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Defense is gonna have to score tonight. Let's go!!!

What the Fug!!!!! How?!!!

Man Canales is getting way too cute today. Way too cute.

Run the effing ball!!!

This game is going by fast.

Got cute there. That's grown man territory. Gotta run it, at least on 1st down.

Way worse.

Horn had the tackle til Nick Scott came in and smashed his hand like an idiot.

The Cali Connection is back in Cali. Let's see how it do!

The point is it isn't hindsight. These are guys a lot of us wanted before and during the draft.

The biggest problem with this team is the passing game. But factoring how young the WRs, TEs and QB are, I think there's still untapped potential. We've just seen what they CAN be. Now let's see it more consistently.

But I will say I was pretty much lock step with their 2025 draft. The only picks I really questioned was Etienne (Billy Bowman made more sense to me than another RB) and Jimmy Horn (Tez Johnson seemed like the better choice) but it was the right idea/WR type to me.

Let the young guys develop. You'll be able to trade at least one of them for a big haul in a couple of years.

True but when they're all healthy together... oh lawd!

Not gonna lie, the first 3 picks in that draft were... confusing. Not necessarily who we picked, but more who we didn't pick and was surprisingly still on the board.

So... are you gonna answer or just be insulting?

The physical limitations we're complaining about are greatly exaggerated. What throw is he not able to make? And he is making a lot of good passes in dirty pockets or as he's getting hit.

We have to stop with the "he only plays well against ATL" narrative. Two months ago he went 16-24 for 121 yards and no TDs against them.

Agree about oline. They've tried their best to improve that area. But honestly, has it looked like the most expensive oline in the NFL to you? Not just with Bryce. With Dalton's one game where they almost got the old man killed. Also YAC shouldn't always be hitting a guy in stride while he's running full speed. Pickens killed us after the catch and those weren't all hit-in-stride plays. I remember a play in Miami when a guy caught a 5 yards curl and took it like 30-40 yards to the house. We don't have that in Carolina. Horn might be the closest thing to that but he can't get significant PT for whatever reason. If Bryce keeps trusting his receivers to make plays, I think he'll become more consistent. Seemed like he only trusted TMac. And force feeding one receiver isn't sustainable. Defenses will start to blanket him and take him out of the game. And yeah, keep taking deep shots. I hate all that dink and dunk football. Hate it.

This past Sunday is definitely a ceiling and required big plays from WRs, TEs and RBs after the catch. I don't feel like Canales was hiding Bryce. It was more like Bryce was playing like he didn't trust his receivers. Playing not to lose instead of playing to win. He has to get out of that mindset, because he's a much better QB when he goes out there as a playmaker. Granted early on in the season, the pass pro was not up to par and Bryce couldn't figure out how to take a sack without fumbling the dang ball.

He had 3 TDs against Dallas. If someone's diminishing his contributions in that game, then they have an agenda.

Agree. I think Canales was calling plays that require downfield passing, or a check down. Make Bryce show you he can push the ball downfield by just taking away all of those 5-10 yards routes every play.

wasn't he pretty good on the left side with Ickey last season? Maybe he and D Lewis can switch? I know. It could lead to 2 positions being out of sync. But might be worth a shot.

I know we give BY a lot of credit for Sunday, but the reality is it was as much a coming out party for the receivers as it was for the QB. They made clutch catches and actually gained YAC. Their development is just as important as the QBs to the passing game. This is a super young group and they'll only get better. Anyone saying how much the team has done before the season to make BY look good is being disingenuous. This was going to take some time to gain chemistry as soon as Thielen was traded. This is who caught passes Sunday: TMac - rookie Mitch Evans- rookie XL - 2nd year project player Coker - 2nd year UDFA J Sanders - 2nd year Tremble - vet that's mostly considered a blocking TE Tremayne - 3rd year UDFA that caught exactly 1 pass for -2 yards before coming to Carolina Dowdle - first year with the team, and he's a RB Chuba - RB who is not a natural pass catcher and needed a lot of work to become a somewhat viable receiving option Potential is there. But this is not a great group to start the season with. Particularly for a young QB coming into his 3rd season. Either way BY has to figure it out and fast. This team has been much more patient than a lot of teams would. Even if you're dealt a bad hand.

Can't argue that. At all.