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I don't even know why he bothers to throw deep to XL, heh

Even the TV crew can't spin this BY performance.

oh there's XL!

even 6 yard throws seem to take forever to arrive...

dont be silly, Bryce has had 3 full games with more yards than that!

Our OL is not doing well today at all.

Defense giving up huge plays but sound other than that. Weird, lol

yeah Bryce is still the main problem but those are passes that TMac can / should catch

They are shitty passes, but that's just what we're stuck with, and TMac got his hands on it.

If we go down by 10 the game is literally over, lmao

Tet needs to fuging make these plays, man.

Looked like it

He's no super computer, though

ah ffs

yeah we absolutely do need to pass a bit. we need to win a balanced game unfortunately. Saints defense is keyed in to Rico

Man Rico just runs so fuging hard

Looked like a terrible pass

That's my big fear. Like another poster said, if they can just sit on the run and limit Rico with no cost it could be a rough game for the offense.

It'll be a true measuring stick of Canales' Panthers. This is a team they SHOULD beat easily. But it's the exact kind of game over the last 5 years we've tended to lose handily.

This is my thinking on them too. We don't know their ceiling yet but their floor looks to be depth. This is such a massive improvement from recent drafts. Of course, it's early enough for them to flop but boy are then early results promising. But to your wider point, I think it would have helped the D a ton if we'd landed an edge at the trade deadline. Ah well.

I agree with your overall point but given our QB situation for the last near decade... and I suppose it depends what you mean by great, but Delhomme was a pretty damn good QB for a few years, and in a time when passing was much more difficult. Part of that was the crazy Smitty chemistry, but he also just had that knack for finding something out of seemingly nothing. Anyway I do agree with how impressive what Dowdle is doing is!

He played great - well deserved!

Barring a major turnaround, it seems highly unlikely they pick up his 5th. I expect us to limp to around .500 with meh Bryce, being carried by Rico. If he shows some promise and we get into the playoffs he's probably gonna get it, but I firmly believe we can't make the playoffs without him playing at a much higher level.

I would move Teddy up to #5 or #6 tbh.

I don't think he did best us, but... Drake Maye throws for 200 yards and has 3 total TDs vs us... Panthers fans: Drake Maye didn't beat us! Also Panthers fans when Bryce Young has 100 yards and an INT: Bryce Young lead us to victory!