If you didn’t really pay attention to last night’s mistake-ridden game between the Panthers and Cowboys, you may have seen that Delhomme threw two picks (one for six the other way) and assume this was Jake continuing the trend he started in the playoffs last season. But that wasn’t really the case.
Jake Delhomme’s Latest Batch of INTs Not Actually Jake Delhomme’s Fault
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His first INT was, in large part, Muhsin Muhammad’s fault. It was man-on-man downfield and Muhammad quit on the pass, allowing a 5’10" cornerback to out jump him for the ball.
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The second, and much more costly INT, was on Steve Smith. Just ask Steve Smith:
↵↵“I put Jake in a bad situation,” said Smith of Terence Newman’s interception that he returned 27 yards for a touchdown, putting the game out of reach and giving the Cowboys a 21-7 victory.
↵“It was a slant,” said Smith. “I should have crossed the guy’s face. Jake expected me to cross the guy’s face. But I didn’t.
↵“The bottom line is, I screwed Jake.”
↵↵I’m not saying that Delhomme played particularly well (or that he’s a good quarterback), but he was certainly not the reason Carolina lost its third game. Pretty hard for a team that relies on running the ball and defense to win when their backs run for 63 yards and the D gives up 449 net yards while forcing zero turnovers.
↵On second thought, Bojangles biscuits are probably to blame for all of this.
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