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No. You don't get it. Its only a threat if you complete them that far. Long and wrong is not a threat. Only 2 of the 8 that Mahomes threw longer than 40 yards were even catchable. Yes >40 yards opens up underneath routes, but it does NOT have to be 60. Last year, in an entire season Mahomes did not once complete a pass more than 60 yards, but you say that you must be able to complete those. 50 yards opens up the underneath routes just as well as 60. Young has COMPLETED 50+ yard throws. He doesn't have the biggest gun, but as Reich said, he can make the throws a QB needs in the NFL. Apparently, Texans, Vikings and Reich agree on that. I'm sorry you don't.

"armed QB's can throw it that far from a crowded pocket " You brought up crowded pockets genius.

Geno Smith was considered last year's most accurate deep passer, believe it or not, according to the deep ball project. https://www.patreon.com/posts/79668571?pr=true He was 1 for 5 beyond 40. The ball went 49 yards in the air. The other 4 weren't catchable.

Safety's don't play 40 yards off the ball. ~50 yards is plenty deep. Mahomes completed 1 ball longer than 40 yards last year, a 57 yarder. Not even 60. Same length as the examples I posted. Does Mahomes need to work on his arm strength? He was 1 for 8 beyond FORTY and only 2 were catchable.

Why compare Bryce to QBs that we could not possibly get? We called the Bills, they wouldn't take DJ for Allen. /sarc We've been over and over this. When it comes to pressure/crowded pockets, Bryce is the best in this class.

I don't understand this one.

2 division games the first two weeks?

Its insanely early to say the Panthers need a competent QB.

We'll be one of the least traveled teams, with one of the easiest projected schedules.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/05/10/ranking-nfc-south-rosters-bryce-young-panthers-bucs-saints-falcons#gid=ci02bed70780002776&pid=1-carolina-panthers Guess who SI thinks has the best roster in the NFCS?

Two years ago, our D was 2nd in yards. Last year we were 22nd. Part of that was the loss of Reddick, part of it was field position, part was the change from Snow to Holcomb. Our stats really should have been worse, the Bengals essentially sat their starters the 2nd half. Wilks fired Cooper, corner-backs coach, who Wilks placed in that position when he was promoted, and defensive line coach Paul Pasqualoni after the Bengals game. Holcomb's D was pretty bad in Arizona and he is now a defensive assistant in Buffalo. We haven't spent a ton in FA on D and waited until the 3rd and 5th round for defense. We've added a successful DC, and are switching base configuration. Our D is as much a question mark as the O for next year. A lot of moving parts need to come together.

I agree. I'm not sure why he was traded or why we didn't use him more. We saw some impressive play from him and he clearly has had success downfield. He was our highest pff rated player on O last year. We are missing something.

We probably offered Foreman a comparable contract. He wanted to be a #1, which he would get in Chicago. I hope we're not done in the RB department, but as time rolls by, it is looking that way.

I agree, I would have been fine benching starters for the last game. Saints were clearly desperately trying to lose that game.

We did tank. At the point we traded away CMC and chose a replacement HC who had successfully tanked before, the FO was trying to tank. Wilkes as much said so, even though he qualified that statement later. If we had chosen Tabor who wasn't suing the NFL for being undermined, I think we could have traded away more assets for more picks, which would have given us more 1st round picks and and a higher draft spot, so we could have spent fewer picks to move up. The coaches and players cannot/will not lose games on purpose. We are where we are. If Young translates, no one will care.

Meh. All the QB's need snaps with both 1st and 2nd string OL, Wr's and RBs because those 2nd stringers play. OL, WR and RB injuries are quite common. To just dictate that this QB is one and only takes snaps with the other designated 1s is poor planning. Is there an NFL team that designates all the 1s right after the draft and then only those players practice together? The huddle over-dissects this stuff.

Nebraska.