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QBs can’t be touched. That singular aspect alters the reps. Pass rush isn’t a pass rush. Plays that can’t happen do happen. for the OL and QB….the nuts and bolts….preseason reps are better. Which is why teams play them going in to makes sure they are ready.

I don’t care about the actual game. Patrick Mahomes isn’t playing for KC to win a game. It’s about preparation for a season. It’s about being ready. And for bad players it’s about taking the best reps that exist heading into a season to be less bad.

Looks like Anthony Richardson had 5 drives tonight. Think Bryce needs about that amount pending the first couple aren’t scoring drives

I think he should have played them a quarter vs NE. It was the best setup. It would have allowed real time to fix whatever and tweak whatever isn’t working or needs work. Patriots played their guys early. So you get legit reps. And if they sucked, blame the meh weather.

I mean, he has a brand new O he has to install. He has an OL that hasn't played together. He has a C that has never played C. He has a QB that doesn't really fit his natural core philosophy of how to play O. So yeah, I mean, it makes sense. I don't think that's a sign of him being bad. I just think Bryce needs volume. Go let him take his lumps in reps that don't matter. He didn't do that enough last year. I think it's a strategy that leans on saving him from having to deal with the talk.

just for the record, the defend everything guys.....were calling this fairly obvious fact a conspiracy theory. Canales was hiding his starting O because it wasn't good enough to put on the field yet. Seems like the noise, plus the Bills confirming ahead of him they wouldn't be playing there starters...that he is going to trot them out finally. I still don't expect to really see them take real reps. Risk is too high for Canales. If those backups handle our starting O, that's a nightmare for Canales going in.

Bryce Young going into year 2 does not equal Goff going into year 6. Bryce Young right now isn't....42-27, with 3 playoff appearances, and 2 Pro Bowls to his name. 2 separate convos. Dan Campbell wasn't kicking off his rebuild with the Lions roster in a similar place as Canales finds himself. That's the only convo I was having. Could Bryce Young be better than Goff? Sure. That's certainly possible. But that doesn't equate to us being the 2021 Lions right now.

I mean, sounds like two separate convos to me. You are having one of what Bryce could become. I'm just talking about where Campbell was starting from vs Canales. They are kicking off with 2 very different QB scenarios. So, I don't see how the Lions comparable works and that's just starting at the obvious QB spot.

we are talking trajectory of the 2021 Lions vs 2024 Panthers. The 2021 Lions didn't inherit sophomore Goff. They inherited the veteran Pro Bowl QB that was going into year 6. How is that spinning stats for a narrative?

year 1 of their rebuild, Det acquired a winning, veteran, former multi Pro Bowl QB. That's a level of stability to build around. year 1 of our rebuild, our HC inherited a young QB that logged the worst play in the NFL

And the Canales defenders claimed he didn’t play the starters because of health….but today, he basically said he hasn’t played them because the O was still figuring stuff out? Which was always my guess. He didn’t want to put a group out there that looked bad and have to deal with that.

I think Bryce Young is a bad QB, now in his 2nd O, with a new OL….and needs tons of reps. Like brand new rookie reps. That’s what they should have done. Bryce taking some token snap isn’t giving me what I want and yeah, that would be pointless. I don’t care to see him to play some 3 and out drive and sit. He just needs volume and to grow. The Panthers are a poorly run org and the worst in all of pros sports Conspiratorial? I basically have been taking the most boring and safe takes imaginable for years at this point. And I have largely been right overall on things because of it. When a bad org does things that don’t seem smart and smell funny…I don’t have the energy to invent how it will be different suddenly I don’t give a rip if we win 2 or 7 games. My mindset is the same as last year. We need a QB. I only care about how Bryce looks, not outcomes as of night now.

I'll believe it when I see it. Specifically Bryce Young. I did see where someone noted he mentioned he wanted Dalton to rep

I mean, they are a noteworthy improvement in talent, don't get me wrong. BUT when you put a bad C in between both of them, in what should be a predictable O with meh QB play? Well, they are going to feel the heat from the huddle at some point this year. That seems like a safe bet.

they won't play. They were never going to play. Canales signaled this long ago.

we could of never fired Ron Rivera and be in a better and more successful place today. Because that's Wilks. Heck, we could of just never fired John Fox. Because it's all the same. We wished we could evolve past that type/level of football....and now we dream of returning to it.

I mean, it would have taken the best game of the season.....because we were going to have to win a game tilted for Peyton's proper ending. Refs 100% influenced the outcome of that game. If the big moments in that game where called correctly, Carolina wins IMO.

Favre and Rodgers weren't helping the guys under them. Neither was a Tom Brady type. In fact, those dudes are actually trying to derail those behind them. I think it's largely just time. Game speed. Reps. Reps. and more reps with NFL caliber players at both sides of the ball. I think that's why you used to see a Kurt Waner or Jake Delhomme do so well. Tons of reps with NFL caliber players before they got their NFL shot.

That entire group saw more action last year than Bryce. It was talked about a lot at the time. that entire group will have seen action this preseason. I think it's safe to say, our staff has been doing a horrible job getting a team ready to play. Preseason (an d not the just the games).....likely part of that botched puzzle. Because no matter the angle, we/Bryce stand out.

I'd argue Rhule and Frank.....both were questioned about what appeared to be poor use of preseason time and lack of a plan in their first real preseasons (which was actually year 2 for Rhule). Rhule basically was a reality game show about if guys would rep. Never announcing until the last minute. Reporters were all over him. Frank repped Bryce noticeably less than any other rookie. Which is why the hiding O narratives keep popping up each era. I think it's clear Rhule and Frank limited the exposure because the product was questionable in house and what they were doing.

I'm talking about our offensive coordinators. Every era is kicked off by someone who has never done the job before. Largely overseen (outside of Frank) by a green HC that really needs to spend their time figuring out there new HC job out. Just seems like maybe the worst O in the NFL, should not be so stuck in a repeating pattern. I think the preseasons all sort of have had the same vibe too. There certainly never appear to have a confident plan if you are an outsider. Always seems to be some game of maybe we can show you.....which you don't really see elsewhere like you do here. Andy Reid can just tell you upfront. Yes or no. It's not a Andy Reid is drawing out until kick off of a preseason game. Canales IMO is legit giving off some Matt Rhule vibes IMO.

Well, I was really talking about the start of each new era. Rhule - never before OC Frank - never before OC Canales - never before OC McAdoo was picked up out of the trash can after that model of no one knowing what to do showed to be an error. Yet....we keep going right back to that formula each redo.

maybe just maybe.....Carolina should try a first in the David Tepper era? Maybe we should try hiring our very FIRST OC that isn't figuring it all out for the first time how to do the job. Maybe part of the reason our O struggles so much.....is EVERY OC Tepper has employed has never done the job before. 3 for 3. On the job training. 2/3 lead by HCs who had ever done their job before either. I think that's part of why our preseasons under Tepper consistently are bologna pressers and this weird game of how to handle the preseason. Started with Rhule. They didn't know what to do. Was evident they were winging it when cameras/media got in year 2.

local radio is questioning it, local media is questioning it, fans question it. I mean, we are the worst team in all of professional sports so nationally you we aren't going to be blip on any radar.