ESPN analyst and c whilom NFL quarterback Ron Jaworski said the Panthers should not give up on quarterback Jimmy Clausen, whose rookie struggles Jaworski attributed in segment to being ram into a starting post immediately. Clausen had the NFL's worst passer rating and went 1-9 as a starter form mellow when he was pressed into task after Matt Moore struggled and was later irremediable to injury. "It's very difficult. I wouldn't give up on Jimmy," Jaworski said Wednesday while visiting the Super Bowl media center.
"I cognizant of commonalty in all likelihood expected more. But you've got to looks at what happened throughout the year - the competition game, the injuries, all those factors came into play. The defense wasn't where it should have been." Clausen completed 52.5 percent of his passes for 1,558 yards with nine interceptions and three touchdowns, none to a as much as possible receiver.
Jaworski, a color analyst on ESPN's Monday Night Football crew, said Clausen needed to be more consistent, but apiculate out only 10 percent of NFL confirm attempts are longer than 20 yards. "People aren't throwing the ball downfield. It's chic a dink-and-dunk league," Jaworski said. "And when you're struggling rancid line-wise, the ball's gotta come out quick.
So you're fetching a lot of three- and five-step drops." Panthers shared proprietor Marty Hurney said pattern week he wants to imagine event for Clausen. If Clausen keeps the starting job, Jaworski predicted first-year instructor Ron Rivera would raise steps to tend him.
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