Let's discuss Bryce Young's debut

[CBDellinger]

1 minute ago, GOAT said:

he's like an AI QB. knows what reads to make and tries to throws receivers open but it's way too obvious. like watching a robot; "MAKE READ, TURN HEAD, THROW BALL BEFORE RECEIVER OPEN" real players can read that like a book, which Bates did twice. 

Yeah it was awful when he went 6/6 and drove us down the field for a Td in the first half.  Hate seeing that kind of methodical play that results in points.  

[Carl Spackler]

3 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

It was about as bad as I could possibly imagine as an unapologetic Young Stan.

His throws were inaccurate, his reads were poor and he was clearly rattled although the protection was largely good. 

1 of 10 rating on debut. 

It is a huge concern moving forward.

Clearly rattled? When?

[Carl Spackler]

Just now, CBDellinger said:

Yeah it was awful when he went 6/6 and drove us down the field for a Td in the first half.  Hate seeing that kind of methodical play that results in points.  

Wasn't he 6/6 on two different first-half drives? Sounds like a rattled QB to me

[GOAT]

1 minute ago, CBDellinger said:

Yeah it was awful when he went 6/6 and drove us down the field for a Td in the first half.  Hate seeing that kind of methodical play that results in points.  

unfortunately one good drive in the beginning of the game won't cut it in this league Kemosabe 

[kungfoodude]

Just now, Carl Spackler said:

Clearly rattled? When?

It was literally visible on his face multiple times. Maybe rattled is a poor word to use but very, very clearly frustrated most of the game. That was very obvious.

[GoobyPls]

My main issue with Young today was that he was way to quick to throw the ball away. He needs to take some chances and let the receivers make a play on the ball

[LinvilleGorge]

Aside from the two bad INTs he looked okay. Not great, not terrible. Just okay. The miss deep from the 1 was tough. You have to hit that throw at this level. Mingo (I think it was Mingo) was NFL wide open with two steps on the DB and Bryce was in a clean pocket. You HAVE to hit on that.

What disappointed me is when you make the type of huge move we made to get a guy you're wanting to at least see a few splash plays that make you think "Okay, yeah that was special. I see why this is a guy we felt like we had to go all in on." I just didn't see any of those types of plays. I still see a guy with very marginal NFL physical tools who is going to have to be NFL Einstein level intelligent (and likely surrounded by a top tier supporting cast) to be special.

[The Natural]

1 minute ago, kungfoodude said:

It was literally visible on his face multiple times. Maybe rattled is a poor word to use but very, very clearly frustrated most of the game. That was very obvious.

You sound like the people who complained about Cam with the towel.

[Carl Spackler]

Just now, kungfoodude said:

It was literally visible on his face multiple times. Maybe rattled is a poor word to use but very, very clearly frustrated most of the game. That was very obvious.

I mean, we all were frustrated. Young couldn't find anyone open to get the ball, and he probably knew he was gonna get blamed for that (as he continues to get blamed for it). If he didn't lob it out of bounds, we'd be blaming the OL for 8 sacks, when it was really just good coverage of slow WRs and TEs.

[RJK]

It was bad. It’s not the end of the world and he didn’t get any help from receivers or play calling but it was categorically a bad debut F

[HarbingersDad]

He didn’t look great today, but he’s a Rookie in his first ever NFL game. I think (as always in life) the truth lies somewhere in the middle between the homer bias of “he looked good today” and the pessimistic take of “he’s a bust after 1 game.”

Personally, I had 3 main takeaways. 
 

1) Not sure if this has been mentioned, but I think the first pick happened because of his height. He started getting swallowed by the OL and I’m not convinced he could see the exact situation he was throwing into. He had too many 6’6” trees a foot away. Bates baited him well. Rookies throw picks, though. It’s going to happen.

2) I’m more concerned about the 2 missed deep bombs. You just have to hit those. Period. Those are game breaking plays and honestly could’ve turned the tide so that the picks didn’t matter in the end.

3) Bryce needs time to gain chemistry with the receivers. There were a handful of times they just didn’t break when/how he expected them to. That’s not really as concerning to me because I think it’ll get cleaned up easily with more live game reps. 

[CBDellinger]

Just now, kungfoodude said:

It was literally visible on his face multiple times. Maybe rattled is a poor word to use but very, very clearly frustrated most of the game. That was very obvious.

I guess Bryce “looking rattled” is the new “cam has a towel on his head”.

both those things are ok.  

Let’s judge Bryce in December.  Then we will know if he’s growing or not . Till then just relax and stop trying to decide after 1 game. No one knows. 

[kungfoodude]

I just didn't have "Bryce Young shits the bed" on my game 1 bingo card. Like, not at all.

I can't empathize how stunned I was to see him play that poorly. He isn't at all the only reason we lost but he was way, way too much of it for my comfort level.

[ncfan]

Just now, Carl Spackler said:

Clearly rattled? When?

People just pulling made up crap out of their azz at this point.

Yes, The Rookie Bryce wasn’t perfect.

He did throw 2 ints.  The others, the WRs couldn’t get separation.

 

Lets not act like the other rookie QBs didn’t have a great day either.

Stroud had 0 TDs and lost a Fumble.

And the Mega Man Richardson threw a int and despite him being the opposite of our tiny QB that some swear can’t hold up.  Richardson couldn’t even make it out of 1 NFL game without getting hurt.

All 3 QBs lost as well.