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You think Andy Reid is forcing Mahomes to play a half? Nah. Mahomes wants a ring. Got to iron out all the kinks now. Can’t afford to start finding and fixing stuff that already exists later….that how winnable early games are Ls. Bryce checks zero boxes on why you would sit a guy and all the boxes on why you would play a guy. I can get it from Canales perspective though. The perspective that isn’t talked about though.

Bryce isn’t not playing because of worry about injury… Bryce isn’t playing because the O isn’t competent right now and Canales doesn’t want to address that….still has weeks ahead to work on getting something to look better. Why should he bring that headache on himself in terms of PR. Most QBs legit want a couple reps to make sure they can see any concerns and problems in their O. Wins are too important and there are too few games to figure stuff out when the season starts. I mean, you protect runners, old guys, injury stuff. Then you rest guys once you know the team is generally ready.

you can afford slow starts and winning not mattering....when you know you ain't actually competing for anything. I maintain, Frank and Dave are prioritizing Bryce's confidence and the teams confidence as they enter the season....not so much us playing well early.

Patrick Mahomes is playing again this weekend. Plan appears to be for a half. Might was well just pay attention to the folks that matter in the end. Josh Allen is playing a quarter + this weekend.

Gantt would have been awesome during the Tepper era....if Tepper didn't employ him. A true shame.

I don't think Baker was a problem, we uniquely brought out the worst in Baker. Sam was basically Sam here. Sam Darnold is an athlete that just isn't a starting NFL QB.

I mean, I acknowledge there are pros to everything. Including the scrimmage. Which is what he was fixating on. The WHY he was highlighting that narrative IMO is because he knows the plan for himself....so he is going to sell THAT what they are doing as best. Players, coaches, front office, etc....they all get up there and BS and spin. They all do it. Every single year. It's no big deal. Bryce is going to sell that whatever they are doing is the best plan. That's literally what he is supposed to do when he gets on a mic. Even if he 1000% disagreed. I just think people have put way too much stock in what Panthers say at a podium when it doesn't pass the smell test. Recent history says if it doesn't smell right, it's probably not right. It sure seems the O is pretty far behind. I assume Canales is trying to best manage that aspect right now. Frank basically was confronted with the same issue last year. We heared a lot of BS from everyone then too. I think you need to get a bad group in real action ASAP. I want them to take as many lumps as they can before it actually matters. Too uch new for Canales to be slow playing rolling out this O. and I'm not treating these folks any different than I have the past several seasons. To me, it's all pretty much the same thing on repeat until proven otherwise. I still see a lot of similarities to recent years.

last year's joint practice was super hyped around here if I am not mistaken...at the time.

If you want argue wearing a red jersey and not be able to be touched, where defenders can’t actually fully pressure and impact a QB and play….and where a QB can get the ball out on dead plays essentially….is the same a legit preseason game with live fire? Have at it. Maybe Tepper will hire you next. to date, this OL has never blocked a single down where Bryce was at risk and they all our playing by someone new…and Bryce hasn’t thrown a pass since last year under fear of actually being smashed. Given how bad we are….my unqualified opinion is he probably needs it. the but a Panther said X behind a microphone so it must be true defense has proven for years to be joke.

The teams mentioned also largely have locked in QBs and QBs they paid. They teams just need their QBs to be healthy. We are still trying to grow a functional one and find out if he can be a functional QB.

I love this logic that gets trotted out over and over. sports is sports. drills are drills. practice is practice. Scrimmage is scrimmage. Games are games. Everything is unique and it's own thing. My son and I even go over this as he is prepping for his football season. Controls vary. You have more and less depending on which we are talking about. There are controls in scrimmage play. There are pros to that. Coaches have it. Looks can be dictated. Red jersey always a different environment. To get and see what you want to see. But Bryce is trotting out a narrative for a reason. Which is what I addressed. We have a tiny QB, that struggles behind massive line play......if you remove him getting hit from the equation....it provides a totally different scenario. QB play changes. Line play changes. I don't have to play QB in the NFL to understand practice, scrimmage, preseason, and an actual games are all different animals. Bryce needs to rep in his brand new O, behind in brand new OL, where he faces being hit, and operating the O. Because it puts him in the fullest version of a real game he can get to and brings his biggest issues actually into play with consequences.

yeah, and it really highlights that he knows he isn't playing IMO. When been listening to folks BS about things way longer than he has been attempting. But it's Canales fault for not having a plan he is willing to just put on the table.

it's funny how these dudes think a fanbase that has been through the Rhule and Frank eras can't sniff out bologna. Might as well just man up and say your plan. Not really blaming Bryce there, that's Canales.

Bryce Young knows he isn't playing the preseason Scrimmages aren't game reps/simulations. There is a difference.

Well that makes life a lot easier for some folks, really want to see our interior OL deal with him HOT TAKE I find the most sensual part of a woman's body to be the boobies

Bryce controls that. Heck, the bar for Bryce to temporarily stop the complaining is actually comically low at this point too.

my expectation last year was top 32. He failed that. He could of lost every freaking game for all I care and just showed legit wow moments here or there. That would have been fine. Scariest part of Bryce Young...he never really had any moments that showed he should of been drafted high, let alone mortgaging the farm for him at #1. Bryce looks like a pretty clear deficiency to date for the O. He bring the O down, playcalling down, WR play down and skews how the D plays.

I'm not rooting for a bad day for the Panthers, but I would be shocked if the reports of today's practice with the Jets are good. a hotdog is not sandwich, it's actually a taco.

I’d rather watch PJ Walker. Not even joking. I’ll take a bad Delhomme variant over some conservative weak QB play. Football is suppose to be entertaining. The entire league has shifted to O. I don’t care to watch us try to win ugly every week to squeak by with 4 wins on the year

I mean, yeah, I think Bryce this season is battling for his job to an extent. I think he has to climb the ladder after such a bad year or any well run team would move on.

not gonna lie, Canales singing 3 Little Birds feels a little mattrhuley

I mean, as I said, it's a message board. There is naturally some cooked in hyperbole. But his out routes sucked. Tons were almost picked.

I still got 3 Huddle bucks and 8 cool points on Canales not playing Bryce at all.

Um, it's a message so there is a bit of extra flavor on that....but making it up? No. Bryce Young's out routes sucked last year. Tons were almost picked. Didn't say the DT intercepted an out route. There were 2 different picks acknowledged. The out route and then the DT one. You claimed Bryce was testing the limits. Nothing about those plays suggests that.

Testing his limits getting picked on an out route (almost every single one he threw last year was in jeopardy of getting picked)......and picked by a DT? Testing his limits would be getting picked on a 40 yarder downfield where his WR lost a 50/50 battle.