Pro. Jake Delhomme

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I listened to the entire Panther-Chiefs game on KPEL 105.1 and watched the entire Saints-49ers game on FOX

They won at almost the exact same time.

I had fun, the Chiefs had not lost at home in 13 games almost 2 seasons.

Jake was hot and cold but mostly "HOT" considering he lost most of his O-line and his leading rusher and leading reciever from last year.

[CajunKate]

Don't forget da Bears, Turbine! Peanut lead the Chicago defense today with 11 tackles today- 9 of them solo.

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Originally posted by CajunKate
Don't forget da Bears, Turbine! Peanut lead the Chicago defense today with 11 tackles today- 9 of them solo.

Yeah you right, hey that is one Babb looking avatar

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Jake Delhomme Yes, you probably know the name by now. You know his hometown, his voice, his Bojangles commercial, and the number on his jersey. Most of you can even pronounce his name correctly (Duh-lome). He has been the topic of NFL discussion forums and analysts interviews since the 2002 season when fans of the New Orleans Saints would chant "We want Jake, We want Jake".

What you may not know is that Jake's long and winding road to the Superbowl last season didn't start in Carolina, and it wasn't John Fox or Marty Hurney that gave him the break he needed. It was a man named Bill Kuharich.

Born on Jan. 10, 1975 in Lafayette, La., Jake Christopher Delhomme attended Teurlings Catholic High School (his hometown school), where he was an all-state defensive back -- even though he finished his career with 7,423 yards in total offense and 81 touchdowns completing 421-of-835 passes for 6,703 yards and 65 touchdowns as a quarterback. As a senior, he completed 218-of-394 passes for 3,351 yards and 32 touchdowns and rushed for 265 yards and eight touchdowns, leading his school to the state semifinals.

By comparison, that is almost more completions as a senior than Peyton Manning had attempts (168-265), and Delhomme's 3,351 passing yards as a senior eclipsed that of Manning's 2,703. Not only did Delhomme edge Manning in senior year statistics alone, but over the course of each player's high school career as well. Delhomme's 7,423 career offensive yards stand just above Manning's 7,207.

Did he get a major college scholarship?

While players like Manning were offered scholarships to Tennessee, Texas, and Michigan, there wasn't a Louisiana State University, Southern Cal or Florida in Delhomme's stack of offers. Delhomme attended the closest college to his home, Louisiana-Lafayette, where he proved to be an even better college Quarterback than he was a high school one. Jake was the only true freshman quarterback to start for a Division I-A school in 1993 and his completion percentage of 145-of-259 for 1,842 yards and 14 touchdowns with 12 interceptions gave him a 124.5 passer efficiency rating. A rating that ranked second among NCAA freshman quarterbacks. He also became the first true freshman in school history to pass for more than 1,000 yards, setting a single-season school mark for completions that he would later surpass.

As a senior, Jake completed 201-of-377 passes for a school-record 2,901 yards and 20 touchdowns with 17 interceptions in 1996.

Jake ended his college career as the all-time Louisiana College passing leader with 9,216 yards on 655-of-1,246 passing with 64 touchdowns and 57 interceptions. He led the Ragin' Cajuns to three consecutive winning seasons in his four years, became the first player to pass for more than 1,000 yards in four consecutive seasons and started the last 43 games of his career, which was the longest streak among active quarterbacks in the nation. Jake was ranked 22nd in NCAA history for passing yards and 28th for total offense at the close of his collegiate career.

So which NFL team drafted him?

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By Ryan McPherson
PantherInsider.com

[Turbine]

I love this article, very concise.

It's the message I was trying to send when I wrote (on saintsreport.com in 2001) a series about how Jake belonged in the NFL based on what he had done at UL Athlete (1993-96) Jake Delhomme
I copied, edited and reposted here in 2002

I had much less time on my hands but I started to do the same thing here with NFL: Jake Delhomme

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Tim Rattay and Jake Delhomme each enjoyed stellar college careers in the state of Louisiana.

On Sunday, Rattay and Delhomme will be at the helm of struggling teams when the San Francisco 49ers meet the Carolina Panthers in a matchup of the NFC's two worst teams.

At Louisiana Tech from 1996-99, Rattay finished second in NCAA history with 12,746 yards passing.

He also was just the third player in NCAA history to throw for more than 100 touchdowns in his career.

Delhomme starred at Louisiana-Lafayette from 1993-96, finishing his college career ranked 22nd all-time with 9,216 passing yards.

In the NFL, Delhomme has enjoyed more success than Rattay and guided the Panthers to the Super Bowl last season.

But both Delhomme and Rattay enter this contest with their teams mired in six-game losing streaks.

Delhomme had his best game of the season in last week's 27-24 loss to Oakland, completing 25-of-45 passes for 299 yards and three touchdowns.

