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If Panthers don’t win this weekend we risk going 0-6 to start the season because we’re not beating the Lions or the Dolphins in the two weeks after that. If we beat the Vikings we can still lose against the Lions and Dolphins but win vs Texans and Colts amd Bears to be a respectable 4-5 heading into the second half of the season. if you’re 0-6 it becomes almost impossible to build any type of confidence. Vikings is a must win game and a must break through performance for Bryce

Yes this is a key indicator, he also needs to show some deep throws, a deep out or a go route completion or at least a valiant attempt

Stroud was my first choice but I still believe that Bryce will be good. As a rookie, he needs confidence and fans tearing him down won’t help. As a #2 pick Stroud is able to play free with zero pressure of being a #1 pick that the team traded multiple picks for. Not to mention a fanbase that has no patience left for growing pains of a rookie QB.

Stroud was my first choice but I still believe that Bryce will be good. As a rookie, he needs confidence and fans tearing him down won’t help. As a #2 pick Stroud is able to play free with zero pressure of being a #1 pick that the team traded multiple picks for. Not to mention a fanbase that has no patience left for growing pains of a rookie QB.

Was Brian St. Pierre not available?

Sprained ankles have specific diagnoses, grade level, recovery plans, etc. Did you hear any details like that?

more like "fleeced on every deal"

Reich when asked about the injury specifics "..it's in the ankle area". My dog ate my homework sounds more convincing.

I don't believe that, so let's see.

Reich just doesn't care about running the ball that much. In his press conference he said a 60/40 pass run mix was ideal

Exactly, did you see Swift last night?

Exactly. The lack of details on the injury and nebulous progress updates are a dead giveaway. Bryce is too nice to complain but they effectively benched him instead of letting him play through the struggles. The benching can’t be good for his confidence. If they wanted him to observe they shouldn’t have announced in July that he was the starting QB.

Well Andy is gettin praise for looking good against a weak Seahawks secondary. Let’s see if Bryce can do the same

I believe they’re 30th in the league against the pass. This has to be the game that Bryce plays and rebuilds some confidence. I am not buying the injury bs and how the media doesn’t question it is just embarrassing

Meanwhile Eagles OL

He also played against the weakest pass defense so far

Not sure about that. Bryce would excel more because he’s very cerebral, knows where to go with the ball. Gun slingers aren’t as good of a fit in McDaniel’s offense

No just naming a few that wouldn’t since you think Bryce is not that special

Ridder, Fields, Wilson…

Bryce with Dolphins weapons would be deadly

Yeah he was going to be our Deebo! What a joke

I don’t see much burst he seems to have better vision though

Strong argument, why not just scheme according to their strengths, look at the tape from last year and introduce the same concepts

And most of that was in the fourth quarter when Saints thought they could play bend don’t break and Jameis kept going 3 and out

This team can’t run the ball How did we go from putting up monster numbers with virtually the same offensive line and assistant coach. Is there something wrong with the scheme or is it the players not getting the push they need? No QB can compete in the NFL if you’re forced to be one dimensional.