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Carolina Panthers QB Jake Delhomme questionable with thumb injury
CBC News, Canada - 16 hours ago
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme missed practice Wednesday because of a sprained right thumb and is questionable for this weekend's game against the New York Giants.

Delhomme was injured Monday night when his throwing hand hit a helmet on his nine-yard touchdown pass to Steve Smith in the first quarter. Delhomme kept playing, and coach John Fox said he wasn't aware of the injury until after the game.

"It's something he dealt with. It was a lot more sore after the game," Fox said.

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:08:00 GMT

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[Lefty Noob]

Well, you never like to see a guy get hurt, but this might work out kind of well for the Panthers. Sit Jake a week, let him heal, and give Weinke a shot to see what he can do against the Giants. That way he's not "benched" per se, but you still get to try out the backup. What do you think?

[EmpireWF]

So what's with all the talk going around that he's more seriously injured and could miss the rest of the year?

As for a possible Chris Weinke start...I don't know if I should be happy or not. Has he ever started a NFL game before, I think he has before the Delhomme/Peete era.

[ThePundit]

Originally Posted by EmpireWF

So what's with all the talk going around that he's more seriously injured and could miss the rest of the year?

As for a possible Chris Weinke start...I don't know if I should be happy or not. Has he ever started a NFL game before, I think he has before the Delhomme/Peete era.

Yeah - he's started before and it wasn't too pretty. Here are his career stats:

+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
| Passing | Rushing |
+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
| Year TM | G | Comp Att PCT YD Y/A TD INT | Att Yards TD |
+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
| 2001 car | 15 | 293 540 54.3 2931 5.4 11 19 | 37 128 6 |
| 2002 car | 6 | 17 38 44.7 180 4.7 0 3 | 4 15 0 |
| 2005 car | 3 | 7 13 53.8 64 4.9 1 0 | 8 -5 0 |
+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
| TOTAL | 24 | 317 591 53.6 3175 5.4 12 22 | 49 138 6 |
+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+


Seasons among the league's top 10
Pass attempts: 2001-8

Chris Weinke is not in the all-time top 50 in any major category.