His favorite target again was Muhsin Muhammad, who has 16 catches the last two weeks.

Carolina has been without running back Stephen Davis for the last three games due to a knee injury.

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"struggling NLF Teams "

Maybe that's why they're so bad, they playing in the National Lootball Feague!

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Carolina Panthers starting quarterback Jake Delhomme suffered a hairline fracture in the tip of his right thumb during Sunday's win at San Francisco.

Delhomme, who is not expected to miss any time because of the fracture, suffered the injury in the second half when he was hit on a roughing the passer call. The team will take a day-to-day approach to the injury.

"It's something that he will just have to play with," said head coach John Fox on Monday. "If he wasn't a quarterback, we wouldn't even be talking about it, because guys play with those."

Delhomme led a 17-point comeback victory over the 49ers on Sunday, throwing for 303 yards and three touchdowns in a 37-27 win.

For the season, Delhomme has thrown for 2,155 yards and 15 touchdowns with 11 interceptions for the 2-7 Panthers.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Fate brought Jake Delhomme and Bryan Cox together, horses helped them forge a friendship. They were teammates in New Orleans for one season, 2002; Delhomme's last with the Saints, Cox's last in the NFL. They like to discuss the sport of kings and spent many a Monday afternoon together at the Fair Grounds.

Recently, with the Carolina Panthers season coming apart and Delhomme clearly, at least from Cox's vantage point, trying to salvage it alone, the quarterback and the outspoken sports talk show co-host had a football conversation. Actually, it was more Cox talking and Delhomme listening.

"He was like, 'Hey, you keep fighting,' " Delhomme said Monday, a day after the Panthers earned their first victory this season at Bank of America Stadium, 35-10 over the Cardinals. "He said, 'It's hard, but this will make you better in the long run. I've been watching you play. You've just got to get it out your hand, set your damn feet. You can tell you're trying to do too much. I'm calling because I care about you and I love you.' "

Another ex-teammate with the Saints, former quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver, left an encouraging voice message offering similar counsel, telling Delhomme to simply progress through his reads. Delhomme also solicited wisdom from his understudy, Rodney Peete, who is nine years his elder, and Peete, likewise, told him not to try to take the offense upon himself, but to instead just take what the defense gives him.

Delhomme has taken his friends' advice and his game up a notch, tossing eight touchdowns and one interception this month for revitalized Carolina (3-7), whose consecutive victories and remaining schedule have the folks there talking about the possibility of the Panthers in the playoffs.

Don't dismiss it. The Panthers play New Orleans and Tampa Bay twice, St. Louis at home, and Atlanta on the road, and the way they've looked in the last game and a half, and the way the NFC looks this year, hey …

"Every game we've had a chance," Delhomme said. "We've killed ourselves. And I truly believe other teams realize it. They're saying, 'Look at the injuries, look what's happened, and these guys are with us?' "

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Michael Smith
ESPN.com

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Led by QB Jake Delhomme, Carolina shakes off 1-7 start

After losing six straight games and falling to 1-7, the Carolina Panthers appeared to be a shell of the team that represented the NFC in Super Bowl XXXVIII in February.

Riddled by injuries to key offensive linemen, wide receivers and running backs, the Panthers were one of the NFL's most notable midseason disappointments.

But a three-game winning streak has them rejuvenated and vying for an NFC wild-card berth, thanks in part to former Saints quarterback Jake Delhomme. Delhomme's 40-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Keary Colbert with 20 seconds remaining last Sunday enabled the Panthers to defeat the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Delhomme, who has played the past two games with a fractured thumb on his throwing hand, completed all four passes for 69 yards on the decisive five-play, 73-yard drive.

Though encouraged by his team's recent performance, Delhomme said consecutive wins against the Buccaneers (4-7), Arizona Cardinals (4-7) and San Francisco 49ers (1-10) aren't cause for celebration.

There's more work at hand, beginning with Sunday's NFC South game against the Saints (4-7) at the Superdome.

"Y'all probably won't believe me, but (the Saints) are just another team that we're playing in our division," Delhomme said. "I've been so far removed from there. It feels like three or four years since I've been there.

"People say we're in the playoff picture, but let's be realistic here -- we're 4-7. To us, it's a one-game season every week. We've been in the playoffs for the last three weeks. It's one-and-done, if that's how you want to look at it. I can't get caught up in trying to outdo the Saints. We only have four wins. We're just scratching for a win."

In his first six games, Delhomme, who signed a six-year contract extension in June that could pay him as much as $38 million, threw seven touchdown passes and 10 interceptions. In the past five games, he has thrown 12 touchdown passes and three interceptions.

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By Brian Allee-Walsh
Staff writer