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Rico has suddenness and sensational vision.

It's worth noting that we started playing something that looked like football after going down 17-0 against the Dolphins. Up to that point we had rushed the ball 3 times and Bryce had two turnovers. Then we ran it 5 straight times with Rico and he started cracking off some big gains and led to our first touchdown. Another 37 yards of rushing later, Bryce goes 1 yard complete, incomplete, incomplete to get that field goal before halftime. Then we committed big time to the run in the second half and played some really nice complimentary football. The Panthers had stumbled on a formula, and it started with Rico being crazy productive. Something they only learned because Chubba was injured and Bryce started that game so poorly they were forced to lean on Rico. Fast foward to Dallas, they essentially lean into the same game plan against the Cowboys and I think everyone was surprised by how quickly it started to look complimentary. In my opinion the productive offense really helped the defense as well. We played quite solid against a top offense. Finally we make our way to the Jets and Bills, Chubba's return. You can't say the low scoring affair and return to ineffective football against the Jets was all on Chubba, they were indeed a better defense and so was Buffalo. But the production difference between the two backs in both games was both visually and statistically obvious. The bigger picture is the offense took a major step back as well. They are other moving parts and it's isn't all one thing, BY9>Dalton by a decent margin at this point. But yeah, Rico's vision and athleticism is just better than Chubba and it jumps at you.

Rico is popping but so is the Oline, the running lanes have been massive.

Hey we’re picking at the threads of timing of completed passes in a win instead of being totally deflated by another miserable performance. Six games in there’s little doubt we’re a much better team than last year. A couple more plays in Arizona and this team could very easily be 4-2 right now. I’ve hated on Bryce plenty, when he deserved it. I’m not above enjoying the win and resetting expectations when he raises the bar, and he has. I’ve sold many stocks too soon as well, sometimes that still worked out. Week to week revisionist history does nothing for me. I’ll just live in the moment and today was another great day. Proud of Bryce and the entire team.

There’s no conspiracy here, they pivoted to a heavy rushing attack after Bryce turned the ball over twice and it worked. Bryce continued to be hit or miss even after settling back in. Bryce has got to play better for downstream players like T’Mac to eat.

I'm just going to enjoy the win this week. It took a terrible start to lean on the run game, but boy did it pop once they did. Dowdle has been a bright spot all year. Defense played with some heart. This team has been very emotionally fragile and it felt like some dudes got pissed today. I'm taking the week off of shitting on the team. I'm proud of the effort today, need more like this.

Schlereth calling us back to back....somebody call up Morgan! Schlereth got that dawg in him!

Actual picture of Dave Canales

Baker was cheeks for the most part during his time here. You can't just divorce that from Matt Rhule though. The worst part of Baker and Sam is they gave our front office (and a lot of fans) seller's remorse. A shadow whispering that we gave up too soon. That hangover now has holding onto Bryce far too long in fear of making the same mistake. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Our King of Swing....Sultan of Speed....Maestro of Motion...and Protector of the Realm.... Ladies and Gentlemen....GIVE IT UP FOR.....BRYYYYYYYYCE YOUNGGGGGGGGGG

This is a tough one to digest. I do think they probably locked in for practice this week, feeling themselves a bit and sensing an opportunity to build on the Atlanta game. Then boom, punched straight in the mouth and reminded forcefully of your place on the totem pole. Carolina has no identity, no attitude and certainly no resilience. This all starts at the most important position in pro sports, the Quarterback. Week after week, sound bite after sound bite, this will be the tale until BY9 is gone.

Shadeur is a lightning rod that was unable to secure a backup role at Cleveland. Why should we roll the dice on him vs someone like Hooker who's already on the roster? Who cares about media rep?

**Opinion alert, this is just my opinion** I think the Panther's are broken at the talent evaluation level. The most fundamental skill an organization must have. I think this is what plagues organizations and blesses others. Everything has to start with getting better talent in the building. Without that you simply can't make a solid assessment on anything downstream so eventually everything gets churned and the problems recycle. It seems plain as day to me though, if you look at the team since Tepper our talent level has dropped every year which is somewhat insane. We only accidentally hit on draft picks nowadays and have to try to spend our way to competitiveness on talent other teams drafted and developed. There is no better mascot for this joke than Bryce Young. This is all to say there is no fixing the Panthers until you fix talent evaluation.

Sorry there is nothing. Tepper is a man who collects toys and he doesn't need the money. He can get more of that easily, there are only 32 NFL teams.