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He'd already be starting. We basically threw away this season by not having an option behind Young. On the plus side, this is going to definitively prove to Tepper that it's time to move on.

It's more obvious than ever that we aren't picking up the fifth year and that Bryce probably has no more than seven more games in a Panthers uniform.

I don't see any reason to keep Young at all. Trade him for a late pick and move on. Yes he could be a competent backup for a few games but that also takes up a roster spot for another QB with more upside. But even more importantly it just lets us move on from this epic mistake.

I'm sure it was open. It's just that it closed one minute after Cam stepped on the practice field.

If it's one of those two guys, it has to be White. It's possible that Hooker would be significantly worse than Young.

Whoever is the best FA QB should start next week. Can't believe the locker room is ok with continuing with Young.

Howell seems like one of the more likely reclamation projects. The knock on him is he threw a lot of picks his one year playing. Most QBs do struggle in their first year, and then some of them learn and make adjustments and take care of the ball better. Maybe he could do that. He does have the other tools. So the case for Howell is, he can make plays. He hasn't been bad for more than one year. He can run well when needed. I mean, maybe it's a 25% chance that he turns into a pretty good starter, but that's a better chance than most of the other options out there.

Some will be much better than Bryce. It isn't that hard.

Exactly. I know a lot of doomers on this site are sure we'll pick up the option and not bring in competition and that Tepper is too personally invested. But this kind of horrible toothless performance week in and week out won't get him more time. We will have a different QB next year.

Then why did he do it?

I just had an unpleasant realization, which is the more that we win, the more enraging it is that we have Bryce at QB. Because we could be so much better.

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That's the thing, he didn't play good. At all. He is one of the worst starters on this team.

100 percent exactly what I would do. I would lean LB in the first but not get locked in one one position but use it somewhere on defense.

Like a bunch of y'all I went to reddit today and yes it's not great. But is the problem them ... or us?