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Paying starter money for a backup on our team makes little sense. He may start elsewhere but not here except for injury

If we can limit the guaranteed money upfront and pay out bonuses and incentives based on reaching certain playing milestones we can give him a great contract without too much risk

If he was cheap I would like to see what Canales could do with Fields. If Field could read defenses and throw with good mechanics, he has all the physical talent to be a great starter as well as backup.

One thing Dan keeps saying is they want competition at every position and QB is no exception. Bryce has won his place on the team and to be named starter. But to stay the starter he needs to play at a high level or I hope we bring in other guys to challenge him unless they think Dalton is the guy. At which point I hope they draft a guy like in the third round who drops and at that point is BPA. Or bring in a young guy drafted high earlier who didn't work out and let Canales work his magic.

Pressuring by blitzing can actually help a defense that is young and inexperienced. The secondary doesn't have to cover forever and can allow QB pressure to help with any blown assignments. Plus putting 7 guys on the line instead of 4 that are easily accounted for helps disguise where you are bringing pressure and messes up protections. Evero never varied his coverages to even take advantage of what strengths he did have. This defense gave up more points than any other defense in history and gave up more points in the last 2 minutes of each half than any other team in the league. That is bend until you break prevent defense and it was historically bad. That makes no sense and there is no excuse for it.

I dont doubt he can coach when he has his players for his scheme but honestly I don't like his scheme. I want an aggressive attacking style with press man and blitzing up the run gaps. You can run it with a 3-4 or a 4-3 like LeBeau for Pittsburgh or Jim Johnson style for the Eagles. I hate the bend until you break rush 4 crap Evero used all year. I guess I will cling to the notion that so many injuries made him keep things simple and fail to change or adapt rather than he gave up.

I think you are right. This is to calm down concerns about wholesale changes. Let's see what shakes out when interviews start and lets see if Evero draws interest. I hope he does.

That is a stupid view as well. You clearly didn't watch the game or don't know what you were watching.

While I don't know if he can keep up his recent performances and late heroics but he was huge under pressure over and over today. He put the team on his back and decided the only way to win was to outscore them and score last. What you can't trust was the defense and Bryce took over several times needing a score to regain the lead once again. He was the difference today no question about it.

It is tough to decide who is a top 10 QB since QB rankings are dependent on so many factors. But things like good against pressure, clutch in the 4th quarter, good in the 2 minute drill, manages the game, good TD to Int ratio, etc. tell you more than simple stats like completion percentage or passing yards per game and the like. What I know about Bryce is he is tough and gritty and gives it his all. And he is mentally tough as steel. Will he be the franchise guy. I hope so given what we have invested and his character and resilience. He is the kind if guy you can build around.

But the draft is the best place to get expensive pieces like DEs, left OTs, QBs and top notch middle linebackers. So to have your starting and backup QBs both on rookie contracts would free up a ton of money for free agents to plug in holes. Expand your point of view.....

He wasn't my first pick but his resurrection was amazing and unexpected. To score 44 points against a team fighting for their playoff lives with a bunch of backups was far from promising. It was the best quarterback play by a Panther QB in several years. And to beat the dirty birds at their home in overtime with a walkout TD is the stuff of panther legends. Bryce put the team on his shoulders and decided if we keep scoring we can't lose. I am still on board to draft a QB if a great one is there but Bryce had one of the best QB days from a scoring production point of view as any in franchise history.

The scheme is inconsistent and ineffective. It doesn't matter who is out there. We sucked when we started the year and haven't improved much in points surrendered which is the only defensive Stat that matters. We give up more points in the last 2 minutes of either half than anyone else. That has to be scheme. I want an aggressive attacking defense whether it be 3-4 or 4-3 or some hybrid. Evero's weak zone bend until you break drives me crazy. I for one won't miss him if he goes.

Spot on. When you hire a head coach with zero head coach experience you have to expect issues along the way. He never called plays and head coached before at the same time. It is a learning curve. His job was to fix Bryce and the offense. Both very much works in progress.

Seems we use who is healthy doing what they can do. Sanders has been hurt and Tremble has missed time as well. Which one besides Sanders resembles a receiver? I doubt Canales avoids using the tightends so much as they rarely win their matchups and too often drop the ball. Isn't hard to see why they aren't targeted while a guy like Thielen will be on third down. Adam is open and makes ridiculous catches.

Yeah we surely suck and our scheme is too passive to me. I want a DC who likes to blitz, create pressure and use more man press coverage. I think that scheme helps hide weaknesses instead of magnify them with our lack of pressure and bend until you break prevent zone.

Need.to be an asterisk for all records with a 17 game season versus the old 16. For historical comparisons use the current number as that is 16 games and apples to apples. Just sayin...

Talking about preserving our draft position with competitive losses is what you do after you lose to feel better. But spoiling Arizona at our house felt great. And beating the Bucs and Falcons in their house would be worth dropping a few draft positions.

Actually blitzing and sending 5 guys through the gaps is what you do when you want to hide deficits and have backups playing key roles. You don't send 4 and sit back in a prevent zone like we do. We give up more points in the last 2 minutes of a half than any team in the league. That is scheme not personnel. I want a Baltimore style scheme if we keep playing a 3-4.

Great game to watch. Glad you were able to see it with family and friends. The fans brought it yesterday.

People looking at the offense negatively need to step back a minute and remember that expectations were mighty low this year. We have a lot of young guys and rookies. And our qb is a newby in the system he is in with a new coach who has never been a head coach and signal caller combined. This is a work in progress so only an approach which recognizes incremental improvement is valid for best measuring where we are versus demanding immediate success after a 2-15 campaign last year.

Let's be real, with proper training you can increase lateral speed, strength and balance so it isn't physical inability. His measurables were pretty good I recall. It is likely mental which can improve with repetition and practice. Truth is he might be another one who needs to do some pine time to observe and learn by watching instead of doing. Might make him hungrier to excel.

Given he is on his rookie contract and this year he has a new line coach, let's see how he progresses. At the cost of left tackles these days, he is worth more to keep him versus trading him away.

Passing yards alone says more about the offense than the QB if for example a team runs a lot versus a team that relies almost totally on the pass. Stats like TD to Int ratio, average yards per completion, 2 min drill efficiency, passer rating when behind or ahead, etc tell me how he takes care of the ball and handles pressure which is the most important element to me bar none. I think the jury may be still out which is why I still want a QB in the draft in the first 3 rounds, but Young is battling and deserve more time to develop. Isn't the rule to wait at least 3 years before deciding their value. Darnold took a lot longer but look at him in the right offense

A 3-4 can be very effective if you have the linebackers to run it. We clearly don't. Then again we don't the linebackers for a 4-3. And our defensive linemen as a whole are jags minus those who are injured and unavailable. But Evero's zone defense needs pressure to work and we don't generate it. So Qbs sit back and have all day to wait for their guys to clear coverage. I want a blitz happy pressure defense like Baltimore that dictates to the offense instead of our bend until you break zone shell of a defense under Evero. Honestly I won't be unhappy to see him go.