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It's his 5th year in the NFL. 5 years in at the RB spot, you pretty much are what you are. At least that's how you should be paid. Could something change? Sure. But you shouldn't pay RBs going into year 5 off hopes and wishes. We did. I don't give a rip about how much any player takes home. I only care about the cap space game. And when you start adding up players like Miles, Robbie, etc taking up way more cap space than they should.....it eventually impacts what you can do with your roster.

Peyton rewrote the NFL rookie record book. There was a lot of really good mixed in with the really bad. Peyton at least showed the special side. Was just about getting rid of the bad.

Scenario 3. The Panthers OL continues to allow comical pressure. Minnesota blitzes like crazy and plays the short routes. Frank runs up the gut behind bad G play and everything continues to look as it has under predictable and slow change Frank. Bryce is put in bad spot after bad spot as the game goes on. The amount of pressure Seattle applied should of resulted in a turnover or two and we don't get lucky allowing that 2 weeks in a row. *the injury wasn't fake. But I don't think injury was likely significantly enough to keep him from playing or even practicing. Just mentioning it was sore gave them the excuse to give him a breather on a short week to a really rough environment. Every starter likely reports some bruise or bump. And it was the right call....we saw the noise and pressure that occurred. It would have been poor management of a developing player given how bad Frank's O around the QB presently is.

maybe it's 7th. maybe it ends up being 10th. I doubt it changes much because new deals that get signed will follow the same pattern of that first year being very friendly to their cap (like Miles was this year). regardless, it will be too much cap space dedicated to an early down committee RB. And those type runners are dirt cheap. See the Foreman rental the other year. Impact of the cap in a given year is all that matters to me. And we have a long history of bad contracts. Look at how much cap space Robbie Anderson is occupying this season in Carolina. Was always stupid. We consistently overpay role-players like they are better than are simply because we seemly wish for them to be better.

7th largest cap hit next year amongst all RBs. When you talk about a bad contract, it generally isn’t structured to show up in the first year.

This isn't a must win game. We were always going to have a losing season this year. Wins were never supposed to matter this year. Developing Bryce forward by year end is all that has ever mattered. People didn't want to listen to this prior to the year kicking off. It never mattered that Frank said he wanted to win. That is just standard coach bologna you say to a losing fanbase.

I’d much rather have someone with Carolina roots own the Panthers than someone from up north. That has nothing to do with hate or being scared of people. we have an older stadium. Tepper has no attachment to the area. End of the day, it’s just money and business to him. Even if low, he brings higher risk of a move down the road.

The Frank Reich’s Colts drafted him. Bryce Young always had a run game at Bama. we need to run. We got a rookie QB. The Seattle game being reenacted is a horrific idea for Dalton or Bryce. That’s why too much passing. We allow way too much pressure to be that out of whack with our pass/run ratio.

Hill, Diggs, McLaurin, St. Brown, Lockett, Godwin Aiyuk. All 3rd round or later WRs that posted 1000+ last year. And that's just WRs. Kelce, Andrews, at TE were also 3rd rounders. I'd rather play the 3rd round lotto for better than Jerry. You can just go to free agency and rent a Jerry.

in a fairness, almost all NFL teams are run like Mom and Pop operations. There is no board to keep happy.

Draft picks are still lotto tickets. Always a chance to really hit on something special there. Steve Smith was a 3rd round pick. You can find a Jerry caliber player in free agency and it doesn't cost a lotto ticket. So why not go that route for that caliber of player. Use lotto tickets to play the lotto. Use free agency to get Jerry caliber players.

No. Scott Fitterer should not be allowed to trade away any of our draft picks. Next GM isn't going to have any and I feel the next GM has high odds of being here after this season is over.

to add to this... 2021 - Colts #2 rush O 2020 - Colts #11 rush O 2019 - Colts #7 rush O Frank wants to run the ball. It's a problem that we can't. Those thinking the plan vs Seattle is a working plan that will lead to good outcomes? If you ask Dalton to do that again, it's probably a trainwreck more times than not. We got lucky the Seahawks didn't get better outcomes off the pressure. Can't ask any QB to throw that much behind this OL. Especially, any rookie QB. Also Bryce at Alabama 2022 - Bama averaged 195 rushing yards per game 2021 - Bama averaged 150 rushing yards per game Asking a QB to pass 52 a game and giving your running backs 12 rush attempts is a recipe for complete disaster. For any QB behind this OL. The pressures we give up invite turnovers. Especially a rookie QB. Not only do we have a team that has set Bryce up for failure... we got people encouraging gameplans that encourage the rookie to fail.

