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I've seen several in the last couple of weeks. Had a close call this evening walking the dogs. My Rottie was at my side and my pittie was up ahead and about that time I see a stick laying across the driveway maybe 20 feet ahead. We get a little closer and that's no stick. That's a BIG copperhead laying across the driveway on the bridge. I grab my Rottie and now I have him in my right hand and the pittie is on the other side of the snake. She had to have stepped right over it. Neither dog had noticed the snake at this point and I'm trying to he chill and keep it that way. I switch my Rottie to my left hand and tell my little to sit and stay. Now I'm skipping past this copperhead between it and my Rottie and grab my pittie with my right hand. poo, this isn't gonna work. Now we gotta get past this copperhead again. It's about three feet long laying stretched out across the driveway on a 10' wide bridge. We have maybe four feet to play with so here I am with a 120# Rottie in one hand and an 80# pit bull in the other trying both trying to figure out how we're getting past this copperhead and trying to do it fast before they notice it and do something stupid. Finally decide on sending the Rottie who is my right hand scooting up the driveway ahead of us since I'm between him and the snake. We get up to the snake and I guide him ahead and tell him go,go,go, go and he happily goes trotting up the driveway giving me time to swap the pittie to my right hand so I'm between her and the snake and we scurry past. The copperhead never moved and never offered any sign of either aggression nor fear. It was just chilling.

I'm not. I think the Packers may have become legit contenders with that Parsons trade and I wouldn't be surprised if Daniels and Washington have a bit of a coming back down to Earth after taking the league by surprise last year.

The Bryce stans are getting really desperate.

Just let him be him. I think folks have forgotten how utterly dominant Cam was. Auburn was unranked at the beginning of the season. They had minimal NFL talent on that roster. Cam still won a Heisman and carried them to an SEC championship and national championship. Sellers isn't that. Not at this stage. Cam had what has to be considered one of the greatest college seasons ever.

The real problem is David Tepper. Bryce Young is just one of his many mistakes.

He's probably not. But Patterson wasn't either and he's still in the league as basically an offensive utility player relying primarily on athleticism and playmaking ability despite not really fitting in at any real position.

If Coker picks up where he left off last year he needs to quickly replace XL in the starting lineup. We might have need to use XL like the Vikings used Cordarelle Patterson. We may have drafted a great athlete who just isn't a WR. Okay, whatever. Don't cry about it. Just try to figure out how to best utilize him and understand that yeah, he's never gonna live up to 1st round billing. Again, whatever. Something is better than nothing. Try to figure it out.

I have no idea what's going on there if they're trying to curry favor with Tepper to try to get on his payroll too but it's odd and it might be tanking their credibility. Everyone else is watching these games too. You can't "muh system" your way through this poo

XL sucks but PFF seems like they're on mission to defend Bryce.

Yeah, Bryce is fine. He's a young man in good health with millions of dollars in the bank. He's in a far better situation than 99.999% of people. Ooohhhhhhh... you meant on the field? As a starting QB? He's fine THERE?

Watching almost any other NFL QB is painful for Panthers fans. Even if he sucks or is having a bad game you're gonna see flashes of talent that makes you think there might be something to work with there. There's UDFAs forced into action by rashes of injuries that show a higher talent level than Bryce.

If they kept a stat on who made me mutter "what the fug was that" under my breath Bryce Young would be the GOAT at that.

THAT WAS ALL JOSH ALLEN ON THAT ONE https://www.facebook.com/MEMES.of.the.NFL/videos/1317314010015858/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v I'm sorry... what???

I didn't say SB contender. Far from it. The D is quietly every bit as bad as the offense. The head coach is responsible for more than just the offense.

Bingo. At the end of the day, teams aren't afraid of Bryce beating them deep. They're treating the entire field as if it's the redzone. I doubt this play was about them preparing for that specific concept as much as it was simply about not fearing Bryce burning them deep. When DBs aren't worried about getting burned they can play really aggressively.

This shouldn't require explanation. Active vs. passive.

I'm generally not a big fan of head coach play callers. I'm really not a fan of it for inexperienced head coaches. Guys like Andy Reid and Sean Payton have decades of HCing experience.

So basically you shouldn't be out because on his best days Bryce can be mid-tier? Yeah, that's WHY I'm out. He's mostly terrible and when the season is lost he can be mid and maybe win a couple of games to tank your draft stock and give you false hope. That's not QB purgatory, that's QB hell.

Probably the strongest argument for benching Bryce.

Lord almighty...

A few mid-tier showings at the end of another throwaway season would leave me nerve wracked that we'd do exactly that. Tepper REALLY doesn't want to hear the pile on that will happen when we inevitably have to move on from Bryce.

Please tell me this is satire.

Lawrence was basically mediocre. He didn't do much to win a game but very importantly in this one he didn't do anything to lose the game which is what Bryce was busy doing on the other side of the ball. Don't forget that this game probably should've been 33-3 because we got bailed out of a pick six by an iffy call on the opposite side of the field and then scored a TD on the very next play. That was a 14 point swing right there