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Bryce isn't Jake for me. Jake was frustrating because of his gambling but....Jake was just too fun and rowdy from the jump til Tommy Jone. as a Clemson fan, Bryce is DJ Uiagalelei. As in, I mean, he just doesn't have it. We can talk about the quirky record setting Notre Dame game but week in and week out dude has overwhelmingly shown he just flat out doesn't play the position well enough at this level of football. . And if we had average level "ACC play" in that case......Clemson would have actually been a legit team. And Clemson and beyond, a QB that flat out doesn't have what it takes to be a power 5 QB, that just keeps getting chance after chance after chance for no real reason. Now you basically swap out DJ's physical tools and Bryce's college success as the mental hurdle/belief people can't get over.

Bryce Young had 2 throws over 10 yards the entire game. That answered your question?? And the 2 total throws.....basically were playing into the fact Bryce doesn't go downfield, the D had to play short, and were really low % bad playcalls. It's the fine of dumb and great. People have called those plays idiotic all year.

I mean, that's not true. They were just lofted balls vs man coverage. You are portraying unique to Bryce as unique for a good QB. now, not many QBs are being put into those playcalls. Correct. Dave likes to ask Bryce to throw downfield on short yardage plays where a defense gets in man to play the run/short yardage. We have seen it often this year. I mean, I can go find literally the exact same Coker play on short yardage from earlier in the year. It's basically Dave gambling on the fact Bryce stinks and doesn't go downfield......in the most advantageous scenario that could present itself.

again, Hubbard was great vs the Cardinals last year. Not Bryce. Bryce was treated like a backup QB that entire game. this seasons Cardinals game, he was literally THE reason we lost that game. Horrific play by Bryce. Garbage time 2nd half yards throwing 3 yard downfield to TEs/RBs to bleed clock. There is actual great QB performances.....and there is good for Bryce. Most of the games you listed.....are not great performances by a NFL QB. Or even good. It's the Bryce blur. Miami is another one. We got down thanks to Bryce and Rico ran us back into that game. Almost comical the degree Canales was no longer going to let him throw the ball at one point. Stat sheets lie. Watching the game doesn't.

we got folks once again having willful amnesia..... let's talk about something that isn't a wild outcome. This board flying high as a kite......and Bryce going into New Orleans and having his routine bad game vs the Saints.....and we lose. Bryce averages 147 yards vs the Saints in his career and lots turnovers. Suddenly, the front page will have 78 cut Bryce Young immediately threads and a lot of those people will have called picking up his 5th year a no brainer at this point.

No, they weren't blown coverages. They were man coverages vs a defense playing 4th and short......and Dave took big gambles and they paid off.

LMAO. You told people to quit lying and are billing these as great Bryce Young games? The Bryce blur in full effect. You can't sell a stat sheet when everyone here watched the game. He was not great vs the Cardinals 2024 (Hubbard was great) He was not great vs the Cardinals in 2025 (He was horrific and lost the game by half, and the Cards gave him checkdowns to bleed clock) Dolphins and Cowboys - Rico was great. All time franchise history great. He was not great vs the Rams. Two really dumb and risky plays by Dave on 4th down worked out great but everyone watching that game saw a team hid the QB for 98% of the game. I mean, credit to Bryce for making them. He did. But it was not a game where the eyeball test says that was great QB performance. Good Panther performance. He has 2 great games vs the Falcons. One pretty good one vs the Packers last year when they had people from the concessions stand playing in the secondary if memory serves.

Panther football in 2025.....is basically the Panthers needing things that are often completely outside the norm/expectations to happen. I still contend, this is the most illogical season I have watched. Which makes it very entertaining (which is all I ask).

I know what is inconsistent, the boards weekly takes on both Bryce Young and Dave Canales. but you can give me that, I'm like the reliable old lighthouse in the storm.

