The Oregonian newspaper, located in a quaint town just north of Little Rock, AK, is reporting that former Carolina Panthers QB Matt Moore has signed with the Miami Dolphins. A source tells the paper that it’s a two-year deal worth $5 million, that can be pushed to $7.5 with incentives.

So now, the pundits are saying that this takes the Dolphins out of the Kyle Orton race. Why? Matt Moore has played about four good games of NFL football. Why is he the answer? Orton isn’t Joe Montana, but he’s proven he can play well and win games consistently. This is like showing up to a NASCAR race, and when everyone asks you where your race car is, you point to your ’83 Buick Skylark and say, “no, I’m good, I brought this.”

You didn’t solve the problem.

They did the same exact thing in Seattle. “Oh, we don’t need Kevin Kolb, we solved our QB problem with Tarvaris Jackson!” No, you didn’t. Tarvaris Jackson stinks at football. The Vikings didn’t agonize over Brett Favre for two years because Jackson is a stud in the making.

So, enjoy Matt Moore, Miami. Orton might not be a Super Bowl quarterback, but he’ll give you a better chance to have a winning season than the combination of Moore and Chad Henne.

I don’t get it. Signing crappy quarterbacks does not solve your signal-caller problem. These same executives and coaches will be the ones with the stunned look on their faces on the sidelines and luxury boxes in Week 10 when they are getting their asses handed to them by the Jets 48-3.

Gee….we thought we had our guy in Matt Moore.

Former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen has signed a four-year deal with the Carolina Panthers today, according to ESPN‘s Adam Schefter. A league source tells PFT that his bonus is $2.533 million and the fourth year of his deal has an escalator of $2.85 million in 2013.

This is probably a very different contract than Clausen thought he’d be getting just four months ago. Many draftniks had him going No. 4-overall to the Washington Redskins. Yeah….um…that didn’t happen. Clausen slipped to the second round.

Clausen is expected to compete with incumbent Matt Moore, who played well down the stretch last year. All things being equal, they’ll probably start the year with Moore and then have Clausen ready if he falters.

Carolina Panthers starting QB Jake Delhomme is not likely to play this week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After his four-interception performance last week, you’d think it was because he stinks and got benched. But no, it seems like it’s due to injury.

“Panthers QB Jake Delhomme unlikely to play Sunday due to finger injury and likely Carolina starter is Matt Moore,” tweets Adam Schefter.

Look for the Panthers to go on a hot streak and win the Super Bowl with Matt Moore. Ever see a QB throw for 4,000 yards in just a handful of games? You are about to.

Photo Caption: Delhomme acts out the scene from “What’s Happening?” when Rerun’s brother-in-law can’t believe he just bet $500 on Tampa Bay because Dwayne liked their helmets.