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I mean, Tampa played in a horrific division. The NFCS. Which featured teams like the Carolina Panthers. By default a NFCS team gets into the playoffs. How did they win a game? Well, their Jake to Smitty connection had a good day. That happens and why they have gunslingers and deep ball WRs. John Fox and Ron Rivera went to the playoffs. They both went to Super Bowls. Pete Carroll? Seattle? Pete ran and played D. That was the Seattle era. Seattle was still just a variation Fox/Ron football mindset. The dude who ran the ball with Marshawn Lynch and played D during that historic run. He was playing that brand of football with great talent. The LOB era was really John Fox football. And it's why those matchups were so fun.

It's just the 2024 version of 2023's All Star staff talk. Canales has 1 year on the books. And no one would call the 2023 Tampa O innovative. The pro for Canales IMO would be to potentially build a good locker room and energy. Leadership. Something we haven't had much of in the Tepper era. Tepper shouldn't of repeated 2023 mistake of having a HC/OC and trying to groom up an OC. Then Canales could of just focused on being a HC. I don't have an issue w/ Canales' brand of football he ran in Tampa. But you got to have the parts for it. That said, it's basically just a continuation and evolution of Fox/Rivera football. We probably could of just never fired John Fox lol.

even so…before a snap was played last season, no one thought Bryce was going to be a risk taking gunslinger. I’m just saying some schemes and brands of football are suited for those QBs. Canales has always been around offenses that favor that mindset. Sure seems like that is going to continue based on the little we hear and they are doing. so really much like going into last season, it all just seems like parts that shouldn’t go together. Which is an organizational issue more than a Bryce issue. We are poorly managed. Bad fits. I think Bryce would work better with a Joe Brady than Frank Reich or what we saw in Tampa. Think Bryce trends more to the Teddy/Alex Smith world. I mean, they can all technically go deep.

And I have been a big XL guy/fan. He know doubt was drafted because he fits a role that is in all the Os Canales has been around. my concern is Bryce, and it’s probably not a talent issue on this aspect. Just a QB DNA thing. I really think Canales and XL pair best with a gunslinger/risk taker. You want to limit gunslinger with the run but then need the QB to go downfield aggressively. Bryce needs to simply play and be more aggressive downfield. Which is easier said than done if not wired that way

I mean, Chubba Hubbard and a rookie off a ACL? Going against defenses that have no fear of the deep ball? Paired with Canales who had the worst rush attack in the NFL last year? not sure we have high odds of being a dominant rush attack.

In the Tepper era? Seems like a big ask lol. We are trending worse through a half decade. Maybe we have bottomed. I’m not sure though

Last game of 2022. Offense scored 3 points and we beat the Saints 10-7.

I’ll gamble with Giants, Cards, Washington and a random NFCS game. I can’t go higher than 4.

I mean, I think you actually got to put Minshew ahead of Bryce present day. Hell, probably Winston too given the highs he can have

Yep, a perfect world for me is 17 games at 1pm.

XL is fun. I think they should market him heavily. Fun accent. Unable to keep a smile off his face. Just a likable human. A lab built WR in terms of tools. That seems like a smart play right now.

I like the middle right before the bye. Early looks rough to me for a team working in a new offense.

They giving Bryce the Matt Rhule treatment (going into year 3)…..where they tried to highlight everyone but the HC. It just stands out and has the reverse effect.

5.5? I mean, you take the under there. I don’t see how the over/under gets set that high. Right now they probably are dogs in all games but maybe 2. Maybe.

“30 seasons”…..somehow the last half decade under Tepper couldn’t even get a clip in lol. Should have named the video the Richardson Panthers. all Panther PR just rubs me the wrong way under Tepper. Bless the folks who have to make lemonade out of tomatoes.

Think that’s a possibility again, really looking at the Raiders road game there to steal one but I think you would rather have that one later. I expect a slow start for a new staff this year.

Panthers literally made Dalton the week 15 poster boy….in their release video Almost like they are unintentionally foreshadowing what is to come this year

Weeks 7-10. That’s seems to be the window the Panthers got to find a win or two. Outside of that, I think I’d favor the opponent based on how the rest looks in terms of home vs away

maybe, a charity auction would be cool. They couldn’t even get the starting QB in it though….it featured Dalton as a week but that’s got to be a bottom tier release video. They used to kill it. I’m just comparing them to what they were.

I mean, the old Panthers team seemed to of put a lot more effort and creativity into their big schedule release video….

That’s would be such a Tepper era pick.

my thing is, we have seen lots of good QBs play behind really bad OLs at times. And yes, bad OLs impact everything. But those good QBs, still have lots of moments showing how good they are behind bad OLs. And frankly, a bad OL has never made any of them what we were last year. Heck, many of them go to the playoffs with bad OL play. That's my Bryce issue. He didn't have really any moments that a #1 overall pick should of had. Bad OL play included. But I concede, Bryce was setup to fail. And fail he did. But if he was special, I still think that still has it's moments no matter what.

It’s a moot point in terms of who our starter is going into 2024. 100%. Outside of that? Think it’s a pretty wide open discussion at this point. Probably an important one given QB is the most important puzzle piece and all that really matters going forward.

I mean, in fairness, Bryce isn’t just a shorter QB. I mean, since the 1930s….the only QB Bryce Young was bigger than was Doug Floutie. That’s 1 QB in league history since the 30s. And that might be debatable. I think Bryce’s official weight was bologna.