He consistently over 3 seasons has shown an inability to make plays from the pocket vs zone coverage. 3 straight years of it being extremely consistent. He also has shown, if you want really any hope of him making plays downfield.......you have to give him man looks. and given that consistency, Canales adjustment all season......has been to basically ask Bryce Young to take shots on 3rd/4th and short......where he can get man looks and a defense playing the short yardage. And teams will adjust (well, who knows about that because up until yesterday that hasn't worked out well all season for Canales/Bryce).

well, it's not just passing.....because passing hasn't. We are winning with a MUCH improved D and a good run game being even better. Bryce really isn't inconsistent. He is consistent. With an oddity here or there on a rare occasion (which all consistent people have).

yep. by far. We win with improved D, and a frankly good run game getting even better. We are still winning in spite of subpar QB play. and fans should be able to celebrate wins and our improvement. Without someone being forced into pretending Bryce Young isn't THE weak spot on the roster. And fixing that, could lead to an actual good team.

if you look at the last 6 games, it's really hard to say the pass game has improved. It's basically a random Atlanta game.....and collectively a worse pass attack than last year 206, 169, 124, 102, 138. That's an average of 147 pass yards per game of late w/ the random Atlanta game set to the side. So that's 3 wins in there not counting Atlanta. Law of averages say it very tough to imagine our magic is going to keep allowing wins. I think we are better than New Orleans. But they play Bryce really well. I think we will be a slight favorite in that one game. Dogs in all the rest.

It's impossible to predict given there really isn't a repeatable game plan found amongst the wins. all time franchise great rushing performances, Panther franchise passing record, , barely breaking 100 yard passing games, minimum of 3 turnovers by opponents, etc. Just really weird stuff on the season.

For all but 2 plays he was treated like a 3rd string QB that game… and Canales has been consistently doing one thing all season…..call deep shots on 3rd/4th and short….because it’s about the only way Bryce can get a big play he feels comfortable attempting. Man coverage with a team playing the short yardage. And it’s still worked out bad all year. Law averages comes into play on that playcall and now it’s a “great game”

Bryce had a great game or Bryce had a great game for Bryce? I think the key here is everyone doesn’t operate on the Bryce scale. Nor should people have to

yeah, a lot of people voice excitement over the improvements and wins. They just see how we can frankly continue to make strides and get better……by addressing the tiny elephant in the room. And as soon as that is said, some folks lose their poo and do whatever you just did here with projecting that makes people miserable. If we addressed QB this past offseason, we might actually be good this year. Actual good.

Panthers have improved. And you can zero in on why…..huge shift in defense from last year to this year. pass game is actually less productive this season vs last. Call it a push if you want. The run game and D is finding way to win some games with a bad pass attack. QB play is bottom of the league for 3 straight seasons. And it’s just because the QB is the QB

People have cried about Canales and his oddball playcalls that were exactly the same thing he pulled today. How many 3rd/4th and shorts has Dave called some deep incompletion…..it’s happened a bunch this season. Hell, pretty sure the exact one to Coker was a couple weeks ago on 3rd and short. It was incomplete and people trashed him for a low % play when only needing whatever it was He hid Bryce Young the entire game and treated him like he was just picked up this week and then on 4th and short had him go deep. It was bad playcalling that worked out great. Or the huddle has been trashing great playcalling all season as Dave being dumb

JB shouldn’t even be a thought IMO. Bonus if he ever matters for us.

Rico really regretting that tweet and calling out Dave. Dave went from forced to acknowledge Rico was better and go with a lead RB…. to 100% committed to a 50/50 split after calling out the whack 49er gameplan

We pass more than the majority of NFL teams. Only 12 NFL teams have more pass attempts. but since Bryce is the QB, it’s the 27th ranked pass attack we technically are a pass team. Just bad at it

Atlanta isn’t on the schedule. One great game per season isn’t what you extend. One great game, 8 bad, the rest meh/okay. You can literally go sign a Mitch Trubisky type get more consistent play week in and week out. There are great games and there are games we deem great for Bryce. They aren’t the same things. Because Bryce has 2 in his 3 year career

I think you are largely seeing the law of averages that takes place when a subpar QB gets never ending reps at QB. It’s mostly bad. But you are going to get some good. I don’t think it’s that complicated at this point but play a PJ Walker in enough games he will throw the longest TD pass in a NFL season.

Saints play Bryce Young better than any team in the NFL IMO. but the game is a dome game, which means Bryce’s O production ceiling goes from 200ish to more the 250ish range. I think Saints QB likely can’t repeat his game from the first matchup (he played very well). who knows, folks are wasting their time if they think they can predict this Panthers team. That’s been proven on repeat. So maybe JJ Jansen scores 2 TDs off fumble recoveries on the punt team (and Bryce logs a GWD for illegally being the 12th man on the field and it didn’t get called)