Clausen's first game.
 

11-of-21 for 146 yards and a touchdown, on the road against the defending Super Bowl champions. Without his best receiver for most of the game.

Quite a few nice throws. He even had a chance to win this game, but 2nd round bust Dwayne Jarrett dropped a pass.

Clausen is getting some cover from a decent run game, but for the most part, he was one dropped pass away from threatening the Saints.

I've been dead wrong on Bradford, but I've been sold on Clausen for two years now and I'm still liking this kid a lot.

I haven't watch any Panthers since week one, but didn't he play last week?
Not that it would be huge experience either way.

why do we care about that?

Mark Castle is 3-0. Shutup. :D

Sure, but the team put him behind the 8-ball. He got zero reps during the week, and was brought out when the team was behind and on their own 1-yard line.

This was the test. A full week of being the guy, given a whistle-to-whistle chance of commanding the team.

Largely without Steve Smith. Against the Super Bowl champs. In the Superdome.

Did what he had to do. I wish the kid well.

Well, you don't.

But football fans that do not suffer from tunnel vision might.

So did the Sanchize.

Who cares?

Considering what he's looked like lately it's probably best to just move on from these debates before we all get annoyed.

Clausen sucked aginst Cinci you forgot that part.

Exactly. Organizations make personnel mistakes.

News at 11.

He had a nice pass on the scramble toward the end, and then folded like a rookie. Poor game management. He wasn't hurrying enough. Even if his last pass was complete, they were out of timeouts and would have lost the game.

Didn't about 1/3 of those yards come on a single play with blown coverage on a RB?

Seems like a pretty Cassel-like day to me.

He did look good last game. He seemed much more comfortable out there. I still think this kid is gonna be great.

But with the Chiefs 3-0.... I shudder to think how many fans would trade that perfect schedule for what Clausen would provide. Rookie QB mistakes and all the potential upside in the world. I doubt we'd be 3-0 with Clausen. But personally, I'd feel infinitely better about the future with him.

21 passes for 146 yards?!

You've GOT that.

Yeah, with a QB who's probably more than halfway through his career.