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Had the pathway to franchise TE paved for him, direct mentorship from Olsen, still JAG. What a waste.

Considering how well it worked out for Eli I don’t blame Deon one bit. Probably doing his son a disservice if he didn’t.

Shoutout to Eddy Dinero

Hard to say when this season hinges on the QB and he's been so underwhelming. I'm not sure how long of a leash Bryce is on so it's hard to tell whether the stuff I hate about the playcalling is on him or Canales. It still seems like they're trying to force him into the scheme instead of designing it around what he can do but that might be to evaluate him. So Canales is like Reich but with a much better run game, which in turns opens up the playbook a lot more. Morgan I'm calling a wash so far. The ground game improvement and the draft are enough for me to forgive his missteps.

this is literally just Joe speculating not some inside scoop

The erasure started way before Cam commented on the team. The first critique I can remember from him was when he said no one bought into Rhule after the fact. You’re mistaken about Smitty too. He was a whole analyst when Tepper put him on payroll. He has said more critical things about the Panthers than Cam ever has.

The retirement thing is just a convenient excuse from Tepper. I'm sure if the team was trying to bring him on officially he would do it in a heartbeat and the league wouldn't bat an eye at it. He's not getting any other calls and we know there's a direct line of communication. You telling me no other team has put up a photo of an active player who left? I have a hard time believing the league would flag a MVP display, literal team history, as tampering. Moving on from JR is clearly bull too when we're parading Luke and Smitty around. It's Cam. Tepper knows that if Cam is brought on in any capacity, as long as he looks athletic to the average fan there's going to pressure to put him in when we're struggling at QB. They've decided he's not worth that but I think is a huge mistake. The organization stands to lose more burning this bridge than he does.

Well lucky for us Bryce has been similarly mediocre against everyone

People happy he can win at all when there should be more concern that his ceiling is 1TD/200yd even against the Giants.

Makes you wonder if that was Canales doing or if he just rode the wave

He's been the worst quarterback in pro football for most of his career and game managed his way to two wins against bottom of the barrel teams. Let's be real here. On the other end you have fans already planning the future around him because he's proven capable of rising to mediocrity for the win. He's got a long way to go before we should even be thinking about him long term. The only reason this thread exists is because doing the bare minimum is progress for Bryce.

I need at least a hint of more than "decent".

Unpopular opinion but I like Tepper's public persona over Good Ol Boy Jerry asleep in the booth. If his thing was just crashing tailgates and watch parties he'd be awesome.

In all walks of life and sports there's people who make up for the talent they lack by putting in more work than the naturally gifted folks. Remember the fateful dinner that won him the job was Bryce talking up his preparation. It was a much a part of his mythos as the super processor crap and he hasn't show a hint of any of that since he got here. I think the fanbase would be more patient with if we saw him putting extra effort but he usually seems nonchalant, if anything. I'm sure he watches film like everyone else but basic prep ain't good enough when you lack basic tools. We were told this guy was an especially hard worker and that hasn't proven true at all.

He's asked constantly about his preparation and that's the only time he's answered with any detail beyond "watch film" and "mental reps." edit: I forgot "trust God."

A culture where talented players want to leave. You can't be a poverty franchise and lowball the few guys actually doing their job.

Starting calibur is not good enough. You can find that without giving up three picks for a guy who's going to miss a year. And those picks are critical given the current state of the roster. Brooks has to be elite or he is wasteful luxury pick for a franchise that can't afford it right now.

It has to be Bryce. Too much at stake and Dalton’s not that much better for development.

The bar is real low if that was great. He was mid which is progress.

embarassing tackling

brave thread

Unlike Bryce we’ve seen glimpses of the others looking like franchise QBs. I don’t buy that we’re so much worse that he would look significantly better on any of those teams. The others also have tools that defenses respect regardless of what the supporting cast does while Bryce is getting openly mocked.

I respect the energy but it is a bad look when preventing scores is literally your job. This is our top player on defense mad they didn’t go easier on him.

mid at best

The throws behind the first down mark when we need to convert are