BenjaminBreeg

You'all need to stop blaming the O-line, because it isn't the problem. Bryce has on average 2.5 seconds in the pocket, which is more than decent. Only six teams afford their QBs more time in the pocket. Here are the stats on hurries, hits, pressures, and pressure %. Our O-line comes out looking average. Not elite, but not horrifying like many are making it to be.

That data is slightly outdated. Stroud's pocket time has since improved to 2.6 seconds, while Young's remains at 2.5 seconds, which is more than decent because only five teams afford their QBs more time in the pocket. The amount of blame our O-line receives is simple unfair. Our O-line is OK, while our QB is absolutely poo.

A season and a half worth of starts is kind of the standard NFL evaluation window for a rookie qb. So 25 games should give you enough confidence to predict how his career will pan out or if he's even salvageable. He's almost half way there.

I think the lowest hanging fruit at this point is fixing his footwork. I don't have the slightest idea as to how fixable it is at this point, but they're gonna have to try. Proper footwork will definitely add more zip to his ball and improve his timing and accuracy. This should be priority numero uno. You'd think a No. 1 draft pick wouldn't come with such piss poor fundamentals, but it is what it is.

It's a clusterfudge, and nobody is blameless here. I will add this though, our receivers have been NFL-open plenty of times, but Young's arm strength and ball placement haven't been good enough to hit his targets. His timing is putrid, probably because his footwork is absolutely horrendous. He also hasn't demonstrated enough anticipation, nor has he shown he's capable of throwing receivers open. Bryce is simply not as advertised. He ain't remotely NFL ready.

Oh the line definitely needs fixing, but QB play needs to improve massively too. A lot of people see the sack numbers and automatically assume it's an O-line problem (not saying this is you), but sack is as much of a QB stat as an O-line stat. Bryce's dropbacks are too shallow and don't create enough depth for the O-line to block effectively. He also holds onto the ball for far too long which, when combined with his lack of pocket awareness and elusiveness as well as his unwillingness to climb the pocket, result in more sacks.

Honestly, the QB position is the biggest problem right now. The O-line isn't as horrendous as many are making it out to be.

9/11? I thought it was 4/27, the day of infamy for the Panthers organization, on which Bryce Young was drafted.

Yep, better get it fixed in preparation for the next quarterback.

The Teppers and their house pet Fitterer value table manners above all else. Bryce was drafted at no. 1 because he looked so poised around the dinner table: “You feel the presence of the player, just like the command that they have,” Fitterer said. “As he’s sitting there at dinner, he was so poised and you’re like, ‘OK, if I put this guy in a huddle,’ if Frank and I saying, ‘This is the guy, we’re putting him in the huddle, game’s on the line.’ Bryce is the guy we want our players looking at, knowing this is the guy that can get it done for us. We can win with this guy. And I think that’s kind of where that social part overlaps in the football side when you get to know the person and not just the player.”

Bryce Young's arm strength vs. NFL speed and defenses, if NFL speed and defenses were Pennywise.

"I heard you're a Bryce Young fan... come here, come here..."

If the University of Alabama hype machine were a clown...

Bryce Young fans.

"I wonder how Stroud played today..."

"I just realized that they don't play S2 in the NFL..."

Bryce looked giddy there because he knew he had pulled off a historic swindle with the help of the Bama hype machine. Now we know why he didn't run the 40-yard dash or throw at the combine. He probably drank two gallons of water and used cans of hair spray to stiffen hair before they measured him. I bet his eyeballs were practically floating in their sockets from all that water weight. Well played, Bryce, well played...

You know who else had a bad first year? Ryan Leaf, Jamarcus Russell, Jimmy Clausen, Tim Couch, Akili Smith, David Carr, Matt Leinart, Josh Rosen, Zach Wilson, and the list goes on and on.

Try season 3, episode 12. I hope Tepper is forced to sell the team after the media finds out.

Get well soon, Hayden. Hopefully when he comes back, the Panthers will have moved on from the ball misplacement specialist.

Oh boy, she looks almost as tall as Bryce.

This! Totally this! https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2021/11/a-deeper-look-at-alabama-qb-bryce-youngs-downfield-passing-threat.html Bryce has never been accurate on deep throws. During his best statistical year at Alabama, he completed only 36.1% of passes 20 yards or longer. That is freaking atrocious. For comparison, Tua's completion rate at Alabama on passes 20 yards or longer was 57.1%, and Mac Jones' was 58%. I don't know how scouts and evaluators missed this. That should have been a red flag, shouldn't it? 20-yard throws Comp. Att. % Yards Y/A Y/C Drop 2021: Young 10 33 36.1% 416 12.6 41.6 9% 2020: Jones 29 50 58% 1,279 25.6 44.1 8% 2019: Tua 17 35 48.6% 659 18.8 38.8 3% 2018: Tua 24 42 57.1% 944 22.5 39.3 2% Source: SECStatCat

Crow be singin', and Bryce be dancin'...

Someone please tell him to stop dancing.

What's Tommy's S2 score? Asking for a friend.