Looks like he'll be around for a while.

Panthers just signed him to a five-year, $42.5 million contract extension.

So i guess the answer to the age old question

Q: What do we do with a quarterback who throws 6 INT's in a playoff game?
A: Keep him for a long time.



http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4092544



[Edited on April 24, 2009 at 5:09 AM. Reason : link for article]

4/24/2009 5:07:45 AM

What the fuck? Delhomme must have some serious dirt on Fox and Hurney.

4/24/2009 5:20:19 AM

I wish this had been posted somewhere.. oh yeah...

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=554813

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=555312

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=547889&page=8

4/24/2009 5:23:36 AM

The fact that we re-signed Delhomme isn't a shocker but I'm surprised we gave him 5 years at his age. Doubt he's around for that long though.



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4/24/2009 5:57:52 AM

I'm sure this move was to simply open up cap space and back load his deal

4/24/2009 7:33:56 AM

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"I'm sure this move was to simply open up cap space and back load his deal"

4/24/2009 7:50:40 AM

yep. only $20 mil is in guaranteed cash.



oh yeah, and attn: users with < 2000 posts

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4/24/2009 8:12:38 AM

NFL contracts are not guaranteed people. 5 years literally means nothing for a shitty player.

4/24/2009 8:29:46 AM

Relax, they are restructuring and freeing up cap room.

4/24/2009 9:08:32 AM

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"I'm sure this move was to simply open up cap space and back load his deal"

4/24/2009 2:21:09 PM

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"I wish this had been posted somewhere.. oh yeah..."

Seriously though this is a good move. He now takes a lot less of a cap hit and when the Panthers are tired of him they can cut him.

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4/24/2009 2:37:31 PM

did you search?

4/24/2009 3:12:16 PM

The Falcons and Tony Gonzalez are laughing

4/24/2009 3:18:37 PM

laughing at the division champs

4/24/2009 3:20:39 PM

what? its obvious I am talking about this coming year... Delhomme's new contract and Gonzalez had no impact on last year

4/24/2009 3:55:20 PM

Carolina is the division champ until the end of this season.

4/24/2009 4:02:58 PM

no shit, we're the division champs until somebody else wins the division

jaybee just likes pulling for all georgia teams, especially the Dawgs

4/24/2009 4:17:09 PM

HA!

4/24/2009 4:19:07 PM

Anybody who defends Jake Delhomme is no friend of mine

The man sucks cock, plain and simple

4/24/2009 4:36:44 PM

lol @ Jaybee pulling for the Dawgs

4/24/2009 4:38:02 PM

I never could tell much difference between the crappy SEC teams anyways.

4/24/2009 4:38:58 PM

ahahaha lol @ UGA being a crappy SEC team

or the vols. or anyone except Vandy in the SEC East

[Edited on April 24, 2009 at 4:40 PM. Reason : .]

4/24/2009 4:39:52 PM

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"Anybody who defends Jake Delhomme is no friend of mine The man sucks cock, plain and simple"

He's no Patrick Pinkney

4/24/2009 4:43:05 PM

Pretty good news for this Delhomme hater.

4/24/2009 4:50:38 PM

who you going to replace him?

i think we can all say jake is not a top 10 nfl qb....but he is a top 15/16 qb. if you dont like jake that much we all can go back to the 2007 season....

jake just simply picked a bad day to have a horrible game, but the guy is like 49-30 or something in reg. season games, and i think he has won 5 playoff games....

i agree there are other qbs that the panthers would love to have, but at what cost? and to move up in a draft and pick some rookie qb or make a trade for an unproven one is not the way to go....if say they made a trade and had a top 15 pick in this years draft, or were rewarded one in next years, whose to say that the qb will be a great one, usually it takes a couple of years anyways to develop one, and by then, our playmakers are aging....

i still think jake is our best option, although im not the biggest fan, there aren't many other options to go with, he just needs to manage the game, and usually he does a decent job

4/24/2009 4:55:22 PM

^way too much logic in that post for most jake haters

4/24/2009 5:07:15 PM

^ True

JD hasn't been anywhere near as bad as some have described him over the years. In the two years prior to last year, Jake struggled primarily due to various injuries. Carolina had a lot of trouble running the ball in those years too.

Besides, Jake has never been called an elite QB. He can't put a team on his back like, say, Peyton Manning, but then again he doesn't have to. John Fox's offense centers around a strong running game and smart QB play.

Last year however it became clear that Delhomme has hit the twilight of his career. He's not making smart decisions anymore. I know the two years prior sucked too, but again... injuries and bad O-line play had a lot to do with it. This year the Panthers O was solid, but JD wasn't. I thought he'd finally get put out to pasture...

... and I was wrong

4/24/2009 5:19:21 PM

hes no Crompton... and thats a good thing

4/24/2009 6:27:33 PM

Quote :

"Anybody who defends Jake Delhomme is no friend of mine"

Jake is the man

now im not ur friend

just like everyone else n00b

4/24/2009 6:53:46 PM

jake delhomme's job is to throw it to steve smith.... i'm pretty sure it's in his contract somewhere.

4/24/2009 7:26:11 PM

He throws to Steve Smith better than Rodney Peete, Chris Weinke, Matt Moore, David Carr and Vinny Testaverde, fwiw

4/24/2009 7:33:52 PM

Jake also throws it better to Antrel Rolle, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Gerald Hayes, Ralph Brown, and Roderick Hood.

4/24/2009 8:41:39 PM

well played

4/24/2009 8:47:13 PM

^^ I see what you did there

4/24/2009 8:47:46 PM

I didn't realize Steve Smith is about to be 30.

4/25/2009 1:07:07 AM

^bad news for delhomme. soon he won't be able to throw up some bullshit and have smitty bail his ass out

4/25/2009 1:19:22 AM