The Carolina Panthers

Anyone who has spent five minutes around me during a conversation about football knows I have thought Jake Delhomme sucks! I have been aware of this for several years. The Panthers have enjoyed a fair amount of success during his tenure at quaterback, however this is in spite of him. He had nothing to do with it. Well Saturday night the rest of the world ( Panthers fans in particular) saw what I noticed a few years ago. If the Panthers have to throw the ball they will lose.....badly! First of all they have one of the best recievers in football, Steve Smith. This guy is a bulldog. He wrestles more bad throws away from defenders than you can count. I just don't understand how anybody thinks Jake is any good. My wife who knows very little about football but has listened to my anti-Jake rants (god bless her) understands why he sucks. You have a staff of highly paid coaches, scouts and talent evaluators who have spent their entire lives around the game of football, they think he's ok. So Mr. Richardson (the Panthers owner) here is what you need to do to fix the Panthers.
1. Send Jake packing, now! Trade him for a big bag of used jock straps. He's going to cost you 11 million dollars next year. And he sucks!
2. Fire John Fox! Have you seen a press conference? He couldn't get a bunch of fat chicks excited about lunch. His play calling is geared towards boring. 3rd and 13 let's run a draw. He has one of the most dynamic playmakers of the last decade and does not utilize him. Plus he left Jake in the game long enough to commit 6 turnovers. At some point you realize it's not his night. That's why there is a big long bench just off to the side of the playing surface. Does he know that there are 3 quarterbacks on the roster?
3. Do not resign Julius Peppers, I know he's a local guy, and has all the physical potential in the world, but he's going to get a 50 million dollar contract this year make sure it's from someone else. You know what all that got you Saturday night? You how many tackles he made? 2!!!!! Yep that was two more than I made. I was asleep on the couch by halftime. If I could have stayed awake and made the trip into Charlotte I probably could've tripped two people.
4. The first 4 draft picks this year should be on defense, in the secondary. Preferably guys who on occasion cover someone and/or tackle memebers of the opposite team. Arizona due to an injury had one offensive weapon, Larry Fitzgerald. You know he's good, you know they will throw him the ball. Maybe, just maybe there should've been a little something in the defensive game plan to stop him. 8 catches 166 yards and two touchdowns! They didn't even slow him down.
This list is not all inclusive mind you but it is a good start. It was amazing the Panthers won 12 games this year but they did play: Detroit (0-16) Kansas City (4-12) Oakland(5-11). And by the way they barely beat Oakland and Detroit. Jake had one good game this year against KC. That was it. At least he's in the last year of his contract but I don't know why you let him play. As far as I can see the only thing he does well is make Bojangles commercials.
SHOW ME THE CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!