Here’s all you need to know about Jake Delhomme. After Jake takes a big hit on a six-yard scramble in the 3rd quarter and gets up spitting and stomping and pounding his chest, the Panthers score 17 straight points and hold the Bears to about 50 yards in offense for the rest of the game.
Chris Harris, John Fox, and Jonathan “Down Hill” Stewart all said after the game that Jake’s run, hit, and reaction fired up the team. On the Bears next offensive play, in fact, Harris strips a Bear receiver and Chris Gamble gobbles it up, setting up the Panthers first TD. Stewart pounded the ball home.
Steve Smith is Carolina’s best player. Jake is the team’s most valuable. If he stays healthy, the Panthers will play deep into December January.
Update: Headlines you’d never see in Charlotte, Olsen bad to the last drop. If the Uptown paper wrote that or a sports anchor said it about a Panther TE with two fumbles the Big Cat would cut them off faster than a F-16 flyover Mint and Morehead.
