The Switch

No, I am not referring to the movie directed by Josh Gordan and Will Speck where Jennifer Aniston gets artificially inseminated. I am talking about the Carolina Panthers switching the starting quarterback once again. We are approaching week 7 (not even half way through the season) and we are about to embark on the third "switch" of the season.

I have defended the coaching staff (minus Jeff Davidson) throughout the last two seasons and the drama we have endured. However, I can not stand by and say that this is a good decision for our team.

Let's face it. We are not going to be making a Super Bowl run this season. Starting out at 0-5 has pretty much decided our destiny. So why pull the quarterback that was drafted to be the future of our team?

Because he is not winning?

Because he is making some bad decisions?

Because he is making turnovers?

These are all things that happen when you have a rookie quarterback. It happened with other rookie quarterbacks through the history of the NFL. John Elway completed less than 48% of his passes and he had twice as many INT's than touchdowns in his first season. Two seasons later, he led the league in yards and completions. Thankfully for Elway though, he didn't have a coaching staff that pulled him at each small sign of trouble. They let him play it out, learn from his mistakes, and get the experience needed that you will not find by the sideline.

So far this year, we have had two people start, Matt Moore and Jimmy Clausen, neither have shown great progress. However we can not continue to play them base on how well they have played for half of a game. If we continue to pull each quarter back at halftime, the fourth quarter, each week, we will continue to not improve because neither quarterback is getting the time needed to improve, not to mention the mental issues. How will either quarterback improve if they only play half a game at a time?

Here are some stats for the year.

JIMMY CLAUSEN:

43/91
454 yards
47.3 % Completion
1 TD

3 INT
52.2 Rating

MATT MOORE:

25/59

342 yards
42.4 % Completion
2 TD
6 INT
33.3 Rating

I understand we are looking for a win, but think about it. There is no logic to this move. They need to pick a quarterback and stick with him (unless injured, god forbid that we endure more complications), by this yo-yo affect being used, neither one will improve to become the quarterback that we need to lead this team. And by the stats above, my pick would be Jimmy Clausen.

With each week, it is getting harder to say, but here it goes, GO PANTHERS!