Posted by ESPN.com’s Pat Yasinskas
In the next half hour or so, coach John Fox will talk to the Carolina media and we’ll find out if he’s ready to announce if Jake Delhomme is still the starting quarterback.
Don’t be surprised if Fox drags this announcement out a bit and maybe even takes it down to game time Sunday in Arizona. Fox has said he’s considering alternatives (Matt Moore and A.J. Feeley) to Delhomme, but in a Sirius NFL Radio interview Tuesday, Fox sounded like he’s leaning toward sticking with Delhomme.
“We can’t put our head in the sand,’’ Fox said. “We’ll work this week. We’ll see what Matt and A.J. have got a little bit but, deep down inside, our options aren’t real proven. Like I said, I think we’ll see how the practice goes this week and how guys around him, and I know I say this and fans might get tired of hearing it but everybody else has got to pick up their game, too. It’s just not one guy in the passing game. I mean, you’ve got to protect. You’ve got to run good routes. You’ve got to win if it’s one-on-one. And you’ve got to make plays on the other end. You look at the good quarterbacks playing in the league, they do have help. It’s not a one-man show.”
In the next half hour or so, coach John Fox will talk to the Carolina media and we’ll find out if he’s ready to announce if Jake Delhomme is still the starting quarterback.
Don’t be surprised if Fox drags this announcement out a bit and maybe even takes it down to game time Sunday in Arizona. Fox has said he’s considering alternatives (Matt Moore and A.J. Feeley) to Delhomme, but in a Sirius NFL Radio interview Tuesday, Fox sounded like he’s leaning toward sticking with Delhomme.
“We can’t put our head in the sand,’’ Fox said. “We’ll work this week. We’ll see what Matt and A.J. have got a little bit but, deep down inside, our options aren’t real proven. Like I said, I think we’ll see how the practice goes this week and how guys around him, and I know I say this and fans might get tired of hearing it but everybody else has got to pick up their game, too. It’s just not one guy in the passing game. I mean, you’ve got to protect. You’ve got to run good routes. You’ve got to win if it’s one-on-one. And you’ve got to make plays on the other end. You look at the good quarterbacks playing in the league, they do have help. It’s not a one-man show.”
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Yasinskas joined ESPN.com in January 2008 after covering the Carolina Panthers for The Charlotte Observer for nine seasons. He began his journalism career with The Tampa Tribune in 1990.