[The Athletic] How Bryce Young went from slumped shoulders and shaky footwork to soaring confidence

[frankw]

Footwork confidence and demeanor were all night and day. If he continues to build on that in the offseason then we should hit the ground running once the season begins. But I really hope the team and Bryce are taking a different approach to all that this year. And everyone definitely needs a decent amount of preseason reps this go around that should go without saying.

[Loyalty4Life]

 

[PanthersATL]

1 hour ago, Manna said:

 

The real question for me is, will Bryce come into training camp now looking like a high schooler instead of the middle schooler this past camp? 

I hope he doesn't spend this offseason like he did last year (justifiably so), where he "disconnected from football"

He needs to keep focused, keep practicing, make those team connections.  Can still do all those things while "disconnecting and playing video games, shopping, hanging with family"...    

[Tbe]

41 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

you mean like this?

or this?

or this?

https://www.nfl.com/videos/bryce-young-absorbs-considerable-contact-while-throwing-12-yard-dime

I’m a Bryce fan, and he can definitely make throws with guys in his face.

But watching taller guys play, you see times when they are completely surrounded and the OL is in their lap and they can see and throw over that.

Bryce can’t make that play but it seems like he is moving out of the pocket before that happens which is what he should do.

[outlaw4]

Not sure if this says more about how good the support Bryce had around him this season or how terrible it was his rookie season. 

I'm still inclined to say it's more the latter. Is there's anything Bryce learned his rookie season that was an aid to his development? If anything, just about everything that his prior coaches and on-the-field experience taught him had to be wiped clean. 

[scpanther22]

This would be a bigger story if we were in a bigger market because I can't think of many QBs that have looked worse and had the turn around he has

He wasn't just bad it looked like he didn't know how to even play the position 

[SOJA]

great article Joe

[MHS831]

2 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

The Athletic’s Joe Person reports an anonymous Panthers source said Bryce Young’s footwork at the end of the 2024 season was “light years” ahead of where it was at the start of the year.

Panthers coaches worked primarily on Young’s footwork and drop backs while he ran the scout team after being benched in late September for Andy Dalton. For more than a month, Carolina coaches helped “to refine Young’s footwork and drill into him the importance of urgency in the huddle and pre-snap operation, which Dalton helped demonstrate.” Coaches addressed Young’s habit of jump-passing, which had proved disastrous over the first two games of the season. The result was a far more confident second-year quarterback who showed immense improvement over the final seven games of the 2024 season. Only six quarterbacks had a higher completion rate over expected than Young From Week 11-18. He ended the year with a 251-yard, three-touchdown outing against the Falcons in an upset victory for Carolina. Young, against many odds, has positioned himself as the Panthers’ clear Week 1 starter in 2025.

why the hell would that source be "anonymous?" 

"Psst.  Hey Person.  Got some intel for you, but you didn't hear it from me.  His footwork is light years better." 

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

[Captain Morgan]

 

after we beat the Saints, I can't remember who said it, a player or coach but someone on the Saints, but the quote was "this was not the same team we beat early this year."

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Captain Morgan

[PanthersATL]

4 hours ago, scpanther22 said:

This would be a bigger story if we were in a bigger market

We've had this discussion before:  we ARE a big market compared to other NFL cities

Please stop continuing the false narrative that we're "small market", because we most definitely are not in terms of what's considered the team's support area

[MechaZain]

I was certainly one of the those worried about his demeanor. Big ups to Bryce for putting in the hard work to turn it around. Coachability was ultimately the reason we drafted the guy and he sounds like they were right about his work ethic in the end.