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

[scpanther22]

12 hours ago, PanthersATL said:

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

We are not a big market when it comes to the NFL stop 

1. The Panthers are a relatively young team. 2. NC/SC are full of transplants with other teams allegiance. 

[ImfromClayton]

I really appreciate the candid look into things here. It couldn't have been easy for those guys to say that. 

 

His energy had to be terrible for it to make an article like this. I'm very glad it improved. 

 

It sounds so stupid, but at that level, when everyone is good, something as small as energy level can make a big impact. 

[NorthTryon]

I really like this part, especially in regards to these two QBs already being out of the playoffs and everyone whining about what if all season.

 

From Week 8 when Young took back over through the end of the season, PFF scored Young with an 83.7 passing grade, sixth best in the league over that span. Young was just ahead of Mayfield (83.3) and Sam Darnold (82.3), both of whom had short stints in Carolina before the Panthers decided to go all in on Young.

 

 

[Navy_football]

22 hours ago, Ricky Spanish said:

Just curious - What were his very real limitations?

His arm looked stronger, he was decisive, he was throwing with anticipation, he had no trouble throwing over the middle of the field, and he even ran the ball with high efficiency. The only thing holding him back were the drops from the receivers and the defense not being able to stop anything. There were more 3 and outs than I'd like, sure, but other than the Cowboys game he played really well.

Dude! Why is this so hard to accept? No one knows if Bryce will become an elite to lead this team to a Super Bowl, but it's not fair to critique his production until they get him some real weapons.

Thielen is his best receiving weapon. I don't think anyone would argue that. What do you think Malik Nabers would do with this:

 

This is what our best weapon did with it. No lie. That's how this play ended.