So… here’s the latest from the Carolina Panthers:
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers signed Jake Delhomme to a five-year, $42.5 million extension on Thursday that keeps their quarterback under contract through the 2014 season.
The deal includes $20 million in guaranteed money and clears much needed salary-cap space for Carolina. Delhomme was to count for more than $10 million under the cap next season in the final year of his deal.
Seriously? Five more years of Jake Delhomme? Richardson and Fox are aware that Jake is 34, right? And that he was a good (but not great) quarterback on his best days, right? And that this is the same Jake Delhomme that threw five picks and lost a fumble in the playoffs, right?
Being a Steelers fan, I couldn’t care less what the hometown Panthers do… but this simply boggles the mind. Carolina, you need a quarterback, and Jake Delhomme ain’t it.
Read more here.
I completely agree. If I’m not mistaken the Panthers were somewhere around 18th in the league in passing yards last year which in my opinion is unacceptable especially considering Delhomme’s new contract. I can recall a few games last season in which Jake threw for a total of like 75 yards and completed 7 passes. Seriously at 34 years old and his string of lackluster performances, I can’t grasp the reasoning that the Panthers have for putting him on this pedestal. He has to be amongst the most overrated QB’s in the league at this point and being from Charlotte, it’s incredibly disappointing. However most other Panther fans that I speak to seem to see something in him that I don’t.. I just don’t get it.