Pro. Jake Delhomme

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THANKS A LOT TURBINE!!!! Have a Merry Christmas!

GEAUX CAJUNS!!!

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As a Panther and Cajun fan I'm pretty content at the moment. Might be a little early for predictions and haven't seen the schedule yet but wouldn't be suprised if our college team won the sunbelt next year, and I wouldn't be shocked if we got a few drafts picks over the next few years either, look at the guys we've got in the NFL now.

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CHARLOTTE — They came pulling small wagons filled with presents ranging from Elmo dolls to Care Bears to autographed Panther footballs.

But more importantly, they came.

Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme, tight end Kris Mangum and wide receiver Steve Smith and their wives spent their day off this week passing out toys and bringing smiles to the faces of some sick youngsters at the Children’s Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center on Tuesday.

“If you can make the kids smile and make their parents smile and maybe take some of the hurt away, if only for a little awhile, then you feel like you’ve accomplished something,” Delhomme said. “It’s all worthwhile.”

While the toys were a huge hit with the children, whose illnesses range from a bad case of the flu to Leukemia, nothing brought a smile quite like a high-five, a hug or even a few words from the star players themselves.

“The best part of the day was meeting Jake,” said 6-year old Ryan Shorkey, who is receiving chemotherapy treatment for Leukemia.

Delhomme is Shorkey’s favorite player and he showed up wearing a new No. 17 Delhomme jersey that he got as a birthday present last Wednesday.

“He hasn’t taken it off in a week,” said Ryan’s mother, Meredith Shorkey. “Jake is his favorite. He’s been wanting to meet him for a long time.”

Although this is his first year as a starting quarterback, Delhomme seemed like a natural when it came to dealing with the kids, eager to converse with them, sign autographs or just talk to them about Santa Claus.

“Jake is like one of the kids,” said Susan Goode, coordinator of CMC’s child watch program. “He’s been wonderful. And he has a very good rapport with the kids. This is a really special treat for the kids. They can tell their friends, ‘I was in the hospital during Christmas time, but guess who I got to meet?’”

Delhomme’s wife, Keri, came up with the idea of purchasing gifts and bringing them to ill children at CMC.

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Steve Reed
Freedom News Service

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Panthers 20, Lions 14: Delhomme dooms Detroit

CHARLOTTE-- Ten wins, 3,000 yards, 600 catches.

Jake Delhomme played a part in all of those hard and fast numbers Sunday afternoon. But what the Carolina Panthers quarterback enjoyed most during a 20-14 victory over the Detroit Lions was something that can't be measured by statistics.

"I like the fact that in the fourth quarter, with a lead, we were throwing it,"Delhomme said. "That shows the trust they had in me. That's the thing I liked most coming out of this game."

Carolina clinched the NFCSouth title by winning last week and decided to take no chances against the lowly Lions. Pro Bowl running back Stephen Davis and four other starters didn't play due to minor injuries -- and the lack of urgency surrounding the contest.

Even facing the Panther subs, Detroit still set the all-time NFLrecord for consecutive road losses at 24. The Lions (4-11) dug a 20-0 hole and didn't threaten until the fourth quarter, when Reggie Swinton's 89-yard punt return and Boss Bailey's 62-yard fumble return made it 20-14.

Once again, a Panther victory would be decided in the final moments -- nine of the team's 10 victories have been by six or fewer points.

"It's been a bizarre season, but I'll take the 10 wins any day," safety Mike Minter said. "When they scored that last one, I was like, 'All right, offense, you've got to go and take care of this clock.' "

Delhomme happily obliged, wrapping up one of his best games of the season by draining the final 3:44. The quarterback finished 29-for-35 for 260 yards, and it very nearly was more:To kill the final 6 seconds, Delhomme tried lobbing a pass out of bounds. Muhsin Muhammad actually caught it, perhaps with one toe out of the end zone.

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By Steve Hanf, Salisbury Post

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Jake set a Carolina record with an 82.86 completion percentage (29-for-35), bettering the 80.77 mark (21-for-26) established by Steve Beuerlein in 1998.

Delhomme also became the second Panther to surpass 3,000 yards passing in a season. Beuerlein did it twice (1999, 2000)

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Not just in the same game, BOTH PLAYED at the QB position. Check out this Univerisity of Louisiana Quarterback exchange

