Khyber53

Oh boy, yet another hot take. How about this? We stuck with one of the best teams in the league and had a shot to win it in the end. We didn't but there's a crapload of bettors that just lost a ton of money vs. the spread. We're playing for next year right now and rookie WRs have games like this. Y'all loved the heck out of him when he was riding Dolla Dolla Bill in the end zone. He'll do that more in the future.

First year WRs. They always have issues. He'll be fine next year. And that's what we are playing for now.

First year wide receivers always have issues. He's going to be fine.

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Sheesh, you guys sound like we were in contention or something. We will slog into another one that we have no reasonable chance to be competitive in. And hopefully, somehow we will be. We will discover another Jalen Coker. We will see another DJ Wonnum just come soaring out of the gates. Bryce will take yet another step. And we'll fight until the end and become a better team from it. We might, might even pull off a miracle. And if we get stomped, then it won't be different from the other times this year. But for once, in the last few years in December, you've been believing in your football team just a bit. So, do.

Hadn't thought about it before. Could happen. Then it'll be in the rearview mirror as we head on to play a depleted, demoralized Cowboys team. That's a get right game if there ever was one.

I hope he's going to be great, but the sample size is very small so far. Let's cool the jets and let things develop. He's still finding his game legs again and no other team has real, NFL, tape on him yet. Let's not make King Henry give up his crown quite yet.

Sooner or later, we're going to knock off one of these teams in the Murderer's Row section of our schedule. Wouldn't bother me at all if it was the Eagles.

Also, to be honest, I think he must have been a locker room problem and that hurts buy in with Canale's method coaching/inspiring. Makes you wonder if Mingo was another malcontent, too?

This should be in the NFL rule book.

What gets me interested is that while he has work to do still, you can tell he has really been doing some work. It's quite encouraging.

Alabama QBs seem to take time to adjust to the NFL. Maybe it's the system there, perhaps its the small number of games they have played before they get out into the pro levels. I don't know. Tua took what, three years before he got the hang of it? Mac Jones is still working on it. Bryce, might be the fastest learner of the bunch. Although four games isn't enough to hang our hats on yet... but it is four games more than we've had in a long time. And it has been against both bottom dwelling teams and the top of the division and league.

He never sandbagged here, he was just the only thing we had going and we used him to the point of breakage. Same thing happened in San Fran. Dude has left it all out there on the field and has whooped all challengers except for two: Wear and Tear. He's the Luke Kuechly of running backs and I hope he'll get his HoF bid on the first round, too.

I'll take my chances with Bryce.

This has a lot to do with it. He got to see what Dalton did behind that line and how he took control of the situation. Got to watch it happen and then Dalton would come back to the sidelines and the two would talk about it on the bench. Hate to say it, but it's a lot like screwing up some project as a kid and then watching your Dad do it then have him explain it to you. Then, somehow, it just all starts to make sense. Dalton helped him hit that "click" moment. Something he had to go through back in the day, too. That benching was the best thing to ever happen to the kid. He'd probably never been benched before in his life. This coach, he might be a really good one.

Y'all will turn on a guy fast around here. Same ol' Huddle.

I've been on this board for more than a decade I guess.

Every player has THAT game at least once. And the constant talk of him becoming the most accurate kicker in NFL history just had to put extra pressure on the day. He's still a great weapon for the team. Just put this one behind us and move on. Not to mention, maybe there was something wrong with the kicking balls yesterday. I've never seen so many bad punts and kicks in one game. Seriously, there may have been an equipment issue behind this.

He's going to be excellent. As will this team. Just not this year. The crappy record we post this time will be the manure pile that grows us something great. I think we can all see the growth happening here. Coach is doing a good job, players on a very young team are growing up and we're standing toe to toe with the teams we will have to beat to be good. XL will have some very good games over the next few weeks, and I think he'll have many, many over his career here. I'm really, really looking forward to those post game interviews with him.

I ain't even mad.

I hate that you're right about this, but it's the honest truth. The position is still vitally important (then again, I think a fullback is also important), but the wear and tear is what downgrades the careers.

Find us the next Luke Kuechly, a defensive scientist. That'll fix a world of problems.

I'm going to cheer for any scenario that puts the Panthers back into competitive shape, playoffs shape and long-term viability. If Bryce proves to be that road, then I'll happily ride along it and admit how wrong I was. And right now, we're seeing some green shoots that could grow into something pretty cool. Would love to see that happen. If not, well, we're back at the start of a road we've been down before many times before. And it's gonna suck for a little while at least.

Just to say what you've written here seems to be making more and more sense with each passing week. And yeah, he's going to have some regression games. Or maybe not. I'm sure a lot more interested in finding out each week than I was a month ago. Honestly, though, what a young, struggling QB needs more than anything (except a solid O-line) is a defense that can get the other team off the field. Want to contend immediately? Go heavy defense in the draft and free agency. Pass on the Sanders family, forget about another new WR. Grab that DE, LB or another stud DT... whichever one is the best for when we pick around #7 or 8.