Waldo

There was a lot going on behind the scenes last year. Frank might have had to liea little bit to get the benching he wanted last year, even if it was for 1 game. To fake an injury you also have to get the player on board or it will blow up in your face. Young was most likely not 100% in that one game. This year the staff appears way more collaborative. Not better but less knives....so far.

He has a billionaires ego that has been confirmed

Caldwell...ugh. It's hard to say we are better or worse. The set up of the Reich year was so bad even if his experience is really missed this year. This one is not looking good either. IDK yet. I wouldn't be praising either at this point. DC has done 1 thing I see as a greenflag and I don't even know if it was really his call.

It was obvious Young was always going to struggle regardless. You have been absolutely right about the bad marriages but I think your wrong about Dalton. I'm way more concerned about his health than his fit in DC's offensive scheme. I also want to see what his in game coaching looks like with a QB that can make the most basic throws. I'm not very confident or impressed so far but it needs to be seen without the Young excuse.

It also appears it wouldn't have made any difference. It wasn't a good strategy but is the outcome going to change in the end? I don't think so. Rookie HC who is woefully inexperienced makes a bonehead mistake. But that was also the same staff they could get to even come here.

Absolutely. I also find it entertaining this is the flip side of all that publicity leading up to that draft where the team was happy to stand in front of a mic and talk holding the #1 pick. It's a poo stew and I hope Tepper loves this part as much as he loved trading up and being the center of the universe for a few weeks.

All the random opnions are coming out now from every direction about the benching. I do wonder how many of these people have ever watched him play this year...or even last year.

I would love to see a move for a QB but I don't think it happens yet. I think everyone wants to see what it all looks like without Bryce. If it's not too bad then he really might not get another shot which would lead to a QB acquisition hopefully. Stash him, trade him or whatever works. First comes this next game and a chance for everyone else to prove it wasn't them.

I think okay football would be such an improvement. I'm just talking about a semi-functional offense that looks like it's in the NFL level. I don't have to watch Bryce play and I could care less about wins vs just seeing guys get a chance to not get rolled.

Carr carr'ed himself. 7 step drops and poor mechanics were worse to him than that bad oline. He was shot when he threw that first pass for a pick. You could see it on his face. No hit needed. It's a bad take and such a cope out.

Has he been worse or did enough around him get better to where he is completely exposed? His stats sure but doesn't he just look like the same guy from the last game of '23? DC is very inexperienced vs Reich being the old hand so it makes sense that he would handle the situation a little better the the 1st time HC and 1 year OC but I'm still not convinced he has regressed. I think he is showing what it looks like when his WRs do get open or when his line does block. He just has a very green HC/OC combo vs last year.

Yall are trying to kill Dalton in your minds. He will show well his first game for an elderly player but time is not going to be kind. It's funny because I expect to see better but that says more about the competition than Dalton.

I listened and my issue with that take is that there was no good plan last year when option A went up in smoke, true. This year they built a line and brought more talent in at WR. It's not really true anymore. It's a cope out. The worst hit he took on Sunday was 100% his fault and choice. The oline all did well. The WRs were open. They could lean into the coaching a bit but damn that doesn't void the other 2 things. It's a take I have seen a bunch today, harping on last year's truths but not what we have seen this year. The rest was spot on.

Play Dalton and we will confirm some things hopefully but that would also not help Young's stock so moving him now might be the best move? I don't want to ever watch him play for this team again but I was expecting to see another shot before they bring in help because there is no way Dalton is the long term answer. I know he has been sitting but damn that arm has to be about done now.

What I meant was don't listen to it because it's brain rot. It seeps in. The trade is what made me go watch some film. I never tune in to the 'experts' at draft time anymore.

Damn lol

They can't accept the reality of the situation and have too much egg on their faces. They can't be watching this team this year block and get open while saying that.

And the WTF is back. Hello old friend and hope it's day off went well.

If they take that shot they will figure that out. Mike McD's rep would take a huge hit with that move and outcome.

They benched Young so what grip do they have? There are no rules against being a terrible owner and it's all organic here. Not sitting Bryce might have gotten him a call eventually but it's not like they move fast anyways.

Here is a hint. Turn off the volume at draft time. It's almost all space filling BS with agent fingers in every pie. The film says enough and the only stuff you can't see is the personality stuff. The rest is big money fluff. There are some good breakdowns out there but it's all fringe that I can remember.

Man I hope Dalton lights it up so these people have to eat the crap they have been slinging since last offseason.

The guys sticking with Young are the guys to discount at draft time. They are choosing to protect their egos vs looking at the film and admitting the truth. He is a bust and was always going to bust in the NFL. Send him to Miami and those guys are going to lose their crap with his play.

He deserves some blame but I'm still not 100% clear on what's going on behind the closed doors. Someone posted a video that had people breaking down DC's presser and there were some nuggets in there. We have to wait and see. But fug Tepper anyways. If the crowd wasn't chanting 'sell the team' would Young have been sat after game 2? IDK and I don't think it can be proved one way or the other yet. Given the history a lot of people have trust issues with him and his people which is fair. I'm just not going to go rabid because it's not fun and I am happy to see watchable Panther football even if it only last 1 quarter.

We should have upgraded that position because Dalton does not have a lot left even at 100% healthy. Thankfully the line should help him and DC had better run the ball.