Carr signs with Carolina as the backup

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I think this is the last year for both Delhomme and Fox in Carolina

I think Fox gets another year when they win the division.

That's a really pathetic division when you think about it. Tampa Bay's once dominant D is yet another year older. The Falcons have no clue how to build a team around a guy who plays QB like a guy perpetually making his first NFL start. Every pick they use on a receiver who wont get the ball is another that they didn't use to rebuild the defense. The Saints can't possibly be a good as last year, and that leaves really the Panthers and Saints to fight it out of the division.

When Carr inevitably replaces Delhomme at QB, assuming they dont have a Redskin-esque defensive dropoff, they will win some games. It won't be a dominant offense, but should be a passible one.

Still, not really a threat of a team around playoff time. But 10-6 and a division championship is a pretty reasonable expectation, and one that IMO would save Fox's job.

I think the interesting question is what comes of Delhomme if Carr leads them to a playoff birth. Does he stay on as the backup, or try to make it (unsuccessfully) in 2008?