you know the other day I read this hilarious editorial on espn that basically said Delhomme threw the first game of the season so that all the panthers fans that were already pretty leary of him would just switch to completely hating him, thus driving down any expectations that he would do good and basically take off any pressure he has to do good.
ah here it is:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmonsnflpicks/090918