would need to see them play more before making his decision.

the week 1 starter will need to get those 3rd game reps. Starters normally go until the 3rd. Whoever is gonna start the season will need all the reps they can get.

[Jangler]