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this is Bryce fan fiction. Caleb Williams is out there completing passes few could attempt. Bryce Young was literally put in a chuck it downfield short yardage play scenario w/ man coverage. Canales crafted it. We have seen it multiple times this season. It's not some Bryce Young decision or special throw. It's a downfield lob vs man. He for the first time all season finally got one to drop of the vertical one to Coker. But it's not new.

you are missing the word as a starter. as a starter, he is averaging less in 2025 than in 2024. It's a technicality as he averaged 195.75 as a starter in 2024. But less is less. Those 2 garbage time appearances when Dalton got pulled late skews his 2024 per game number down. But if you are looking for non-technicalities, he is averaging basically the exact same yards per game as starter and ypa the last 2 seasons as a starter as the difference is splitting hairs.

PJ Walker had great moments. Great moments can be found for nickel and half eaten bag of potato chips.

https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/ click on charts on the top. it will do WR routes, RB runs, and QB passes

It's like they started on trying to work on Jimmy Horn and were like yeah, we can just run the same gadget look for him for the rest of the season. Development for year 1 is over lol. But Horn much like Renfrow doesn't fit a Canales O. The big 3 are really the dudes who should see the field.

Bryce Young had the same amount of touchdowns as he did pass attempts that went at least 10 yards downfield. 3.

Bryce is averaging less yards in 2025 than in 2024 as a starting QB. ypa attempt is virtually identical, as it's so close next Sunday can swing it under(as he has been under his average in most games this season).

Hey, why not....if Bryce Young can, then why not XL. Just watch, let me put on my Bryce Young gymnastics hat and apply it to XL. Did you know through 27 NFL games, XL has more TDs than DJ Moore, Steve Smith, and Mushin Muhammad did 27 games into their careers at Carolina? Some would say, XL is on track to be the GOAT. Which is way better than GWDs.

CRA Eye Don't Lie Stat of the Week In 2025, Bryce has been backup caliber in 9 of 12 starts. When someone tells you who they are in 2025, 2024, and 2023.....it's best you believe them and not cherry pick your way to horrific decisions.

Everyone knows when doing a 21 game cherry pick you only count total TDs and compare them only against specific turnovers.

I bet XL wishes he lived in the world where people show him the same leniency/patience that Bryce Young gets.

not saying it's not. but the revisionist history just 24 hours on how Bryce played is odd. What was XL supposed to do this Sunday as Canales literally took the pass out of the game virtually for almost the whole game.

if you remove the 4th down throws....Bryce Young didn't really throw the ball Sunday. WRs had 42 total rec yards on the day without those. It's not really a bash XL game IMO. Bryce was largely asked not to play QB for 98% of the game.

outside of 2 4th down throws and the final one, Bryce wasn't really playing football yesterday.

that's probably not a bad guess. Not too far from home. Already used to the cold. Aaron Rodgers just flat out begging for a body that can run the correct routes....and in a legit division battle/something to play for

Canales has addressed Horn on a podcast I think. Basically boils down to actually have Horn shadow someone means they would need to play a lot of man coverage.....and while Horn can do it, they don't have the talent to ask the rest of the secondary to also be in man that much.

Bryce isn't Jake for me. Jake was frustrating because of his gambling but....Jake was just too fun and rowdy from the jump til Tommy Jone. as a Clemson fan, Bryce is DJ Uiagalelei. As in, I mean, he just doesn't have it. We can talk about the quirky record setting Notre Dame game but week in and week out dude has overwhelmingly shown he just flat out doesn't play the position well enough at this level of football. . And if we had average level "ACC play" in that case......Clemson would have actually been a legit team. And Clemson and beyond, a QB that flat out doesn't have what it takes to be a power 5 QB, that just keeps getting chance after chance after chance for no real reason. Now you basically swap out DJ's physical tools and Bryce's college success as the mental hurdle/belief people can't get over.

Bryce Young had 2 throws over 10 yards the entire game. That answered your question?? And the 2 total throws.....basically were playing into the fact Bryce doesn't go downfield, the D had to play short, and were really low % bad playcalls. It's the fine of dumb and great. People have called those plays idiotic all year.

I mean, that's not true. They were just lofted balls vs man coverage. You are portraying unique to Bryce as unique for a good QB. now, not many QBs are being put into those playcalls. Correct. Dave likes to ask Bryce to throw downfield on short yardage plays where a defense gets in man to play the run/short yardage. We have seen it often this year. I mean, I can go find literally the exact same Coker play on short yardage from earlier in the year. It's basically Dave gambling on the fact Bryce stinks and doesn't go downfield......in the most advantageous scenario that could present itself.

again, Hubbard was great vs the Cardinals last year. Not Bryce. Bryce was treated like a backup QB that entire game. this seasons Cardinals game, he was literally THE reason we lost that game. Horrific play by Bryce. Garbage time 2nd half yards throwing 3 yard downfield to TEs/RBs to bleed clock. There is actual great QB performances.....and there is good for Bryce. Most of the games you listed.....are not great performances by a NFL QB. Or even good. It's the Bryce blur. Miami is another one. We got down thanks to Bryce and Rico ran us back into that game. Almost comical the degree Canales was no longer going to let him throw the ball at one point. Stat sheets lie. Watching the game doesn't.

we got folks once again having willful amnesia..... let's talk about something that isn't a wild outcome. This board flying high as a kite......and Bryce going into New Orleans and having his routine bad game vs the Saints.....and we lose. Bryce averages 147 yards vs the Saints in his career and lots turnovers. Suddenly, the front page will have 78 cut Bryce Young immediately threads and a lot of those people will have called picking up his 5th year a no brainer at this point.

No, they weren't blown coverages. They were man coverages vs a defense playing 4th and short......and Dave took big gambles and they paid off.

LMAO. You told people to quit lying and are billing these as great Bryce Young games? The Bryce blur in full effect. You can't sell a stat sheet when everyone here watched the game. He was not great vs the Cardinals 2024 (Hubbard was great) He was not great vs the Cardinals in 2025 (He was horrific and lost the game by half, and the Cards gave him checkdowns to bleed clock) Dolphins and Cowboys - Rico was great. All time franchise history great. He was not great vs the Rams. Two really dumb and risky plays by Dave on 4th down worked out great but everyone watching that game saw a team hid the QB for 98% of the game. I mean, credit to Bryce for making them. He did. But it was not a game where the eyeball test says that was great QB performance. Good Panther performance. He has 2 great games vs the Falcons. One pretty good one vs the Packers last year when they had people from the concessions stand playing in the secondary if memory serves.

Panther football in 2025.....is basically the Panthers needing things that are often completely outside the norm/expectations to happen. I still contend, this is the most illogical season I have watched. Which makes it very entertaining (which is all I ask).

I know what is inconsistent, the boards weekly takes on both Bryce Young and Dave Canales. but you can give me that, I'm like the reliable old lighthouse in the storm.