Bryce is still a rookie QB. About to make his 3rd start. Seattle isn’t a blueprint. Andy Dalton has played for a billion years and that was the most he had ever attempted in a game. That’s how you lose. Especially , when your OL is allowing that type pressure. Pass that much while allowing that type pressure is a recipe for failure. Dalton and us got lucky it didn’t go very poorly. Because that’s what passing that much behind a OL that bad is setting up. Franks teams have always run the ball. That’s not saying we should be doing what Wilks did here

Frank doesn’t want to do what we did vs Seattle. That’s how you lose. Frank wants to run the ball. He just can’t here. Given the pressure Dalton faced we got lucky. You allow those absurd pressures again, you are going to see the other side of that pressure coin.

In the full interview Cam actually seems to like aspects of Dave. Just doesn’t think he understands the NFL and what it really takes to put a team together. Good dude/intent but bad owner vibes. Gettlemen once again the consistent guy that everyone seems to dislike.

Like most weeks I don’t think it’s about Bryce but those around him if they play him. OL is allowing insane pressure. Even with Dalton. Andy survived a week as a 10+ year pro bowl vet. But that amount of pressure getting into the backfield would lead to bad outcomes for him more times than not. Minny comes at the QB at a rate higher than anyone and is finally getting a weaker OL matchup after facing some tough ones. Even Frank today was like, let’s be honest, they are going to get us and it’s about limiting how often. Which isn’t exactly the mindset you love to hear. Just seems like a bad matchup for great numbers for the QB. Think Carolina needs to find a run game and lean on it to have a real chance. And for Frank to give the play calling to Brown to scheme up some guys off the play action. Probably move the pocket more too.

Talks about rookies playing that were in a good position to play as rookies. Gives Russell Wilson as an example. Setup for early success. Situation was good. it’s the whole good position, bad position narrative. You can ruin hurt guys by putting them in bad spots. We are presently not a great situation for Bryce to be successful and grow. It’s about what they put around him. What they ask of him as a QB.

I said it was never just about waiting on the doctors. He has repeatedly spoken about it’s not just about them giving a thumbs up. Which is why the reporter tried to get some more info on the 3 prong mantra. Where the doctor ends and he and Bryce begins. And wasn’t giving it. My preference was Stroud. But I could accept Bryce or Richardson But they have done a poor job if Bryce was the pick around him. Which is my primary issue. Has been since before the season started and it has gone as I predicted. Talent doesn’t suit his skill set and what he will want to do. Defenses are going to sit on the small ball and people will then get mad at Bryce. Called it all. And that’s not really his fault. We don’t have the players to play small ball with defenses playing a rookie in that manner. And that’s going to be Bryce’s game. Always was.

From top to bottom, it’s not set up for him to be successful. a person like Bryce could be scarred, just like any other QB could, if thrown to the wolves too early https://x.com/avl_mike/status/1707123130605715956?s=46&t=f55N0zsNFevD-XGJBWj1-A https://x.com/kj_wright34/status/1707068331419984077?s=46&t=f55N0zsNFevD-XGJBWj1-A Cam also gives his side on the great preseason debate about his cast vs Bryce’s. Not even close.

it’s all bullshitty coach speak. You choose to selectively treat certain things as some sort of gospel. Frank specifically says little for a reason. You aren’t suppose to know what is going on and in house. All teams paint all sorts of narratives on everything big and small. I’m a Bryce guy. I a want him to be successful. Giving him a breather was the first smart thing I have seen Frank do. And I hope he plays Dalton again this week. Because I don’t think Frank is close to solving the mess around the QB yet. He needs to do that. We are currently a place more suited to derail Bryce than grow him present day.

You watch the presser today? Is that reporter a conspiracy theorist? The one that followed up on Frank’s 3 prong approach? They asked because it’s not just about doctors giving a green light. They listened to Frank. Doctors are only a voice. Important but they aren’t making the call alone. Which Frank reinforced in today’s presser for a 2nd time. And Frank has never shared anything a doctor has ever said on Bryce. Think they went fishing today on if Frank would advise when Bryce was given a thumbs up to practice and Frank wasn’t telling. So again, it’s all guessing. I just acknowledge I do it.

Because of where he landed. He landed somewhere to be successful and grow. Tom Brady doesn’t develop into the same QB if he lands with all 31 other teams

If thinking Bryce Young got a break after a rough start makes me a conspiracy theorist….it makes me a boring one. But so be it. Call it what you want. And yes it is me reading between the lines. Which I always admit to doing while doing it LOL. nothing nefarious or outlandish about that though. You can disagree with my take. Calling that take outlandish or nefarious is funny though.

I mean, I have said 100x I am making assumptions, educated guesses, etc. That's what I am doing. Not my fault if you can't handle that people are going to do that. I'm not going around claiming statements were made that haven't been. Frank never said that, which is why a reporter attempted to get clarification on the whole, doctor, Bryce, Frank decision making aspect. Because Frank never said they were just waiting on a doctor.