Carolina Panthers at 10:38 of the 4th
1-10-CAR27 (10:38) D.Foster up the middle to CAR 36 for 9 yards
2-1-CAR36 (10:06) D.Foster right tackle to CAR 37 for 1 yard
1-10-CAR37 (9:28) N.Goings right end to CAR 42 for 5 yards
2-5-CAR42 (8:41) J.Delhomme pass incomplete to S.Smith.
3-5-CAR42 (8:34) J.Delhomme pass to R.Proehl to NYG 45 for 13 yards
1-10-NYG45 (7:59) D.Foster right guard to NYG 41 for 4 yards
2-6-NYG41 (7:19) D.Foster up the middle to NYG 42 for -1 yards
3-7-NYG42 (6:49) J.Delhomme pass to M.Muhammad pushed ob at NYG 26 for 16 yards
1-10-NYG26 (6:24) D.Foster left tackle to NYG 32 for -6 yards
2-16-NYG32 (5:39) J.Delhomme pass to M.Muhammad to NYG 23 for 9 yards
1-5-NYG5 (4:30) J.Delhomme pass to R.Proehl for 5 yards, TOUCHDOWN
J.Kasay extra point is GOOD, Center-J.Kyle, Holder-T.Sauerbrun.
CAR 43 NYG 11, Plays: 12 Yards: 73 Possession: 6:23.

Carolina's J.Kasay kicks 55 yards from CAR 30 to New York Giants 15. B.Mitchell to NYG 29 for 14 yards
New York Giants at 04:16
1-10-NYG29 (4:16) PENALTY on NYG-S.Peters, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at NYG 29 - No Play.
NYG #30 - B.Mitchell, in at quarterback.
1-15-NYG24 (4:16) (Shotgun) B.Mitchell right tackle to NYG 42 for 18 yards (R.Manning).
1-10-NYG42 (3:43) (Shotgun) B.Mitchell right tackle to NYG 43 for 1 yard (W.Witherspoon).
2-9-NYG43 (3:10) J.Palmer pass incomplete. NYG #3 - J.Palmer, back in as quarterback.
3-9-NYG43 (3:04) (Shotgun) J.Palmer pass to W.Ponder to CAR 41 for 16 yards
1-10-CAR41 (2:30) (Shotgun) B.Mitchell left guard to CAR 41 for no gain

B.Mitchell finished with 19 yards rushing from the QB position, a postition he has played and scored from in his illustrious NFL career. Speaking of rushing career Brian is just 33 yards from 2000 yards in that career with 1967 yards.

He also had 122 kickoff return yards with 14 of that total coming on the same series he quarterbacked in, giving him 14,014 on his career.

He also had 25 yards on punt returns, if he had 26 he would have hit the 5000 yard total on his career, so he ends up one short there. BRIAN COME BACK NEXT YEAR.

On total he had 166 yards on the day and 23,484 yards in his career. BRIAN COME BACK NEXT YEAR


Jake Delhomme finished with -3 yards rushing from the QB position, but had an otherwise good day with 191 yards passing and 2 touchdowns.

Jake has 3966 career yards.

It is pretty cool to have 2 University of Louisiana quarterbacks both quarterbacking in the same NFL game.

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I wonder if there was a picture taken of the two of them after the game? Now THAT would be worth a nice piece of change.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Cowboys coach Bill Parcells liked quarterback Jake Delhomme well enough before this season that he made a run at signing the free agent before the Carolina Panthers came in with a better offer.

One season later, Parcells' opinion of Delhomme hasn't changed.

"I just like guys like him," Parcells said on a conference call Tuesday. "I've had a few of them like him, kind of spunky and competitive.

"He's not a classic in any manner of speaking. But there's something about him. He looked like he had some really good leadership characteristics. He's not afraid."

Parcells said he can't define what specifically he liked about Delhomme, only that he sensed the quarterback could be effective if given the opportunity.

"I thought he had some of the intangible things I look for in players," Parcells said. "Do I know for a fact he has them? No. But it seems to me he does."

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Special to the Star-Telegram

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CHARLOTTE — In the hours before Saturday night’s game, Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme doesn’t expect to have any butterflies fluttering around in his stomach.

Being nervous, Delhomme said, is not an option.

That’s because if he gets nervous and puts pressure on himself, Delhomme knows he won’t play well.

He learned that back in 1999 when, in the New Orleans Saints’ final preseason game against the Tennessee Titans, he got himself so worked up that he couldn’t sleep or eat before the game.

The result was one of the worst games of his life.

“It was going to be either me or Danny Weurffel who was going to get the starting job,” Delhomme said. “I ended up getting the start and put too much pressure on myself. I was like, ‘What are you doing?’ I was real nervous and stunk up the joint and played awful.”

As a result, Weurffel won the starting job and Delhomme became an afterthought for the Saints.

“From that point, I promised myself I’d never get that way again because I was terrible. I’m going to be awful if I make myself nervous,” Delhomme said.

So how will he do that?

Delhomme, who’ll be making his 16th start of the season, said he’ll keep reminding himself this is just another game.

“And that’s true. Yes, the stakes are higher this week, but it’s just another game. And I mean that,” Delhomme said. “Plus, if I’m not completely prepared by the time I walk out of here Thursday night, then I’m in trouble. But that’s not the case. I’m already ready to go.”

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Steve Reed
reed512@cs.com
Freedom News Service