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Also I know people like to pile on Morgan but picking up Hunt and Lewis was huge for Bryce. I’ll also be the first to admit that I wasn’t sold on Joe Gilbert as OL coach. I thought his players in Tampa were making him as a coach. I was dead wrong, he’s got every linemen on this roster at the very least playing NFL caliber football. I don’t remember the last time I could even say those words. The development of the OL has been huge for the development of Bryce.

It’s this. He went from playing at Alabama in front of an all-pro offensive line every year to being drafted by the Panthers and facing edges, tackles, and linebackers that are bigger, faster, and stronger than he’d ever seen. Now Bryce was very good under pressure at Bama but he’s never been pressured to the extent that he was in his rookie season. 41% of his drop backs resulted in a pressure; that was the fourth highest pressure rate among QB’s in 2023 with a minimum of 300 passes attempted and really it was the second highest pressure rate among full fledged starters; only Sam Howell was pressured more than Young. Couple that with the fact that neither Reich nor Brown had a good grasp of what they were trying to accomplish, it created a recipe for disaster. Bryce developed really bad habits during his rookie season and he played scared, everyone could tell he was affected by the pressure because on some throws you could see him basically pull up and turn his shoulder on his follow throughs to avoid getting hit in the chest rather than standing in the pocket and driving the ball down the field. Almost like a golfer doing a half swing. I hate to use this term but Bryce was suffering from PTSD from his rookie year. He finally seems to be comfortable standing in the pocket now and making the throws. His internal clock was severely sped up by all the pressure he faced last year and Canales had to sit him down and show him that he can slow everything back down now. Bryce is now going through his reads, he’s on his toes in the pocket, he’s just overall more comfortable knowing that he has time. For me the big question is this. Can Bryce play this way with an average OL? Right now the Panthers have the most efficient pass blocking OL in the league. Will Bryce regress if the OL regresses? We’ll find out.

Looks like UNC might be hiring Dan Mullen and that’s honestly probably the best they can do. Mullen probably wins 8 or 9 games a year and maybe sneaks UNC into the CFP once or twice over the next 10 years and the university builds him a statue. Also it’s a shame UNC didn’t recruit LaNorris Sellers, he was a Carolina fan growing. SCar has a good one there.

Congrats to those that took the Florida ML. EZ money. Team has to play a different type of game with Martin in net, we’ll be lucky to score.

I got them first thing this morning on Hard Rock. You can now get Florida at +100. Just through another one down at the new odds. Worst case scenario I’m out $50. I’m happy either way. Canes win or money in the bank.

Appreciate Matt Rhule winning me a lot of money last night. You’d figure that by now he’d be humble but nope. Still a foolish dude that thinks way too highly of himself.

Necas

Yeah… I’m taking Florida at -115 today. If we win then that’s great and if we lose then I win some money. It’s a win-win today.

That was an elite shot by Walker.

Get the next goal and see what happens. Problem is we can’t really let our defensemen jump because God forbid Martin faces a 2 on 1.

Watch Martin, he drifts back on shots and his feet are all over the place right now. He’s not mentally there.

Eventually you have to make a tough save. Martin plays way too deep. And can’t make tough saves.

Wes Miller has Cinncy looking really good right now. It might be time to bring him home.

Just not a good UNC team right now. It’s time to get Powell and Jackson in the starting lineup and it’s time to get James Brown in the rotation. And if we don’t figure out a way to play defense whether it’s pressing the majority of the game or running a 1-3-1 or some other idea then we’ll miss out on the NCAA Tournament.

MSU imploding. Let’s see if Carolina is more mentally tough.

Cadeau is looking more and more like Dexter Strickland. He needs to come off the bench.

Using our NIL on Cade Tyson instead of a center will go down as one of the biggest blunders in the HD era. Danny Wolf would have been a great Tar Heel.

Have to get rid of HD, he doesn’t have the pulse of this team.

Finally Cadeau showed up instead of pouting. Not sure where are mental toughness has been but it’s starting to look a bit better.

Start the freshmen.

Ty Claude in, Hubert is desperate.

I mean at this point give James Brown a chance. Withers is a stretch 4, Washington has been ass, and Lubin is undersized.

The Heels look completely lost on defense, they are constantly chasing.

UNC is soft which is indicative of poor coaching. Like Mack, Hubert coddles these kids.

Heels let another team go up 20 on them but this time they complete the comeback. HD never seems to have his team ready but he makes great halftime adjustments. Powell played the majority of the second half and his defense was the difference along with his big three pointer to give the Heels the lead for good. Trimble and Davis were also spectacular. Carolina can’t let Auburn get out to a 20 point lead though, they won’t be able to come back from that.