As expected, neither quarterback Jake Delhomme nor middle linebacker Dan Morgan practiced Wednesday.

   The Panthers signed quarterback Quinton Porter to the practice squad to give them another healthy arm in practice and to run the scout team.

   My gut feeling is that barring a miraculous recovery by Delhomme you should expect Carr to be the starter this week. Although neither would say that, sometimes you can just tell from a guy's voice and Carr's voice was full of enthusiasm as he spoke to the media for a long period of time after practice.

   If that's the case, you have to wonder how long Delhomme will be out.

   At linebacker, Jon Beason all but said he's not ready prepared to move to inside linebacker, which likely would leave James Anderson and Adam Seward as the options there. And, since Seward did not practice last week and did not practice Wednesday, you have to believe Anderson would be the obvious choice.

   Asked he if knows enough middle linebacker to step in and play, Beason responded, "I don't think so."

  In other news, right guard Jeremy Bridges was held out of practice and defensive end Mike Rucker and Travelle Wharton were limited in practice. All three have turf toe injuries, accoding to coach John Fox.