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I mean, dare away. I'll just quote Bryce. I have already done this convo a billions times. It was a horrific quote. But it largely is him painting his offseason picture. It was a horrible quote. Panthers did him no favors. Was it entirely accurate? No. Later he gave more details. But once you gather all the info.....the big picture paints the same way. You basically get to throw in a "see, he technically did something". You got a QB who didn't do much in terms of football and it was intentional this offseason. His words.

the LG, C, RG combo came to play. Bryce got everything his defender said he needed. Just isn't tall enough for it to matter. He can't play in an NFL pocket.

Panthers vs. Saints 2024: Best and worst PFF grades from Week 1 (usatoday.com) Best of O 1. LG Damien Lewis: 80.0 1. TE Feleipe Franks: 80.0 3. RG Robert Hunt: 79.5 4. C Austin Corbett: 71.7 5. RB Mike Boone: 69.0 Worst of O 15. QB Andy Dalton: 53.3 16. TE Jordan Matthews: 47.5 17. TE Ja’Tavion Sanders: 47.4 18. WR Jonathan Mingo: 45.2 19. QB Bryce Young: 32.6 Best of D 1. DE A’Shawn Robinson: 73.0 2. SS Xavier Woods: 71.5 3. DT Jayden Peevy: 70.8 4. OLB Jadeveon Clowney: 69.5 5. CB Mike Jackson: 65.1 Worst of D 13. MLB Josey Jewell: 48.7 14. DE Derrick Brown: 47.7 15. DT Nick Thurman: 46.2 16. NT Shy Tuttle: 29.5 17. FS Jordan Fuller: 28.0

I drove by last Friday and saw employees were in jeans. Just sayin

I mean, that's not what he said. The article is still up on Panthers.com. the week, is a reference to how long he slept in. He then began to workout in the mornings after that but was clear he was still staying away from actual football stuff and just working out. His actual offseason was described by him in great detail. I was kind of away from football for the most part, just living every other aspect of my life. Just hanging out, being around family, being around friends, getting back to a routine that doesn't revolve as much around football. For me, it was still being able to just enjoy and work out, but the Xs and Os actual football part, kind of stepping away from it. "Legit, it sounds boring, like I'm holding something out, but I'm not. But it's really like I watch YouTube, I watch TV, I watch Netflix, and every once in a while, I'll go someplace to maybe look at some clothes or something. There's nothing really cool that I'm just trying to hang onto. I'm definitely kind of a homebody. I'm an only child, so I'm used to being able to just chill on my own. That's how I decompress. So it's really just that."

I mean, going into this season Tepper was already the proud owner of the worst team in all of professional sports.

fantasy football reminder. Think ahead. Start picking up the Ds 2 weeks ahead. Snatching up the Raiders this week.

I don't know. I could see that going either way. Rodgers has a great RB. A great #1 WR. A solid #2 WR. Paired with what should be a strong D. Even a washed Rodgers should look decent.

Disagree. I think Ron does better with Rhule's team. Ron Rivera is a MUCH better NFL coach than Rhule. Rhule wasn't even running real NFL practices for crying out loud. Ron would have had Joe Brady doing NFL basics with the team. Then the backend proof of Steve Wilks doing drastically better while being the most boring coach possible. Bryce sort of implodes everything. But even still, Ron Rivera wouldn't of been as mentally defeated as Frank was before the first kick.

I was pretty much on record going in that Bryce was awful, he didn't fit with Canales and Canales didn't have this team ready given so much newness (and wasted the preseason opportunity). All that side, I was STILL a little surprised at exactly how pathetic the team was. I have to lower my 3-5 wins pending how the ball bounces to 1-3.

deep down we all know a lot of things. everyone knew when Bryce said he intentionally had nothing to do with football all offseason, hung out alone and watched TV.......that was a bad sign. Some defended it. But they knew. I mean, I'll argue their is a place in college for Dabo. But I know there really isn't. That way is dead.

PJ Walker is better than Bryce Young. 100%. Now, I guess one could argue Bryce technically could get better. But that's hope.

I mean, he literally gets blinded in the pocket. You could see that Sunday. He can't see on way too many plays. So auto goes into survival mode and that is bad mechanics and breaking the pocket. Bigger QB could see and deliver balls he can't.

that's probably true. I can tell me son all sorts of things to do on a ballfield. My body won't do them though.

I still don't get how your really bad rookie QB who is now going into his 2nd or 3rd O....didn't need crazy work in the preseason. They treated Bryce Young like he was an old Peyton Manning. Everyone needed work. Everyone was new. First time HC, first time OC, OL playing by folks for the first time, young skill folks. It's all so predictable.

I mean, NFL players have been on record for years and years and years.....that a huge portion of the league are just check cashers. Little else. Many just granted a physical gift from god to be good at sports. So they play sports part of the year to be some of the highest income earners in America.

again, we should be trying to build a real roster. I'm not saying there was a body you could insert week 2 if he sucked and won. We should be developing other young talent. Building depth and players. It's not just about Bryce and being all in or else moving on. we got more folks we need to develop. We got Mingo, XL, Saunders, etc. We need a young live arm to really do that. Bryce not being functional keeps the rest of the roster from developing or knowing what we got there too. So everything gets slowed. That's how you stay behind.

he already told us. He got away from all football related stuff, he hung out alone, he watched a lot of TV. but he "exercised". So people defended the obvious nightmare that was coming. That's not a normal answer for a really bad QB coming off the year he did. Dude should of been consumed with the game.

the NFL is full of bodies. We brought no one in. We should of drafted a body late, signed a young body off a practice squad, did something. It's not about finding a franchise QB. It's about finding some competent QB play. Depth. A real roster. I wouldn't call it competition. Default him as the guy. Still no reason not to build a real roster. And given how horrific Bryce was last year....it's just malpractice to only have him.

yes, the great vet mentor Andy Dalton. Who did such a great job with Justin Fields we just had to bring him in here. The fact Dan Morgan didn't bring alternatives for if things went south (which was fairly easy to see).....speaks volumes of why only Carolina even thought of him.

Imma about to start a bring back PJ Walker thread. He is better than Bryce Young. And PJ is a bum by NFL standards. At least PJ makes the game entertaining.

first start of 2023 vs first start of 2024 2024 was worse. and that wasn't exactly easy to pull off

the Keary Colbert of QBs (minus the okay rookie season). Colbert used to giggle when he would drop balls.

I mean, Canales was okay for 1 year in Tampa. That's the meat of his resume.