During Sunday's broadcast, FOX color analyst Brian Baldinger said it wasn't coach John Fox's decision to bring in quarterback David Carr, and that it was a front office decision.

   Fox denied that on Monday.

   "That's not true," Fox said. "Wasn't said by me. Basically, we do every personnel decision around here with a process and I'm part of that process, so that's not true."

   I believe Fox on this one.

   That has always been the way the Panthers have worked and he has regular input into all decisions. He wouldn't have signed off on Carr if he didn't think he was an upgrade over Chris Weinke.

   --Fox also was asked Monday if head coaches, like quarterbacks, receive too much blame when things go wrong.

   "I can't control all those things," he said. "It's been my experience that both cases are true whether you're a quarterback or a coach. When you're not having success there's going to be plenty of blame?"

   Asked to evaluate his own performance this season, Fox said, "I'm not into doing that. That's for other people. We're not pleased with where we are right now. We still have five games to go and those decisions are not in my control."

   --When asked who botched the interception when Carr overthrew rookie receiver Dwayne Jarrett, Fox said it was a combination of both guys making a mistake.