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Tonight Mark Ingram won the Heisman Trophy as the nations best college football player.

People actually think this award still matters? - People actually think this award still matters? Rarely does a Heisman trophy translate into NFL success.

For quarterback Matt Moore, the future is now. For the Carolina Panthers, the future is moot.

The season is shot - has been for weeks - but the intrigue was ratcheted up a few notches upon finding out quarterback Jake Delhomme has a broken finger and won't play for at least a week and maybe longer.

The Heisman Trophy is awarded to the most outstanding player in collegiate football each year.

When you think about offensive innovation in the NFL, the Miami Dolphins' Wildcat and its copycat offspring are the hottest thing in years.

For years, Dan Henning was hammered by Carolina Panthers fans for being far too conservative in his play calling.

The Carolina Panthers have been assailed for signing Jake Delhomme to an offseason contract extension following his six-turnover performance in a playoff loss to Arizona, but a Charlotte Observer review of the deal shows the team kept him at a moderate price putting him in the bottom half of the NFL's starting quarterbacks.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas Time for the Carolina Panthers in our series of team-by-team mailbags: Greg in South Riding, Va., writes: Mr.

The opening day loss to Philadelphia was rough. But it was quick. Every time you turned your head the Eagles scored twice.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas John Fox faced the media a little bit ago and said about what you would expect him to say about Carolina's quarterback situation.

A.J. Feeley wanted to become a member of the Carolina Panthers for the long-term. But he doesn't want the starting job.

CHARLOTTE There's an old saying in the NFL that the backup quarterback is the most popular guy in town.

Percy Harvin saw Brett Favre sprinting toward him, but he didn't quite know what to do.

Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we absorb a bonanza of Week 1 action and await the Bears-Packers new-look NFC North showdown at a jacked to the gills Lambeau Field ... * One thing that never, ever changes from year to year in pro football: Quarterbacks make the NFL go round.

You'll hear a lot in the next few days about how season openers 'set the tone' for NFL teams -- how that first game is somehow a lot more important than the ensuing 15 because it tells everyone what kind of team you really have.

With the New York Jets naming Mark Sanchez their starting quarterback -- and the Patriots visiting the Jets in the second week of the season -- e-mailer Corey had asked the question: "What is the Patriots record against rookie quarterbacks under Bill Belichick?" Thanks to the Elias Sports Bureau, we have the answer in regular-season play -- 5-1.

The Football Scientist, KC Joyner, is a Fifth Down contributor. His 2009 Fantasy Football Draft Guide is now available for immediate download .

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from Darin Gantt's blog: Thanks to another network rehashing old parenthetical evidence and passing it off as news, we now have to go through another round of Michael Vick questions.