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insane, that receiver plucked it from out of bounds practically. Dak threw that like 50 yards down field while falling backwards, lol

I would like to see Canales for the start of a season with a new QB room. I don't know if the decision was made above his head or what, but I'd like to see what he can do with someone of his choosing. edit: pending the rest of the year, lol. I don't care about losses anymore but I want to see the offense improve.

Dak is probably not worth his contract, but he is a good QB overall and good enough for a decent team to at least get to the playoffs with.

Let's not pretend we didn't have an extremely potent running game at the end of last year, too. Chuba sat the last two games of the season but had 1200 yards last year and the only games we won with Bryce where Chuba averaged approx 5 YPC or more, other than Atlanta. Atlanta is why I thought Bryce turned a corner. But... nope And meh, DJ is great for YAC, but Tet has more YPC and more total yards than DJ. And, at least before today, Tet even had more YAC than DJ (and more YAC/R).

https://x.com/michaelfhurley/status/1972439281735229452?s=46 It's sad but this throw encompasses so much of the Bryce era as a Panther IMO (credit to ProcessBlue2 for the twitter find).

that fourth down throw (second link)...

He wasn't as bad, no. He wasn't good, he was missing open receivers, overthrowing or just not seeing them. On a 4th down play he threw a ball into the ground while missing a wide open Chuba. The fact Dalton came in and had 10 ypa probably makes him look even worse.

I admit I thought he'd turned the corner at the end of last year. But the start of this year... and then the start of the Arizona game... Just felt like he can't do it when the pressure is on.

so depressing, ugh. I am quite surprised that those completion percentages and passer ratings are last.

where'd you find this compilation?

we always need to subset things to a handful of games with Bryce Young because of *how bad* things are when you consider the whole. If Bryce had come out this season keeping pace with last year... okay fine... but he hasn't... But anyway, the 2022 Panthers offense averaged 23 ppg with Darnold, and he didn't have a better supporting cast at that point in time IMO. I'd take TMac all day over DJ, and that's no slight on Moore, he is a great receiver. Either way we're comparing Young to another meh veteran.

Chicago blocks a kick to win the game, damn

TMac has been open deep. Bryce needs receivers with a wide catch radius (see AT last year) so that's why we took TMac.

I didn't blame Bryce for this loss. But I blame him for the continued offensive ineptitude. We have had 3 shitty deep drops. Wouldn't be such a big deal if Bryce threw more than 2 of those balls at max a game. Plus Bryce isn't experiencing drops more than any other QB. By % he's right around the league average.

"in one game he basically had more completions past 15 yards than Bryce has had all season." That's what I compared to Bryce directly. Bryce has 4 or 5 all season of more than 15 yards (depending on if a couple are 15 or 16 yards). Bryce has also only had one 20 yard completion all season. Maye has six already. Jury is still out on Maye but he certainly has talent.

When we were screaming for WR help for Cam... Man, imagine if he had TMac. He'd be leading the NFL now. Cam didn't care if players dropped passes he kept feeding them and made them look great.

Four passes close to 20 yards down field. In one game he basically exceeded the number of completions Bryce has over 15 yards all season.

At least once Bryce supposedly audibled into the run, though I didn't see that play in particular to say. But it did look like from the rear of the game, Canales has realized Bryce can't/won't use the entire field so he's adjusting his game plan, heh

"If only we had Diggs" - Panthers fans that have only seen him play recently when he's played the Panthers lol

He has basically given up control of both sides of the ball by sticking with Young and Evero, so who knows.

10000000000% this. Our roster this year is not as bad as our record and our offense isn't as talentless as our QB numbers suggest.

Anyone that has been watching CJ Stroud knows he's never stopped being capable of performances like that. He's had some struggles but, unlike our 3rd year signal caller, he's already shown over an extended period he belongs. Now the question is if he can return to that elevated play longer term or not.

Defense was outcoached today, and also outplayed. Offense action had some good calls, but our offense feels limited in execution.

Plenty of games, Bryce played better than his stats. That wasn't the case today

Fwiw, this applies to Dalton at the end of the game, too. But it's clear that Bryce is struggling to see/read/accurately respond to / whatever the field right now.