Bryce May Not Be the Answer

[frankw]

4 minutes ago, carolinanimal said:

Talking about his build, in one game he got hacked and the dt threw him like 5 yards with one arm. My wife laughed out loud.

It looked like an adult throwing a toddler across the room

I completely understand where you're coming from. This sort of thing was discussed at length multiple times before the draft and it was plainly stated by reasonable individuals that it would make for an uphill battle for him to say the least as a starting QB in the NFL. But many many people shouted others down.

[Johnstonny]

Hes proving to be a solid backup...

[Brooklyn 3.0]

Bryce will give us 6 or 7 wins next season and you lot will be "Look, let's give him one more year". At what point are you going to look in the mirror and say to yourself, "I want an elite QB". Battered Wives Club. The littlest positives make you happy. Wow. But hey, maybe in four years Bryce will get us 10 wins and a first round Playoffs loss! WOOOOOOO!

[Diehardpanth02]

35 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Bryce needs a perfect setup to play above average and it happened for a few games.  Any cracks in the overall team dynamic like today, he struggles. I think it's asinine to pour money and resources over all aspects of the team to prop up the QBs level to merely above average.  I'm thinking long term and if this Bryce looks like this again next year, it will be time to move on. 

How does it not make sense? Build the roster around the QB you blew your load on. Let it pan out while you build the roster around him and have him on a cheap deal. And when the opportunity arises you should be able to plug a good QB and see big results if Bryce doesn't pan out 

[Navy_football]

5 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Actually, only two Philly and KC.  On the flip side, why can't he beat the bad ones more regularly.  I'm shocked the Giants aren't winless and the Saints have fallen into the abyss.   Wins, yes, but hardly anything to boast about.

Wins and losses should not be a QB stat. Too many below average games from QBs that have resulted in wins. Heck the Panthers vs the Saints and Giants are good examples. Bryce played bad today in a lose, but he's played really well in loses this year as well.

[KSpan]

1 minute ago, frankw said:

I completely understand where you're coming from. This sort of thing was discussed at length multiple times before the draft and it was plainly stated by reasonable individuals that it would make for an uphill battle for him to say the least as a starting QB in the NFL. But many many people shouted others down.

That's really the crux of it. Bryce was already an outlier at a historical physical disadvantage when he came into the league. The standard of proof was already greater and that is just the objective reality of it. Couple that with the poor first batch of work and that standard remains arguably even greater than before.

[NAS]

Meh he was due for a dip, let’s see how he bounces back. At least in this struggle of a game he didn’t completely fall of the rails. He definitely struggled like the rest of the team. 

[outlaw4]

Good grief. The amount of opinion flip-flopping is David Tepper levels of embarrassing. He's the guy. He's not the guy. And so on. Are we going to fire Canales after today, then? And we wonder why we can't sustain any success as a franchise. We want to tear everything apart the instant there's a bunp on the road.

It's all about making progress but progress is anything but linear. Today was not a good day, although it's not like we saw BY from early season that had no real positives to point out. Missed on one deep throw late but nailed an earlier one. Passes generally more accurate than not. Basically, this looked more like a new floor which is still a lot better than the old one. Mistakes were made - gotta hold onto that ball better - but this is when we want to learn them and correct them going forward. 

And the same goes for the rest of the team because they made far too many mistakes today as well. O-line playing like last year's unit. Run game going nowhere. Canales not having any answers against the constant pressure. Franklin being a dumbass, again. Defense reverting back to their old selves. Penalties galore.

With the lack of talent on this roster, we simply don't have the margin of error to overcome major mistakes. 

[frankw]

2 minutes ago, NAS said:

Meh he was due for a dip, let’s see how he bounces back. At least in this struggle of a game he didn’t completely fall of the rails. He definitely struggled like the rest of the team. 

That wasn't a dip. How many times does he need to bounce back? How many times did we let Kyle Allen bounce back??????

It's legitimately wild this is your standard considering you go out of your way to poo posts.

[Aussie Tank]

He's our QB for 2025 at least it's not the year to try draft one. Plus we put another rookie QB into this side we will be in the same situation. Add as much talent as possible this offseason and let Bryce sink or swim he will either be our guy or we will be looking for one in a much better QB class 

[NAS]

1 minute ago, frankw said:

That wasn't a dip. How many times does he need to bounce back? How many times did we let Kyle Allen bounce back??????

It's legitimately wild this is your standard considering you go out of your way to poo posts.

He’s had 5 solid games in a row. It’s legitimately wild you just look for every excuse to poo on Bryce.  Even as dips are concerned, today’s performance wasn’t that bad considering the protection issues. If it turns into a downward spiral and regression we can talk

[OneBadCat]

The fumbles were awful but as a QB I don’t think he played that bad today. We needed to score on that first drive to win this. The defense is just too gutted to compete after the first couple drives. 

[mav1234]

13 minutes ago, NAS said:

Meh he was due for a dip, let’s see how he bounces back. At least in this struggle of a game he didn’t completely fall of the rails. He definitely struggled like the rest of the team. 

I dunno man he may not have completely fell apart but he had some very bad decisions.

I am still wanting to see him the rest of the season but we entered the fourth quarter with 1 very long play and he was otherwise like 50 yards passing on the day. That's terrible...

[Jaxel]

The Bryce haters have been waiting weeks for this one. It's feast season for a week and then next week, when Bryce plays another great game it will quiet down.

Edited 3 hours ago by Jaxel