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No NFL D is trying to take the deep ball away from a QB with one career 30+ yard pass to a TE.

No, he would be comically bad. He has 1 completion in his entire career that came his rookie year (per next gen)......all the other ones are incompletions. I didn't count them all up. But he never lands them and technically and never had to a WR

per next gen stats (they are missing a couple though), I can only find 1 completion by Bryce Young 30+ yards down field in his career. He has incompletions. 2023 - week 10 vs the Bears. Pistol. Playaction. I mean, he was in "the in pocket" but there was no real pocket formed to play out of. Must-See: Bryce Young slings 45-yard dime on the money to Mike Strachan Going through next gen, that's the one 30+ pass in his career they have.

I think at a minimum the Panthers have a very broad definition of high ankle sprain that is beyond the classic NFL high ankle sprain of the past.

I mean, there already are pretty of tag lines out there addressing that.....saying nothing changes in the gameplan w/ Dalton really. Generally, you have to nerf things down for a backup but given Bryce has been the QB.....we don't have to dial anything back/down when a backup comes in. if history holds, we actually ramp things up in the passing game for the backups becaue even backups (bad ones) can do more in the pass attack.

Tom Brady was on the injury report basically every game of his career. I also think there is some wiggle room. I think the Panthers have a very broad "high ankle sprain" definition. With both of Bryce's high ankle sprains he has been up on his foot 24/7 from the moment it was announced. High ankle sprains used to take players off their feet and you would be out weeks. With Bryce, it's hard to tell there is anything there.

the deep ball is going away overall because teams are going out of their way to take it away from opponents via their coverage and S play. Big armed QBs and freak WRs you couldn't touch could flip games too easy and everyone went to conservative 2 high looks playing the deep ball trying to erase it. Every D isn't doing that to every QB. that's not what is happening with the Panther deep ball. We know S play vs the Panthers cheats down to play intermediate not respecting or trying to take away the deep stuff.

we are riding the Rico Dowdle train. Rico is the rising tide.

I do think this super tiny window.......is really carrying way too much power vs the bigger picture. Seeing it on lots of topics. Things could really swing hard the other direction in a few weeks. huddle collective will take really hard swings in different directions after just a very small sample of good or bad. Evero is the worst DC in the NFL written in stone to well......maybe.... Canales is a bad playcaller......well, Luke said something nice after a Rico Dowdle goes wild game.

but I do think there is sort of a well placed plan in place and I think last season when they benched Bryce so quickly (and a move that was essentially moving on from him very quickly)........showed that. Everything they have done but allowing the Bryce Young comeback mucking it up does seems to fit a plan. Bryce Young remains the weird puzzle piece given the Canales O.

yeah, we really aren't in a window to be aggressive. This still looks like about a 6-ish win team. All they did was win in the window they always were going to have to in order to get to that 6ish and it took some really flukey stuff even thing (Penix gift game, Rico going Bo Jackson, etc). to me aggressive teams should be teams where making some noise/catching some magic this postseason is realistic. This team doesn't look like they have that ability.

Olsen's been very Carolina positive through the entire Tepper pooshow era. He isn't a straight shooter. Not saying he should be. G-reg got football plans and I think he wants lots of doors to remain open.

Bryce Young's bad throw % has been basically off the charts horrible since arriving in the NFL for a starting QB. 2023 - only 1 QB was worse 2024 - just a slight handful were worse 2025 - that 2 week stretch where Rico went wild has temporarily lifted him out of his standard placement which he was in going into those 2 games. Which was one of the worst in the NFL.

Last NBA draft was brought to you by the WWF. 100% rigged.

https://x.com/lakeshowyo/status/1981327396772204988?s=46&t=f55N0zsNFevD-XGJBWj1-A either he was point shaving in this game or….I’m as a good as a NBA player

they are very different versions of below average. For Dalton to be whatever version of not bad he still is.....he had to throw the ball downfield.

never forget, this is "entertainment" not sport.

Oh, I think that is selective. I mean, everyone can't do it. Just like with everything else. Only select folks are allowed to be bad. They will try to weed out the random people trying to get in on things, it can't be a big thing everyone can get in on. I mean, isn't it pretty well acknowledged the mob back in they day influenced outcomes of sports?

we are entering the the non-comically bad opponent section of our schedule. Wins are going to be scarce going forward. I think the path forward, SHOULD be......you bring in legit QB competition and have a real QB battle next season. And if that QB fits, Canales' scheme....Bryce will lose it.

folks have been gambling and "influencing" games since before we were all born.

I mean, Bryce Young is ahead of Trevor in that biggest QB bust in the last 20 years race you speak of. Trevor is exactly the same dude that played at Clemson.

got to keep the Bills O off the field and let Rico get us in the endzone. The only thing the Bills actually do okay on D is apply pressure in the pass game. So you can't let them get up (or it could end up lopsided)

Jags got handicapped because every coach was going to be forced and tied to Trevor (who is average and plays the game a very specific way). So while you can do worse than Trevor, every coach that was going to come in would be forced into his flavor of average. NFL success is largely about fit. Players, scheme, and coaches all fitting together. It's why bad to average players can suddenly look good in the right home/team. You never want to handicap your team w/ a huge contract and force everyone's hand....for an average player. *and Bryce isn't in Trevor tier of QB. He is in one ahead of Bryce.

Bryce isn't actually showing progress. Saying that is this season's' version of best deep passer in the league. It's just gaslighting. Bryce Young has been below average in every game this season but 2 games....same 2 games where Rico Dowdle channeled Bo Jackson and rewrote Panthers history.

I tell you what, it's hard to square Bryce's injuries (2nd time) with the eyeball tests of him up on his feet working out. Cam Newton wanted to play w/ a broke back and only let them sit him a week.