Thoughts on the Steve Smith Injury

Warning:  this article will be biased.  Steve Smith is my favorite Panthers player, so expect a slanted article.  I’m not too bothered by the injury.  Yes, I would probably be angrier if it were any other player, but it’s not.  On a serious note, it’s not very reassuring that Steve Smith is playing flag football.  By [...]

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The “Window” is Slammed Shut

A Day of Cuts:  Jake Delhomme, Kemo, Damione Lewis, Na’il Diggs, Landon Johnson - all cut today.  The cuts happened to quickly that I very well may have forgotten about someone.  While the loss Delhomme won’t mean any more football-wise than any of those others players – arguably, his loss will mean less than the other [...]

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Panthers and Peppers Part Ways

Panthers fans can watch the health care summit tomorrow without any distractions.  The Carolina Panthers had until tomorrow to decide what to do with Julius Peppers, but they went ahead and announced on Tuesday that they would not franchise Pep for a second straight season.  I think I have made myself clear in previous posts that [...]

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OMG Julius Speaks!

Sorry for the post title, but this Julius Peppers thing really is turning into some celebrity gossip scandal.  I am losing interest fast.  Just hurry up and reach a resolution to this thing; I don’t care about all the posturing that goes on in between…but I will write about it at least this one time.  I take [...]

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Panthers Allow Fox the Option to Opt Out of Contract

The John Fox saga isn’t over yet.  ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that the Panthers have granted John Fox the option to opt out of the final year of the contract.  There is still no indication that Fox will actually do so.  There aren’t exactly any lucrative jobs out there currently.  The Panthers, however, continue to show that [...]

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Rumor Has it That Foxy is Staying

The Observer broke the story, and the national media seems to have picked it up.  It looks like Marty Hurney, John Fox, and the coaching staff will all be invited to return next season.  To be honest, I don’t really have a coherent reaction to it.  I don’t know how I feel; I guess I’m indifferent.  [...]

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The Fox/Delhomme Saga Gets More Ridiculous

Just when you thought the obvious would finally happen and John Fox would bench Jake Delhomme, the Carolina Panthers reached an all-time low today.  The Panthers announced that Delhomme broke his thumb late in the game yesterday, which coincidentally gives them a perfect excuse to start Matt Moore on Sunday at home against Tampa.  The Panthers likely [...]

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What Ails the Panthers

After Sunday’s collapse in New Orleans, the Panthers season is just about over.  With games against New England, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Minnesota still left, our playoff chances don’t look too good.  A commentator to a recent post asked me to write about the Panthers front office.  With uncertainty at quite a few positions including QB [...]

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We’ve Bottomed Out

What a day Wednesday was for Charlotte sports.  Rip Van Winkle John Fox has elected to keep Jake Delhomme as the Panthers starting QB.  The Bobcats opened their season with Stevie Graham as their starting SG, and they scored a whopping 59 points tonight in Boston, which is a franchise low.  I must admit that [...]

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Opportunities Wasted; Season Over

This one touched all of my nerves.  My favorite kicker, John Kasay, badly missed two field goals from 36 and 43 yards.  I like John Kasay so much that one of my first blog entries ever was devoted solely to him and his choke antics.  Jake Delhomme wasn’t going to let some kicker outdo him.  [...]

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Beason Lays the Smackdown on Peppers

Jon Beason caused quite a stir this week when he said he would talk to Julius Peppers about his lack of intensity and slow start this season.  Beason’s move was certainly out of the ordinary, as players don’t often air those kinds of internal matters publically.  It certainly was not out of the John Fox keep-everything-in-house [...]

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Panthers are 0-3; I am 3-0

The Panthers suck; I’m talking myself up to make myself feel better about this miserable season.  Have you read my three previews for this season?  They’ve been dead on.  It’s not that I’m some genius, but you can tell that I’ve clearly watched just about every game this franchise has ever played.  In fact, I’ve [...]

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More Jake Reactions

Pat Yasinskas said that the Jake Delhomme debacle has the potential to bring down John Fox and Marty Hurney.  Meanwhile, he came up with a good comparison.  He said that Delhomme reminds him of Chuck Knoblauch.  I say Rick Ankiel; Pat says Chuck Knoblauch.  The point is the same.  Jerome Bettis was downright nasty in saying [...]

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A National Embarrassment

It’s official; John Fox named Jake Delhomme the starter next week at Atlanta.  This is unbelievable.  Could you imagine if the Panthers were coached by Bill Parcells or Bill Cowher?  Delhomme wouldn’t just be benched; he would be cut.  Instead, he was given a vote of confidence to remain the starter of the John Fox-led Panthers.  We are [...]

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Thoughts on the Steve Smith Injury

The Panthers got good incredibly amazing news a couple of days ago that Steve Smith only bruised his shoulder and is only day-to-day.  Smitty wasn’t angry with Chris Gamble, but he did think that his shoulder was broken.  So, the Panthers dodged a huge bullet.  Coaches obviously want their team to avoid injuries in training camp [...]

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Marty Hurney Reveals “The Plan”

Pat Yasinskas posted an excellent “Camp Confidential” training camp preview of the Panthers.  He began by noting that the Panthers have never had back-to-back winning season.  He spent a couple of paragraphs pointing out the disappointments of previous seasons – the failed expectations, the injuries, and the locker room problems.  That led to a gem [...]

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Foxy Speaks…and Makes a Ridiculous Comparison

John Fox spoke with the media on Wednesday about the Julius Peppers situation.  He was unusually candid, but he didn’t provide a lot of new information.  Let me sum up Fox’s feelings, he thinks Julius Peppers is a very good player and he likes Peppers.  There was one comment that stood out to me: Is Tom [...]

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Disturbing News

Stories have been slowly coming out the last couple of weeks about John Fox’s smothering presence over the defense last year.  I’m not going to link them all, but Cat Scratch Reader has mentioned it a couple of times.  I’m sure similar stories are elsewhere over the Internet.  One troubling story that did catch my [...]

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I Will Never Understand

I was probably less hyped about this year’s Super Bowl than any other that I can recall.  I barely paid any attention to the two-weeks of buildup for the game because all it would make me do was think about how easily the Panthers could have gotten to the big game.  I didn’t really make [...]

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Thoughts on the Julius Peppers Situation

Where We Stand:  Before the Trgo departure, I was going to write an entry advocating that the Panthers franchise and trade Julius Peppers for draft picks.  We haven’t heard a word from Pep or his agent since the Trgo news broke.  It’s hard to know what Pep is thinking; he’s been an enigma since he [...]

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