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It's all partial truths and bullpoo. All season. Canales basically said, yeah, the obvious was the obvious. So I tend to think when the coaches finally say things that match up with common sense things that most can just see......that's probably the closest to the truth you get. Especially when you sort of get at the end of different windows. I think when folks say things matter too. There were windows where Frank and Rhule were likely to be less truthful or more truthful. I just think there are some clear similarities in the first 3 real preseasons of Rhule, Frank and now Canales. People didn't like what was said by folks like me during any of those windows in real time. I actually like Canales' potential. I think he is screwed personally because we are the kings of bad marriages. I'll keep repeating that until that is proven wrong. Stage looks set again for it.

I mean, I can also go pull up my post from this time last year.....where we went back and forth on how everything the coaches say in front of the microphone when asked is not all truthful. Because we already did this dance. Rhule bullshitted. Frank did. Canales does too. It's what they do. There job isn't to say the truth to the media. You are dismissing what Canales finally said about the preseason as he heads into the last game. Injury wasn't even a real issue the first game. Most of your they are too hurt narrative doesn't apply to week 1. He just didn't want to play them. And he tried to set the table for Bryce never playing before any of it started because he knew it was going to be hard to put them out there and deal with it looking like a work in progress (which it should given what he got).

Bryce Young will lead a scoring drive. Yes Bryce Young will lead a TD drive. Yes Bryce Young will have at least 50 pass yards. No. The Panthers will have at least 1 passing TD. Yes The starting unit (with QB) will have at least 3 drive attempts. No. The starting OL will allow a sack. No. XL will log 25+ rec yards. No. Ja'Tavion Sanders will have more yards than XL. Yes Jack Not The Snake Plummer will have a TD pass. Yes Jordan Matthews will lead the team in rec yards. No. ISM will lead the team in receptions. Yes Panthers starting D will allow 0 points to the Bills backups. Yes Panthers starting D will create at least 1 turnover vs the Bills backups. No. Panthers starting D will log at least 1 sack vs the Bills backups. Yes The Panthers D will have at least 1 takeaway. Yes The Panthers D will limit the Bills to under 10 points (9 is their high). No. Tie Breaker - Exact number of pass yards for Bryce Young- 47 Tie Breaker #2 - Exact number of receiving yards for XL - 16

I'm bored and got a sick kid. So here is a game for the game Saturday to find the Huddle Nostradamus. Each correct answer is worth a point. Bryce Young will lead a scoring drive. Yes or No. Bryce Young will lead a TD drive. Yes or No. Bryce Young will have at least 50 pass yards. Yes or No. The Panthers will have at least 1 passing TD. Yes or No. The starting unit (with QB) will have at least 3 drive attempts. Yes or No. The starting OL will allow a sack. Yes or No. XL will log 25+ rec yards. Yes or No. Ja'Tavion Sanders will have more yards than XL. Yes or No. Jack Not The Snake Plummer will have a TD pass. Yes or No. Jordan Matthews will lead the team in rec yards. Yes or No. ISM will lead the team in receptions. Yes or No. Panthers starting D will allow 0 points to the Bills backups. Yes or No. Panthers starting D will create at least 1 turnover vs the Bills backups. Yes or No. Panthers starting D will log at least 1 sack vs the Bills backups. Yes or No. The Panthers D will have at least 1 takeaway. Yes or No. The Panthers D will limit the Bills to under 10 points (9 is their high). Yes or No. Tie Breaker - Exact number of pass yards for Bryce Young Tie Breaker #2 - Exact number of receiving yards for XL

Fanduel will let you bet on Sam Darnold. or you can even bet on a guy with +25000 odds. But no Bryce Young.

as of today? No, I wouldn't want anything to do with Sanders. could that change? Sure. But he would have to continue to grow and change. Right now, I don't think Sanders is a good leader. Think he is a me-centric spoiled kid. I think he is risk adverse to make his stat sheet look as good as it can.....and whatever his OL is, I think his present day style of play makes his OLs look worse. So if they are garbage, he will make it super garbage. I'd much rather Bryce shut me up this year. While Bryce isn't my textbook QB....he is an easier human to root for.

the source was Bryce Young. But it wasn't Fortnite, it was Netflix. basically, it was young QB coming off a bad season....with a horrible answer to question. He did some good things this offseason (that came out after his comment) yet Bryce himself painted a horrible picture for people to kick around.

Canales basically said exactly that. They were still learning the system and he didn't want to have a clusterfug out there. He would have to deal with that if it showed for everyone to see. Clearly I say it more harshly but it's all the same thing.

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.