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You can't say how much you appreciated Cam Newton and respect the adversity he overcame and what he meant to this franchise and then turn around and try to compare the ignorance he encountered even after having one of the most prolific rookie seasons at that time to Bryce Young being expected to actually play like a #1 pick and not get laughed out of the room.

In terms of what it will take in my view for Bryce to be worthy of an extension making him one of the highest paid QB's in the league. I will quote Bill Parcells "He better walk on water". The 2026 Panthers will need to consistently win because of Bryce Young not in spite of him. Just being decent is off the menu.

He doesn't have the physical tools to make a jump to the 15th best QB in the league. I don't like it either but the situation is the situation. Furthermore for us to navigate the upcoming schedule of opponents for 2026 which right now looks pretty tough we will need a really stout run game. Last year our season was kaput without Rico Dowdle going on a tear. It certainly wasn't our QB that did the heavy lifting. We had the division in front of us and he got swept and outplayed by a 2nd round rookie.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/player/_/table/passing/sort/yardsPerPassAttempt/dir/desc Bryce Young was an eyelash above Spencer Rattler in yards per pass attempt. That's not middle of the pack sir. That's not even poverty. That's you need a new QB.

Yeah I'm calling shenanigans on this. I get why people want this to be true but the truth is plainly right in front of us. Scott Fitterer was a god awful GM but at the end of the day the same guy that hired him gave Matt Rhule generational wealth because his wife made some tasty meatballs. The whole trade up to #1 reeked of David Tepper's desperation and his need to be in the headlines. He had mentioned that he spoke to Bryce months before the draft and directly intimated that he would like Bryce to be a Panther. And who was it that held a press conference where he did virtually 98% of the talking after firing Reich? I legitimately don't understand how one can come to a conclusion that the entire Bryce Young debacle was all Scott Fitterer. I mean one would have had to have recently had a stroke or some kind of brain injury to even begin to rationalize such. Not trying to be a dick but cmon.... If it was all Scott Fitterer then why did we spend two straight years after 2023 making absolutely no effort to bring in any competition in the QB room? Andy Dalton? Jack Plummer? And furthermore at the end of the day Dan Morgan is the GM because no other serious candidates were interested in the job. And why is that exactly? Hmmmmmm. And if Fitterer was the architect of the trade up and selection of Bryce Young and the Tepper's were just a couple of poor schlubs taken for a ride does hiring Scott Fitterer's right hand man and best friend sound like a well laid plan? None of this is even mentioning the fact that the 2024 draft was basically like Scott Fitterer never left. Yet people still aren't getting it? This place is always amusing. That's what keeps bringing me back.

I mean....no lies detected. See above. We have traded a fortune to draft a guy #1 overall that people have lowered standards for to the point that not playing like Jimmy Clausen and looking like a poor man's Kyle Allen occasionally is worthy of a contract extension making him one of the highest paid QB's in the league. That is cope on steroids.

The video has only been up 2 hours and if you read the comments you'll think you're on the carolinahuddle.

At least the Lakers got swept out of the playoffs again.

Moton saying he could continue playing for several more years is what anyone in his shoes would say knowing how many millions he stands to make in the coming years. Not going to read into it any more than that.

Darnold threw for over 1k more yards than Bryce last year and he had one less pass attempt than BY. Process that. Darnold's failures were all mental. Physically he's one of the most gifted QB's in the league. If Bryce were that and not the smallest starting QB in the NFL with very limited physical traits most Panthers fans would be significantly more optimistic even after what we gave up to acquire him. But that's unfortunately not the reality that we exist within.

It's very typical but at some point I can only partially blame the league. I mean this franchise had two top 15 picks a few years ago and used one of them to draft and trade away one of the current best young players in the league in Duren. Clown moves get clown results unfortunately.

Hey! Don't you know that he is the first and final word on what it is to be considered a "real" Panthers fan. Meanwhile he's got a portrait of LeBron winning a championship with the Lakers on his profile. Surely he's one of those "lifelong" Lakers fans right?

Overall it was a fun pleasant surprise of a game. That final drive by the Panthers was atrocious though. It would have been nice to at least go down landing a few blows not just punching air. We shrunk in the moment. I don't want to say it took away from the rest of the game but it was certainly unfortunate.

Ohh wee mayne

As long as Brazzell can display solid hands to go with that speed we're in business. Now whether or not we can get him the ball deep on time and well thrown is for another discussion.

Well clearly we are not the same considering you're a "grown ass man" going around talking about butt buddies first thing in the morning. And this immediately follows your laughable attempt to claim the moral high ground just a few replies ago. Take your L and move on.

I don't know what Curry would add here that would make a huge difference given how many 3's this team already attempts and our lack of points in the paint. Wembanyama is basically a tall ass spaghetti noodle and he's dropping 39 points in playoff wins. Hornets need to make a BIG move for a multi level shot creator.

"Fan community discusses starting QB who happens to be a #1 pick the team traded a fortune to draft and who could soon become one of the highest paid QB's in the league based on whispers of a contract extension". Quite the observation.

Meanwhile you were up late flailing typing up paragraphs of middle school level insults in desperate defense of a complete stranger to other complete strangers because you do not like what they had to say because it hurt your precious feelings. Thanks for the early morning amusement bud.

Well there goes the bullied victim spiel.

These conversations aren't limited to the carolinahuddle folks. Try venturing outside the echo chamber.

Oh please with the wallowing in victimhood I'm going to take my ball and go home routine. You were just in here referring to people as super weird haters because they don't completely agree with your borderline delusional spin on what Bryce Young is and isn't as a fourth year starter. We can hope by some miracle that Bryce Young will actually be able to lead a formidable passing offense this season without being irrational homers and pretending verfiable data and what we have seen with our own two eyes doesn't tell us exactly what he has been to this point which is someone who moves the ball at a historically low rate.

I detest the Saints and their fans. Different POV's come to different conclusions. Some will use this as an opportunity to say people are complementing the Saints. Which is obviously just silly. Others will see this as an instance of sobering reflection on just how comically downbad our passing offense has become in the Bryce Young era. Some can choose to bury their heads in the sand like they're in a cult and others can choose to embrace reality. I approach this season the same as I have any other season in Panthers fandom over the last few decades. Hoping for the best and perhaps a miraculous surprise but preparing for more of the same.