Reports out of the first day of Carolina Panthers minicamp indicate that Jake Delhomme is throwing short passes without pain and has had zero setbacks in rehab following Tommy John surgery on his elbow. In other news, all those pundits who thought the Panthers would trade half their draft to get Matt Ryan scurried back to their computers to research how to manipulate Google so that no one would ever find out how silly they were.
Delhomme isn't throwing long bombs just yet, but he's probably further along than the team thought he might be at this stage, and he should be very close to 100% again by the time training camp starts in July. How you react to that news may depend entirely on your opinion of Jake Delhomme as a quarterback. (I have co-workers who refer to him as "Forrest Gump." What they called David Carr, though, is unprintable here.)
The Charlotte Observer is also reporting that 3rd-round picks Dan Connor and Charles Godfrey are getting first-team looks at middle linebacker and free safety, respectively. Connor is filling in for Jon Beason, who had surgery on his wrist on Wednesday but is expected to be ready before full camp opens.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. And now Steve Smith can move back up the fantasy geek draft board.. Still isn’t going to help this train wreck of a team
Posted at 5:28PM on May 2nd 2008 by murph207
2. Write it down, the Panthers are going to the play offs this year.
Posted at 9:40PM on May 2nd 2008 by John
3. This team is a train wreck! Two of the top players in the draft and a train wreck! Steve Smith is the conductor of a train wreck! John Henry was a steel driving train wreck! Train wreck! Tommy john train wreck!
Posted at 10:54PM on May 2nd 2008 by captainmurphyfromsealab
4. This team is only a train wreck if Delhomme doesn't get healthy in time or gets hurt again. And then I still think it's a divisional contender.
Posted at 11:40PM on May 2nd 2008 by Will Brinson
5. Whats up with every reply here using the phrase "train wreck"?
Panthers should be good with Delhomme, ok with out him; Matt Moore is an adequeate replacement. With the added emphesis on the running game this year, the QB wont play quite as large a role. Its up to the revamped defense (helloooooooo, Peppers) to be the difference-makers this year....
Posted at 3:06AM on May 3rd 2008 by Thomas
6. The Panthers are going to have a great season. I agree that they will go to the playoffs, but we'll just have to see what happens. I only hope that the team's major players make it through camp and those idiotic pre-season games with no injuries.
I love the train-wreck thing! This blog is getting more entertaining every week! Keep it up, guys!
Posted at 3:10PM on May 3rd 2008 by Harrison
7. If Jake Delhomme is healthy this year the Panthers will be playoff contenders this season.
Posted at 12:55AM on May 4th 2008 by George B Vieto