Jake Delhomme struggled this season before it ended with a broken finger on his throwing hand.  Then Matt Moore led the Panthers to a very impressive finish.  They will battle it out in training camp for the starting job.  34-year old Jake Delhomme played in 11 games for the Panthers this season and he completed 178 of 321 passes (55.5%) for 2,015 yards with 8 TD passes and 18 INTs (59.4 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 17 times for 60 yards (3.5 ypc) this year.  Delhomme has now played in 97 games in his NFL career and he has completed 1,630 of 2,755 passes (59.2%) for 19,892 yards with 123 TD passes and 94 INTs (82.1 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 167 times for 330 yards (2.0 ypc) with 7 TD grabs.  Delhomme better come to training camp ready to play or Matt Moore is going to take his starting job away.

25-year old Matt Moore was outstanding this season for the Panthers.  He played in 7 games for the Panthers this season and he completed 85 of 138 passes (61.6%) for 1,053 yards with 8 TD passes and 2 INTs (98.5 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 12 times for -3 yards (-0.3 ypc) this year.  Moore has now played in 16 games in his NFL career and he has completed 148 of 249 passes (59.4%) for 1,783 yards with 11 TD passes and 7 INTs (84.5 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 15 times for 2 yards (0.1 ypc) in his career.  If all things are equal next season I think Moore will be the starting QB in 2010 for the Panthers.

30-year old Josh McCown injured himself in his only game of the year and he will likely be replaced as the #3 QB by A.J. Feeley.  McCown played in 1 game for the Panthers this season and he completed 1 of 6 passes (16.7%) for 2 yards with 0 TD passes and 0 INTs (39.6 QB Rating).  McCown has played in 47 games in his NFL career and he has completed 610 of 1,058 passes (57.7%) for 6,584 yards with 35 TD passes and 40 INTs (71.3 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 127 times for 569 yards (4.5 ypc) with 3 TD runs in his career.

32-year old A.J. Feeley will likely be the #3 QB for the Panthers in 2010.  He did not get into any games for them last season.  He has played in 23 games in his NFL career and he has completed 372 of 665 passes (55.9%) for 4,070 yards with 27 TD passes and 29 INTs (69.6 QB Rating).  Feeley has also carried the ball 34 times for 45 yards (1.3 ypc) with 1 TD run in his career.

The Panthers really need 23-year old WR Dwayne Jarrett to step up due to Mushin Muhammad’s knee injury.  Jarrett has played in 8 games this season for the Panthers and he has caught 9 passes for 78 yards (8.7 avg).  He has now played three years in Carolina appearing in 24 games in which he has caught 25 passes for 270 yards (10.8 avg).  If Jarrett doesn’t start playing better soon his time will be up in Carolina.

Time is starting to run out for Jake Delhomme as the starting QB of the Carolina Panthers.  He has completed 106 of 177 passes (59.9%) for 1,172 yards with 4 TD passes and 13 INTs (56.5 QB Rating).  Delhomme has also carried the ball 8 times for 31 yards (3.9 ypc) this year.  Delhomme will have to play well against the Cardinals in the first half of the game tomorrow or I think that will yank him.  Matt Moore would likely replace him as the starting QB as he has more experience in the Panthers’ system than A.J. Feeley does.  Moore has completed 6 of 11 passes (54.5%) for 63 yards with 0 TD passes and 1 INT (33.5 QB Rating) this season for the Panthers.

Steve Smith has caught 21 passes for 259 yards (12.3 avg) with 0 TD grabs this season.  Smith is starting to feel left out of the offense but he shouldn’t.  The Panthers are only averaging 156.8 yards passing per game this season and Jake Delhomme is off to a putrid start to the year.  TEs Jeff King and Dante Rosario have caught all four of the TD passes from Jake Delhomme this season.  Smith has played 9 years for the Panthers now appearing in 111 games in which he has caught 530 passes for 7,607 yards (14.4 avg) with 43 TD grabs.  He has caught 78 or more passes 5 times in his career with the Panthers and he also has 5 years of 1,000+ receiving yards.  The Panthers need to get Smith more involved in the offense or teams are going to gang up on DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart.

DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart have had a hard time running the ball this season as opposing teams have been loading the box with 8 and 9 defenders daring Jake Delhomme to beat them with the passing game.  Williams has only 220 yards rushing this season and he is only averaging 3.7 yards per carry.  He has also caught 11 passes out of the backfield for 103 yards (9.4 avg) this season.  Jonathan Stewart has carried the ball 33 times for 138 yards (4.2 ypc) with 1 TD run this season and he has caught 8 passes for 69 yards (8.6 avg).  Besides WR Steve Smith, Williams and Stewart are the best two players on the offense and the Panthers need to get them going or it’s going to be a long season.  For that to happen though, Jake Delhomme needs to wake up.