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Delhomme Throws, Appears Fine

By Brinson | May 2, 2008

In case the talking heads didn’t beat it through your skull over the past few weeks, one of the most important things that can happen for the Panthers 2008 season is that Jake Delhomme stays healthy. Via ITP, it appears that even if he’s not completely healed, the recovery progress is going well, as he actually threw passes at the team’s minicamp today. Word up.

In somewhat of a surprise, Delhomme threw 34 passes during individual drills Friday morning as the Panthers opened a three-day minicamp. He didn’t throw during team drills.

Delhomme said his recovery is going great and that he hasn’t had any setbacks. He said he hasn’t thrown a deep pass yet, but did throw an equally difficult 15-yard out pass to Steve Smith Saturday.

Delhomme looked comfortable and at ease throwing.

The news doesn’t get much better than that, Panther fans. Of course, I still think that we need to a) keep expectations down for Delhomme as much as possible, b) make sure that Matt Moore is getting plenty of snaps with the first team and that he’s prepared to step in as a starter at any moment and c) sign a veteran backup. Even if it’s someone like Byron Leftwich, unless he’s actually a clubhouse cancer, the addition of a veteran who has a decent grasp on the playbook and can step in and not be worse than David Carr have everyone immediately become terrified would be a nice bonus.

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