Panthers Extend Jake Delhomme's Contract through 2014

Whoa, talk about hitting the jackpot for a 34 year old QB. Doesn’t seem we cleared much cap space unless unless its back-loaded. This may be a signal no deal for Pep is eminent.

In my opinion this could be a blessing in surprise. With his contract now extended it would be alot easier (if Carolina wanted) to trade him. Like Jaxon said, he is 34 and there might not be that much of a market out there for him. I think that this coming season will be a “tell all” season for him.

8 Million a year for Jake Delhomme. Wow.

Just to defend John Fox though, there wasn’t much that he could do. He doesn’t have the money to sign the rookies, so he had to extend the contract of someone. With Jake’s 11 million dollar contract, it only makes sense to start with him.

With the draft only two days away, Jake’s agent had a lot of arguing leverage to get a big deal done. Hence the 8 million a year contract. It was easier for it to be given considering that it was Jake and the team has that much faith in him, but this was the primary reason for the deal being so high.

We could be stuck with a first round QB bust like so many other teams in the league. Delhomme is not the greatest QB to walk the earth but he is better then more then halve of the ones playing right now. Consider Payton Manning has multi-int days and that we have a winning QB whose made the playoffs 3 out of 6 seasons (2007 shouldn’t even count). Yet “fans” act like Fox and Hurny just signed David Carr to a $40mil 5 year deal. He’s not the best but we could be much worse off.

Yep; I’m a Jake fan, and have been since he played in high school @ Teurlings in Lafayette, LA. ……so I’m guilty as charged. Ok; I’m surprised also at the length & price of his new contract. Of course; he wasn’t starting on Sundays at 22 or 23 and taking all the beatings like a Manning, Aikman, Carr, etc. So he’s actually maybe closer to a 30 yr. old in wear and tear. He can easily play for the duration of the contract. He IS human and makes his share of mistakes. I cringe thinking about the awful Phoenix playoff game. I’m sure he does too. But hey; there’s plenty blame to go around; the whole team reeked for that game. Why was the OC calling so many pass plays instead of running with the best RB tandem in the league? This would have also kept the Cards’ offense on the sideline as an added bonus. Where was Peppers for that game? or the rest of the defense?….no shows as well. It’s too easy to blame just Jake for that game. I remember Jake coming in off the bench and leading the Panthers to the Super Bowl in his 1st yr. in Carolina. Evidently; many fans have very short memories. He played for quite a while with an injured arm, till he finally had to get it operated on. You saw what happened with him out of the lineup. I’m not believing all the trash talk about him. He’ s done nothing but win his whole life. He won the World bowl in Frankfurt of NFL-Europe. He broke the state passing records in college at UL-Lafayette,(pretty good considering some of the former LA Qbs……Bradshaw, Bert Jones, Doug Williams, Stan Humphries, etc.) And of course he led the Panthers to the SB also. A 12-4 record, and NFC South Championship ain’t too bad for last season. I’d sure liked to have seen it end with a win in the Superbowl; but hey, there’s only 1 happy team at the end of each year. I’d not be so quick to call for a replacement. We could do MUCH worse. He’s made mistakes; but I’ve also seen Favre, Manning, (both of ‘em), Steve Young, Marino, and every other QB have games with many INTs. It happens. What I’m concerned about right now is the Peppers situation, & how it’s hog-tying the team. We’ve lost way too much experience on the OL., and the D-Line needs some serious help. It broke my heart that Holt went to the Jags instead of home to Carolina….. Congratulations, Jake. I know you’ll work hard to get us back in position for a return to the SB. Of course; the schedule is a murderer’s row & our personel gaps need to be addressed. Also; I believe, by extending Jake’s contract in the way it was done; this will probably give the team more cap options……waiting to hear the exact details of it. GEAUX PANTHERS !!!

Im a Panther fan originally from Spartanburg S.C, where the Panthers practice in the summer and currently live in St. Louis where I see how bad the Rams are on a weekly basis. I have watched Jake Delhomme lose too many games for us in the regular season year after year and in the playoffs, to not keep him around. Jake will play this last as his season collect his $20 million guaranteed, then retire. We really should draft another QB to replace him.

This organization needs to move forward

I think we should take our 59th pick and draft the QB from Texas Tech Graham Harrell, the guy who broke all those NCAA records throwing the ball to Michael Crabtree.

I mean c’mon, we have Steve Smith, the most explosive WR in the NFL !!

Let Delhomme start this last year. Groom another QB. Harrell has the arm and the skills to be a franchise QB and theres a really good chance he could still be available in the 2nd round due to team needs

I really don’t believe we can win a SB with Jake at QB.

Graham Harrell #6 QB

2008 STATS
RATING YARDS TOUCHDOWNS
160.04 5,111 45

CAREER STATS
YARDS TOUCHDOWNS
15,793 134

The numbers dont lie

15,793 134

I dont hate Jake Delhomme.

 I’m sure he’s a swell guy and fun to talk to.

I DO see why the organization redid his contract to free up cap space for tommorrow’s draft. And also Pepper’s terrible agent who doesn’t know how to broker a deal…What I don’t see from a business standpoint is Jake Delhomme as the best option for our team at QB. He is not consistant at all and has lost too many games by interceptions and fumbles to merit a 5yr 42 MILLION contract???

It’s ashame the entire organization has been hoodwinked this offseason

What other option did they have? If they didn’t restructure Delhomme’s deal, they’d be paying him $11 million for this season and wouldn’t even have the cap room to sign draft picks. Both sides made a concession here. Jake gave up the right to make $11 million as long at the panthers would make the concession of paying Jake for the next few years. It is highly unlikely that he plays more than two more years. He doesn’t retire after another 2-3 years, I imagine the Panthers will be ready to cut him by then and take the salary cap hit. Either way it was a move that had to be made and I’ll be more than surprised if the Panthers end up paying Jake even half of the “$42 million” contract. Haven’t you guys learned anything about NFL contracts by now?

I really think that this will boost jakes confidence. He knows know how important he is to this team. He needs t come out like he did 2 seasons ago, before he hurt his elbow.