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Amazing performance yesterday for sure. But it does say to me that we should have won last week. DC isn't a moron; this passing issue has to be Bryce lacking confidence to make assertive throws. Just want to see Bryce be this guy more often. If he can we have a franchise QB.

Really only 3 points. The failed 4th down essentially put them in FG range.

I'm pulling for him, but I am not going to get sucked in again as our future QB. I want him to continue to get better, but he has to show that it's not once or twice a season he has a stellar game. Atlanta is a mess and we seem to have their number. Last year we went toe to toe with KC and Philly but ended up losing. We have the Seahawks, 9ers and Rams coming up. We have to win at least one of those games to consider ourselves turning the corner. Not to mention we have to beat TBx2 and NO. Show me a couple of good wins and we'll go from there.

Bryce Young every time I find a glimmer of hope for him

Bijan had like four second half carries because they split his reps with Algier. And yeah losing a starter will negatively impact a wr, especially when he’s hurt.

Recap - Baltimore's fake tush push was pure genius. - I hate Denver intensely. The more they win, the more I hate them. - Dillon Gabriel is arguably the NFL's worst QB. - Shadeur Sanders is worse than Dillon Gabriel. - Aaron Glenn is a complete idiot. - Sam Darnold celebrated his return to the NFL. - The people trying to jettison Brock Purdy got pretty quiet. He is actually better than Mac Jones, albeit not by enough to justify that contract difference. - fug Aaron Rodgers. - JJ McCarthy is quickly descending to Dillon Gabriel/Justin Fields depths of QB play. His alter ego "Nine" might be the remaining games he has as Vikings starter at this rate. - Trevor Lawrence still sucks. - Stock way up for Jacoby Brissett on the Panthers Veteran QB We Should Pursue in the 2026 Free Agency. If he can be obtained at a reasonable price, he would be a massive upgrade over Andy Dalton. Mariota and Winston are lesser options but potentially cheaper.

The “lack of” was more noticeable in this game than the last few weeks. Not sure why, but ATL blocked everything up really well, and just from memory, it didn’t seem like we sent much extra pressure outside of 4. We will definitely need more of it against SF. They’ll be getting the ball out quick and Purdy is annoyingly elusive and mobile. Also, again, I really want to see Princely get more reps.

Why? People just want to feel good.

He is consistent. This game is the aberration. like it’s one game. He did it last season against the falcons and fooled the team into doubling down on him. bad qbs have weird good games against shitty teams. Look at what Jacoby brissett did yesterday against a much better team and with a much worse group of receivers.

I can't throw away his rookie season. He played it. It'd be like throwing away Stroud's because he was a rookie. He's learning the game, but so much has been spent on him to even get him to the point he's at now. Not everything can be blamed on receivers or the FO. At some point, Bryce has to make the plays and he hasn't done that on a consistent basis. It also doesn't appear he's worked on his footwork much if at all on his own and that's still a glaring issue that has nothing to do with anyone else. It's also easy to say that guys aren't getting YAC but it's just as easy to say Bryce hasn't been putting the ball in place to do so as well. Defenses have been playing that 20 yard box daring us to go over the top. Yesterday we did, and they finally got burned. Opened up the underneath stuff because they couldnt cheat up. The contract thing is a huge problem because at some point you have to give the defense something. It's not fair to keep pouring everything into the offense and expect the defense to get by on scraps. Bryce has to be able to elevate those around him. For the money he's going to cost, that's what his value is going to have to be. Finally seeing this game this late into year 3 is troubling. We should have seen it year one or early year 2. As a fan, I still say we need another legit vet QB to compete and a drafted QB, one that fits what we want to do, but it doesnt have to be a high pick. We need to improve our QB room, with our without Bryce.

Better than 13/16 175 yards?

You have to give a lot of credit to the opponent too. They really gave him all the opportunities in the world for a very highly ranked(or formerly) passing defense. On paper, their gameplan should have worked as it largely mirrored what New Orleans did and they have a substantially stronger pass defense than the Saints.

I have been there. If you 100% believe he isn’t the answer why would you want to string it out? Why wouldn’t you hope he plays so bad that we can close the book on him as opposed to taking another three years to figure out he isn’t the guy? It is up to him, all he ever had to do was play well enough to change minds. If I saw what he did yesterday a lot more often, even close, I would adjust my thinking.

Also Drake was apparently hurt at some point towards the end of the first half and tried to keep playing but didn’t finish the game. The falcons other wr are all going to be working at quick trip next season. Just like against the packers, the panthers sent a loud message to the rest of the league; no matter who you are, if you have enough injuries to key starters, we can wait until your defense gets tired and eke out a victory with a field goal.

Ironically, Cousins was playing better.

Wow another TMac hater.

Well regardless of that, he did only play 1 series in the second half. D was good against Cousins though, knocked some balls loose too.

Penis left the game with a booboo on his knee. He could have played but chose to sit on the sidelines.

Young should be buying Rico Dowdle a new car. You do know the Falcons sold out for the run, correct? You do know when you commit extra men to the box, closer to the LOS in general, it opens up the passing game., right? You have noticed this winning streak, save the Saints game when Bryce didn't know how to act when he wasn't handing the ball off to Rico has been Since Dowdle has become the starter? All of this is not lost on you?

The pressure is awful. You really feel that lack of pressure against a good QB. I hope Purdy doesn’t tear us up but SF has good coaching so I’m ready to be exploited.

He's also alluded to the fact that the team isn't executing them in practice so he can't rely they can execute them in games.

It is absurd, and frustrating. He's very young and I think that plays into some of it. The dome helps. And of course he does seem to have another gear he can turn on at moments. I don't understand why he doesn't always play with focus and intensity that allows him to make up for physical deficiencies. Like you said, we can't wait half seasons for decent play.

Yep, that's where it's been. "NFL QBs" should produce on bad teams. Now he's going into the thick of the playoff hunt. He can't hide. As much as I enjoyed the win Sunday, the reality is that Bryce hasn't been particularly good all year. He'll have moments, but he's not been consistent in games. I want to see Bryce come out and play with urgency. I want him to attack defenses when they stack the box. I want DC to let Bryce air it out, if that was ever a real problem. Seeing so many of these weapons get involved Sunday was great, is it sustainable? It needs to be. I'm not super convinced there's a QB answer in the 2026 NFL draft so I'm cool running it back with Young, but he needs competition. We need someone how is going to come after his job, not just be a buddy.

Blindly following, unconditionally, without question is not a fan...it's a cult member.

Yeah, hopefully the confidence keeps rising like we saw at the end of last year. Again, as others have said, one thing that can't continue is to piss away half a season before it starts clicking. I really don't care how good he can be in second halves of the season if he just can never get off the ground in the first halves of every season. When you see games like yesterday, it makes you even more frustrated that we can't get this more often. Frankly, it's so rare that it's absurd.