Not sure how being bottom 10 in passing justifies so much confidence..

[Champagnepapi704]

Improvement...yes

Enough to justify a #1 pick..ehhhh

Franchise QB...

[Aussie Tank]

When teams can run at will killing the clock and we're also a run first team. Add in a very young and raw receiving group apart from Thielen.

We're not gonna start being the Greatest Show on Turf until we address some issues 

[Hugo]

Our number 1 receiver missed 7 games. The only other currently good WR hasn't played a lot either cause he was undrafted and had to gain his snaps. He has also missed the past 3 games...

Don't evaluate stats that consider the full season. See the progression we've made instead.

[Castavar]

Stats aside, it's all about the eye test for me. These last 3 weeks I've seen a franchise QB. If not for a botched snap and a egregious drop, we probably beat the two best teams in the NFL. Both times driving his team down the field to win the game. He's escaping the pocket more, making plays with his feet, making good NFL throws (still want to see his deep ball get better), reading the defense better, etc. I mean, just turn on his film from earlier in the year to now.......it is night and day.

Now, I have to see it for the remainder of the year before I jump on the bandwagon. But if you're still trying to downplay Bryce after what we've seen the last month, then you really do just want to see him fail.

[Moonraker]

Top team is less than 100 ahead of bottom and has a similar record. This year hasn't been about how many yards you throw for...it's about making the plays when they need/have to be made, and recently we've made a lot more of them then we were. I think that's where the confidence is coming from. You can see it on the TV screen, just not in the W/L column. I don't think anyone who is still grounded in reality is expecting us to be 13-4 next year but I think a winning record is on the table. We got a lot of dudes who are still learning how to play NFL football and how to make game winning plays...it's a talent. That's why the best teams consistently do it.

[Basbear]

2 minutes ago, Castavar said:

Stats aside, it's all about the eye test for me. These last 3 weeks I've seen a franchise QB. If not for a botched snap and a egregious drop, we probably beat the two best teams in the NFL. Both times driving his team down the field to win the game. He's escaping the pocket more, making plays with his feet, making good NFL throws (still want to see his deep ball get better), reading the defense better, etc. I mean, just turn on his film from earlier in the year to now.......it is night and day.

Now, I have to see it for the remainder of the year before I jump on the bandwagon. But if you're still trying to downplay Bryce after what we've seen the last month, then you really do just want to see him fail.

[L-TownCat]

5 minutes ago, Castavar said:

Stats aside, it's all about the eye test for me. These last 3 weeks I've seen a franchise QB. If not for a botched snap and a egregious drop, we probably beat the two best teams in the NFL. Both times driving his team down the field to win the game. He's escaping the pocket more, making plays with his feet, making good NFL throws (still want to see his deep ball get better), reading the defense better, etc. I mean, just turn on his film from earlier in the year to now.......it is night and day.

Now, I have to see it for the remainder of the year before I jump on the bandwagon. But if you're still trying to downplay Bryce after what we've seen the last month, then you really do just want to see him fail.

This is rational and fair.

The Huddle will hate it.

[mav1234]

15 minutes ago, Champagnepapi704 said:

Improvement...yes

Enough to justify a #1 pick..ehhhh

Franchise QB...

You should try watching the game, you might figure out why so many of us are excited to see his week to week development.

[rayzor]

Lol ok.

We'll keep your seat warm on the bus, too.

[rayzor]

Just now, mav1234 said:

You should try watching the game, you might figure out why so many of us are excited to see his week to week development.

This. They won't get it, though ...not yet.

[rayzor]

And brakes are for cowards

[countryboi]

If you didn’t watch the game, just say that

[Eazy-E]

As a huge Bryce critic I have become cautiously optimistic. The biggest takeaway I’ve had from the past few games is he is starting to make some of the off script plays that he wowed everyone with at Alabama. When he attempted that kind of stuff last year it usually ended horrendously.

I am hoping he continues his upwards trajectory and we are able to put together a competitive team around him in the next year or 2 before we have to decide whether to pay Bryce the big bucks or not.

[jayboogieman]