Notes from the press box at Bank of America Stadium for Panthers - Cardinals.Jake Delhomme's job tonight was two-fold: don't turn the ball over and occasionally hit Steve Smith on deep play-action passes. So far tonight, he hasn't really done either quite well. In fact, aside from the one deep throw (that he didn't complete), it's pretty safe to say he looks more like David Carr.
Granted, Delhomme did get a ball deep to Smith at the end of the first quarter that drew 14 penalty flags in .01 seconds, so I suppose he deserves some credit there. But the fact of the matter is that the Cardinals have 14 points and are driving, and the last 10 points are nothing but gifts from Delhomme and unnecessary wastes of red zone opportunities.
Meanwhile, Kurt Warner is 8-of-9 for 100 yards and a touch and, even though there's some intermittent rain falling here, you wouldn't know that it had the chance of affecting the Cards, who shook off an early punch in the mouth courtesy of the Panthers to storm back and take the lead.
Bonus Buzzsaw stat nerdiness: Neil Rackers' 49-yarder was the longest in Cardinals postseason history. You can write your own jokes.




