mav1234

I think he's trending upwards but yeah I can see him mostly being a second stringer. We definitely need LB upgrades heh. But I do understand why they devoted so much to the offense. Hopefully next draft continues to shift / at least keep things balanced. We should be in good position to grab a strong player for our defense

Putting aside rather having him than Wallace ( I don't disagree ), I think the last few weeks before his injury it looked like Wallace was starting to put it together. He was getting TFLs, sacks, PDs, etc. I don't think he will ever be a star for us, though.

Damn, Mays was a full participant on Friday so I was hopeful...

It feels like it's been 5+ years since we have had meaningful games in November...

if I had my choice you'd play your first game against a division opponent in the first 6ish weeks and the last 6ish would be the second game.

Given Bryce is so good on 4th down why do we bother with the other 3 downs?

Exactly. They grew together. We will never know but I am 100% confident Bryce wouldn't lead that team to the playoffs his first year. Hell, it took him 3 years to get close to Stroud's best game as a rookie. Bryce's issues were well beyond a lack of support. Dudes footwork sucked and he needed a solid OL.

I'm not sure why StatMuse is showing that ranking there, it shows 24th here: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/which-nfl-team-leads-the-league-in-third-down-conversion-percentage-this-season Which lines up with other sources, e.g.: https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/team-stats?category=downs&sort=o_3rdpct&season=2025&seasonType=reg&sortOrder=desc May be how ties are broken or something.

They may be meaningless in the sense of wins and losses but this team isn't yet at a place where that is honestly all that matters It's full of young players that need to make progress for us to compete consistently and this (multiple players in a year getting it) is evidence that's starting to happen.

I don't think we need to constantly try to put Bryce above the best QBs in the league by twisting stats... I mean especially when it comes to 4th down passing where splits exist for that. But also this is just ignoring so much. 1) Panthers are 24th in the league in 3rd down efficiency, which is a bit lower than average. 2) Goff has a higher QB rating on 4th down than Bryce Young does this year, same with Mahomes. Fwiw, Bryce for his career is similar on 1st and 4th down. 4) One reason we are effective on 4th down is our rushing game, even when it isn't utilized. 5) Bryce is better when the pressure is on than when it isn't, that's for sure, but one reason we have to go for it on 4th so much is that our scoring offense is not good (28th in the NFL) so we are having to eke out every possible point.

That's pretty awesome, tbh. Good to see recognition for the success of last week. Now is the first of many major tests. I hope he and the rest of the offense continue to ball out - more fun this way, lol

Goddamn what a defense

I just think Josh Allen will find a way, though this defense is monstrous

I think Bills are going to win this game. Texans can't move the ball.

And now we await the inevitable nitpicking on one of two names...