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Let's start with the division and go from there.

Cam didn't clean up his footwork until the very end unfortunately. But Cam Newton also didn't need 40 career starts to finally showcase his worth as a #1 pick. Completely different situations.

If Canales and Bryce Young lead us to a division title and a playoff berth only one or two trolls will be remotely complaining. 99.9% of this fanbase just wants to see the team back to winning football when it matters most.

I have no idea what the future holds for our RB room. But Chuba is a great guy and a talented back. He had a gritty game today. He has heart. Some other highly paid players could and would have gone into a shell after what he's been through but he was highly motivated and put in some serious work and was a tremendoush help to his team. That's a leader. Kudos to him. We should not discard Dowdle though. We will need all hands on deck if we want to make a run at the division. Let them both touch the rock and whichever one is the hot hand on gameday you ride that wave.

The TD throw to Coker was a dot and one of the best throws I've seen Bryce make. Credit where it is due to both of them that was a beauty.

Canales has shown the potential to be a good coach. It's the very high highs and very low lows usually immediately following those highs that have been an issue. In that regard the exact issue applies to Bryce Young. But. Take care of business in our division and virtually all that talk will fall to the wayside. Right now this team desperately needs to shed fluke status and cement consistent big time convincing wins to finish the season. Beating the Saints and sweeping the Bucs will unequivocally achieve that. They control their own destiny here. We need to come out of the bye on a mission. We cannot get comfortable again and our franchise does have an iffy history with bye weeks. We'll have to wait and see what happens.

If we can beat the Rams then this team damn well better handle business against the Saints and Bucs. This division should be ours for the taking. Anything less is completely inexcusable.

Credit where it is due great play all around from the OL Bryce and TMAC. No matter what happens it is a relief to see our young playmakers gaining confidence and playing well. They came prepared today. Maybe we'll get to see this more than one game at a time. We certainly need that heading into December.

The Panthers clearly have enough capable weapons for their QB to throw to. Bryce should be completing touchdowns passes like that regularly. The inconsistency is the issue and the weird flexing beteeen bad plays and not bad plays oddly completely glosses over the fact he is now what 42 games in? He's not a rookie and he's not a year two QB. How he finishes the season should dictate his future if we are a serious franchise. And even if he plays better this QB room unequivocally needs legitimate competition regardless.

Between Bryce Young's passing and Dave Canales play calling this is just undignified.

Throwing behind the line of scrimmage

An easy completion turns into 3rd and 18 geez

Horrific play from Bryce there. Year 3 QB holy fug.

Rico Dowdle doing Rico Dowdle things. Maybe give that guy more carries.

Lots of time left on the clock. Time to see Bryce Young orchestrate a scoring drive.

What a country lol

So are we basically telling Rico Dowdle to go fug himself? 5 carries?

Defense is putting the offense on their back. Kudos to Jackson.

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810149 Hornets steal an OT win against the Raptors. 35 points for Miles Bridges 20 points for Kon Knueppel including the game tying 3 to send it to overtime and 18 points for Colin Sexton.

I understand where OP is coming from in general. Personally I don't have anything against Bryce the person. By all accounts he's a great guy. As an NFL QB and as the face of the franchise however I must acknowledge he is enough to make someone stop watching football altogether. If we had transitioned directly to him from Cam and Kyle Allen instead of Teddy Bridgewater and Sam Darnold PJ Walker Baker Mayfield etc I would probably feel more apathy toward the situation but I've been through the ringer already so this is whatever. I will say as nice of a kid as he is his personality is unbelievably milquetoast and it's hard to ignore even when he plays well and wins it just feels like your QB is Steve Urkel and you're always left waiting for the other shoe to drop. It is what it is

It is a home game and the team seems to play better when the pressure is off so who knows which version of the Panthers we will get. But with key defensive players like Jaycee Horn out it's likely we will be down on the scoreboard early which does not bode well for our already underwhelming passing offense.

Quite a few people here were interested in Steichen. The Panthers held an interview with him over Zoom because he was still coaching in the playoffs at the time. The excuse from our org was that he didn't interview well. We even had Vrabel scheduled for an interview too. But Tepper was his usual impatient and impulsive self and rushed into hiring Reich and then became hyper focused on drafting "his guy" Bryce Young. Honestly it probably didn't matter who we hired it was always going to end badly because of the Tepper's.

Dalton isn't worth watching. Even the Panthers decision makers know it. That's why two years in a row they've trotted out the same lame excuse revolving around his thumb. Anything to keep him off the field. Dan Morgan signing him to that contract extension is downright criminal.

Brandon Miller is having himself a night. 25 minutes 25 points. Unfortunately the only reason we're winning is because the Bulls are shooting a dismal 20% from three. With better coaching and some roster changes this could be a competitive team.