The original news was that the Carolina Panthers cut veteran defensive tackle Damione Lewis, but it was changed to be about quarterback Jake Delhomme, who was released on the same day following Lewis. It had been expected that he would lose his starting job after his worst season as a pro last year, and being released was really a surprise.
One day ago, the Panthers said that they would like to keep quarterback Matt Moore in Panthers jersey for 2010 season but he may have to compete for the starting job. Since the team decided to release Delhomme, the quarterback Moore will have to compete with for the starting role must be someone new from the free agent market or draft pick. Bursting onto the scene in 2003 and leading the Panthers to the Super Bowl, Delhomme had been the team’s starting quarterback for years until last season after Moore replaced him to start in the final five games.
At the end of 2008 season, Panthers offered Delhomme a lucrative contract extension in hope that he would give better performance than committing six turnovers in a playoff loss to the Arizona Cardinals. However, Delhomme only offered another six-turnover performance in a season-opening loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and had a career-high 18 interceptions before being sidelined. Then Moore came on and had eight touchdown passes and only two interceptions as Carolina won four of its final five games. As a result of the different performance, the Panthers gave Moore the highest restricted free-agent tender of $3.043 million for one season on Wednesday while released Delhomme the next day.
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Panthers DE Peppers still wants to play elsewhere
The Carolina Panthers said he does not want to have a long-term contract with the team, and the reason he gave was that the Panthers have ignored the five-time Pro Bowl defensive end this offseason, changing Peppers’ stance on whether to stay in Carolina.
“Last year, at the time, that was the option that I wanted most,” Peppers said. “Now it’s not.”
His agent Carl Carey said last week he believes the Panthers aren’t interested in retaining Peppers although he has been Panthers’ career sacks leader. Carey believes so because team officials haven’t announced their plans for the impending free agent. But it was Peppers who firstly rejected Panthers’ offer of a contract that could make Peppers the highest-paid defensive player in NFL jerseys after Peppers had a career-low 2 1/2 sacks in 2007. Peppers also announced he wanted to play elsewhere following 2008 season.
Peppers said Tuesday that he wanted out because he was upset with the team’s direction under then-defensive coordinator Mike Trgovac, who left the team along with defensive line coach Sal Sunseri before the Panthers placed the restrictive franchise tag on Peppers. But Peppers still said that the team had no intension to keep him.
“Last year, at the time, that was the option that I wanted most,” Peppers said. “Now it’s not.”
His agent Carl Carey said last week he believes the Panthers aren’t interested in retaining Peppers although he has been Panthers’ career sacks leader. Carey believes so because team officials haven’t announced their plans for the impending free agent. But it was Peppers who firstly rejected Panthers’ offer of a contract that could make Peppers the highest-paid defensive player in NFL jerseys after Peppers had a career-low 2 1/2 sacks in 2007. Peppers also announced he wanted to play elsewhere following 2008 season.
Peppers said Tuesday that he wanted out because he was upset with the team’s direction under then-defensive coordinator Mike Trgovac, who left the team along with defensive line coach Sal Sunseri before the Panthers placed the restrictive franchise tag on Peppers. But Peppers still said that the team had no intension to keep him.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Panthers both RBs Williams and Stewart will play against Dolphins
Although they still have to take care of nagging injuries, the Carolina Panthers running backs DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart were still listed as active for Thursday night’s game against the Miami Dolphins.
Williams had a sore left knee and missed Wednesday’s practice, and Stewart missed practice on Tuesday because of a sore left Achilles’ tendon. Both were listed as questionable after Wednesday’s practice but still went on field in their Panthers jerseys to play against the Dolphins on Thursday.
Reserve safety Tyrone Culver was also active despite being questionable with an ankle injury. Left guard Nate Garner started in the lineup as replacement to Justin Smiley, who had a shoulder injury.
Williams had a sore left knee and missed Wednesday’s practice, and Stewart missed practice on Tuesday because of a sore left Achilles’ tendon. Both were listed as questionable after Wednesday’s practice but still went on field in their Panthers jerseys to play against the Dolphins on Thursday.
Reserve safety Tyrone Culver was also active despite being questionable with an ankle injury. Left guard Nate Garner started in the lineup as replacement to Justin Smiley, who had a shoulder injury.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Delhomme remains Panthers starting quarterback despite bad streak
The Carolina Panthers coach John Fox said Wednesday that he was sticking with Jake Delhomme as the team’s starting quarterback, even though Delhomme has had just two touchdown passes and seven interceptions by so far.
Delhomme received a contract extension in the offseason after committing six turnovers in an upset playoff loss to the Arizona Cardinals. However, he did not repay with better performance. In the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, he threw four interceptions and failed to lead the team to a victory. A week later, he had a key late interception to end a comeback bid in Atlanta. On this Monday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys, he threw two interceptions and lost a fumble in the 21-7 loss.
Despite the bad streak, the team still thinks of Delhomme to be the best choice of starting quarterback. Anyway, as a player who has started a franchise record 82 regular season games since he put on panthers jersey, Delhomme is still much better than his backups, including A.J. Feeley and Matt Moore.
Delhomme received a contract extension in the offseason after committing six turnovers in an upset playoff loss to the Arizona Cardinals. However, he did not repay with better performance. In the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, he threw four interceptions and failed to lead the team to a victory. A week later, he had a key late interception to end a comeback bid in Atlanta. On this Monday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys, he threw two interceptions and lost a fumble in the 21-7 loss.
Despite the bad streak, the team still thinks of Delhomme to be the best choice of starting quarterback. Anyway, as a player who has started a franchise record 82 regular season games since he put on panthers jersey, Delhomme is still much better than his backups, including A.J. Feeley and Matt Moore.
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