Can the Carolina Panthers Turn Their Season Around?
The Carolina Panthers haven’t started out their 09′ season as well as they hoped for undoubtedly. Nothing has gone according to plan, Jake Delhomme isn’t productive, the wide receivers haven’t impressed much, the defense isn’t what it was before, and the whole team is in the dumps.
The Panthers playoff performance against the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Divisional game, losing 33-13, was something they would like to obviously forget. Jake Delhomme threw for 5 interceptions in an awful day.
The Panthers second half of the season schedule is brutal – at New England Patriots, at New York Giants, at New York Jets, and at New Orleans Saints.
Hopes were equally high for the team entering the 2009 season. Nearly everyone was back from the year before, and things looked to pick up exactly where they left off in 2008.
Can the Panthers turn their season around? Yes they can because they do have the talent to do so. The Panthers need to create more turnovers on defense and give Jake Delhomme more chances to use WR Steve Smith, as of now, Steve Smith isn’t even on the radar as one of the best wide receivers in the league. It was just a couple years ago when Steve Smith was a MVP candidate.
Jake Delhomme did take the Carolina Panthers to a Super Bowl and gave the Patriots all they could handle. Jake Delhomme is a solid quarterback who is struggling.
WR Steve Smith is one of the best play-makers in the NFL but has been forgotten and seemingly an after thought. They don’t have many other go to targets, so Steve must step up and mesh with Delhomme as quick as possible.
The Panthers made their name by running the ball in 08′ – if they are going to have any success this year, the Panthers must run the ball again
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