All you Carolina Panthers fans who seem to think that Jake Delhomme's arm will break like glass any day now will have to keep waiting. Reports out of the team's "optional" offseason workouts indicate that Delhomme is taking snaps in team drills with no pain in his surgically repaired elbow.So far, everything seems to be progressing well for Delhomme, who should be ready for training camp. At least, that's what some baseball players suggested to him a few months ago.
I saw Ken Griffey Jr. at a function and I introduced myself to him and there were a couple of other guys there and I said, 'Hey, I couldn't be happier (with the surgery).' They all busted out laughing ... and said, 'Tommy John, what a great surgery.' They've seen so many guys who have had so much relief after and hopefully I fall into that category."That's exactly what John Fox is hoping, too. Jake Delhomme played 11 quarters of football last season and still let the Panthers in touchdown passes for 2007. Imagine if he plays a full season with a decent line blocking for him (for a change).
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5-28-2008 @ 5:04PM
Harrison said...
Good to hear that Jake is doing well. A lot of Panthers fans have yet to warm up to Jake and that's a shame. The guy is solid, his team loves him and here's hoping he stays healthy and takes us back to the playoffs.
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5-31-2008 @ 4:25PM
tony said...
The fact that Jake led the team in touchdown passes is not a bragging point from my point of view. It is actually sad.
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5-31-2008 @ 4:28PM
Dave said...
It's more of a reflection of the backups than of Jake, really. If you take his 8 TD passes in those 3 games and spread it out over 16 games, that's 42 TD passes in one season.
Granted, Jake wouldn't have had nearly that many with the line the Panthers had last year, but I think he could have matched or even surpassed his career high of 29.
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