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Under no circumstances should he play this week. I think we have a a bye after we get crushed by the Rams this Sunday. He needs 2 weeks minimum after an injury like that. As someone stated earlier, it might not even be a bad idea to shut him down for the season if he's having difficulties after the bye week.

That depends on which Jameis shows up: The one who throws 30 TDs in a season, or the one who throws 30 INTs in a season. Oh wait, Jameis did accomplished both feats in 2019 . On a serious note, Jameis would be fun to watch in this offense. He'd put up some big numbers throwing to TMac, Legette, and Coker and our TE's. You just have to be prepared for him to break our hearts on a fairly frequent basis.

I'm a bit late to the discussion. That said, are you serious or just pulling our leg? I sincerely hope its the last answer.

This perfectly sums up our situation. Under Tepper's watch we went from from long-term MEDIOCRITY to long-term FUTILITY. Extending Bryce will only make extend the worst era in Panther history. He needs to let Canales and Morgan bring in a new starter NEXT SEASON.

In a meeting with reporters in 2019 (about a year after he bought the team), Tepper said he “will not stand long-term mediocrity.” ESPN.com+2https://www.wbtv.com+2 He expressed frustration that the Panthers had never posted consecutive winning seasons and said he “despises mediocrity … especially when it never seems to end.” https://www.wbtv.com In a transcript, he emphasized that he wants to build a standard that will be “built and sustained … sustained excellence.” Carolina Panthers+1 After a particularly bad loss, he also said, “long-term mediocrity … would not be tolerated under his watch.” ------ If our owner doesn't see that Bryce's performance through his first 3 seasons is an example of "long-term mediocrity, then he really doesn't understand the meaning of the term. He'd be making a very unwise decision if he forces Morgan to pick up that 5th year option.

I'm not sold on Bryce, but I have to give him his props for yesterdays gutty performance. As to why he plays well against the Falcons (at least on the road for the past 2 years), I wonder if it has something to do with the environment. The Falcons play indoors so he doesn't have to deal with any inclement weather which always benefits a QB with mediocre/subpar arm strength. When he played them in Charlotte earlier this year the highest temperature was 87F (average temp of 76F)

It looks like all of that criticism of his play against the Saints last week lit a fire under our little quarterback today.

We may still win this, but I knew that botched 2pt conversion and the decision to pass on the FG after the fumble recovery on the kickoff would come back to hurt us.

Some of us have been telling you guys that Canales is not that bad of coach. He isn’t perfect of course, but if he had Mayfield leading this offense, or even Drake Maye, we’d be winning this division.

We should be up 23-21. This seems to be the type of game we’re gonna lose down the stretch because we left 5 points on the field to start the 3rd quarter.

I’m not saying this in hindsight. I would have taken the XP and the FG. It’s too early to be going for conversions and we just wasted a turnover. This game should be 21-20.

Years ago there use to be a website called Cold Hard Football Facts.com. I used to hang out there to read the articles and their interpretation of the football data. After the midseason point, when teams had generated enough data to set trends, these guys could predict the winner of game 75% of the time using nothing but statistical data. They said the single most important piece of data for passing efficiency is Yards per attempt. "I think" they said any team at 7.0 yds/attempt or higher would usually be among the top 10 teams in the NFL year in and year out if even if they only had an average defense. The lower the number, the least successful the team. https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team/_/view/offense/stat/passing/table/passing/sort/yardsPerPassAttempt/dir/desc If you toggle the column and arrange it from best to worst the data clearly proves their point. Nearly every team above 7.0 this season (16 in all) has a strong chance of making the playoffs with the possible exceptions of Washington and Dallas. Washington has been decimated by injuries this year and Dak's excellent season is being overlooked because the Cowboy defense can't stop anyone in 2025. The teams below 7.0 are clearly the tier 2 and tier 3 teams in the NFL with the exception of Denver which is currently sitting atop the AFC West at 8-2.

We all agree with you on this. But, I think Tepper wants Bryce to succeed with the new coach and GM because of the huge investment to draft him. This is understandable. I get feeling that he doesn't want any QB on that roster who is a clear cut better option than Bryce at this point. That would make him look bad...again. We haven't had winning season since he bought the team. He trades away vital draft capital and best WR to obtain a guy #1 overall in the draft and that guy has turned out to be arguable the least productive starter in the NFL over the past 3 seasons. That's got to be a HUGE blow to his ego.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team/_/view/offense/stat/passing/table/passing/sort/netPassingYardsPerGame/dir/desc Through 10 weeks Total passing yards: 1,640 (30th). Only the Titans and Jets are below us. Yards per game: 164 (30th). Only the Titans and Jets are below us. Yards per attempt: 5.9 (31st). Only the Browns are below us. When it comes to evaluating the effectiveness of a passing game, the above stats are very informative. The 3 teams below the Panthers have combined win total of 5 games, which is our total heading into week 11. We know why we've been able to be more successful in the win column than those 3 teams. They don't have a Rico Dowdle-type back that has been able to take over a game to negate the poor quarterback play. We saw what happened to the Panthers last Sunday when a team came into the game determined to stop our running game. We couldn't even crack 10 points on the score board and were held scoreless in the 2nd half. You simply cannot be among the elite teams in the NFL, or even remain among the middle of the pack teams, with a passing game this bad. PS: We have 12 passing TDs so far (21st). Even that is only good for 21st in the NFL this season.