The Carolina Panthers (1-7) have placed starting QB Matt Moore on Injured Reserve. He will require surgery for a torn labrum injury which was revealed after receiving results of an MRI. Surgery will be scheduled in the upcoming weeks.
Moore who led the anorexic offense finishes the season with 857yds, 5TD's, 10Int with a 55.6 QB Rating for the year after signing a one-year contract as a restrictive free agent. His time with the Panthers looks to be done with the news of this injury and the impeding surgery. The Panthers now will likely turn to rookie signal callers Casey Clausen or Tony Pike as the starter. Head Coach John Fox stated "the two quarterbacks on the roster, we will take a look at them this week and decide who gives us the best chance to win." The Panthers, the youngest team in the league, now are going to try and replace the most integral position on an offense which, even when you aren't losing and don't have as many issues with your offensive line as Carolina has, still would not be a smooth transition. What I hope the coaching does not do is employ a revolving door policy where they start Clausen and then jerk him out and then replace with Pike and then vice versa. If they ever expect to have success with Clausen they are going to have to allow him the chance to make mistakes and mature en route to becoming the player that they forecasted he could be when they drafted him. With only two QB's on the roster the Panthers also are going to give Appalachian State Rookie QB turned WR, Armanti Edwards, snaps this week. Fox said "If we do now bring in another QB, he would be the next best emergency QB that we have!" With that said the Panthers have invited former Rams backup QB Keith Null, (4Games, 566yds, 3TD's, 9Int, 49.9 Rating) in for a tryout this afternoon. If signed, he then would be the NO.3 QB.
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