No matter how many times we write about it in this blog or in the paper, the e-mails keep coming, wanting to know why rookie wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett has yet to play a down. That’s understandable because Dwayne Jarrett was a second-round pick and people want immediate results.

There is all sorts of speculation (Dwayne Jarrett doesn’t know the playbook. Dwayne Jarrett is soft. Dwayne Jarrett was set back by a training camp injury. Dwayne Jarrett just isn’t any good.) as to why the rookie has been inactive for the first three games. You can read between the lines of what’s been written and you can listen to the speculation. Some of it may be true.

But, once and for all, here’s how the folks who make the important decisions around Bank of America Stadium view the Dwayne Jarrett situation. We’re not saying it’s right or we agree with it, but simply stating what they’re thinking:

They believe wide receiver is one of the hardest positions for a rookie to succeed at (just ask the Detroit Lions of a few years back about that) and, no, they didn’t think Dwayne Jarrett was ready to help in the first three games. They’re still very high on him, but they view this as a high school situation.

In their eyes, Dwayne Jarrett is a freshman. Keary Colbert and Drew Carter are seniors. At least as of right now – and you can throw in your punch line at the end of this sentence - the people who count think Colbert and Carter are more prepared to help the team.

The feeling is that Dwayne Jarrett will be activated at some point and he’ll gradually start to contribute. Colbert and Carter each are in the last year of their contracts and they’re not going to get new ones if they don’t show they can contribute on a consistent basis. Dwayne Jarrett’s not going to stay on the junior varsity forever.

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