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Morris going full coward with that sequence there.

Missed opportunity there.

That interception may be the difference in the game, stopping an Atlanta scoring drive.

It's a step for sure and the first time I've really seen it. Atlanta couldn't be making it any easier, but nothing Carolina can do about that. They should be racking up points today and they are, so mission accomplished so far.

Damn, what call a facemask there? Seemed like he barely touched it.

They look every bit as bad as Carolina's. It's really kind of impressive.

Penix has made some more impressive throws today IMO, but this is perhaps Bryce's most complete game of his career. Atlanta keeps giving it and Bryce and the offense just keep taking it. Methodical and playing the game as it unfolds. Canales seems to be keeping it simple and effective as well... don't fix what ain't broke.

Technically, Atlanta allowed themselves no points.

The ghost of Kyle Shanahan lives on in Atlanta.

Gotta be more aware than that, Adam. Couple of rare miscues.

Maybe couda been some PI there...

Ass play to get them down there but what a throw and act in the end zone.

Man, what a throw there. Catch too.

Agreed. The more solid grey looks nice. I was envisioning the metal flak.silver from the past... that with white was a no go.

Total TDs. Includes rushing. Misleading including like that though

Teddy and Rhule both sucked, but Rhule unfortunately got a little benefit of the doubt given his new coach status. Plenty of ubiquitous suckage happening in Carolina these recent years. Teddy was a guy that had shown for years he was only as good as the team around him and even then was a limiting factor due to his love of checkdowns, which we watched firsthand.

They absolutely would, just like they were when Teddy was QB and when Sam was QB. Baker too to some degree but that was doomed to fail from the start.

There are games where the defense falters and the offense steps up and, on those teams you mention, vice versa. It goes all ways and that is what needs to be shown with greater consistency before the 'franchise' label applies. No game comes down to a single drive or single play, and those hames that were lost this year had other plays/opportunities to win that the offense didn't come through on. That's really all I'm saying.

Bingo - consistency is needed and that's a big part of what is missing from both Bryce and the team in general. Yin and yang/chicken and egg? Perhaps. The height is debatable, though perhaps that contributes to the red zone slowdowns if anywhere on the field. On topic, Sam was probably the most consistent of recent QBs. Baker never really had a chance.

Eh, I don't see it yet relative to my position, which has always been a ceiling around Bridgewater/Alex Smith levels of effectiveness. That's the track the outcomes are on. Is it better than QB play of recent years? Absolutely. Is it worth what was paid? No (though that's a sunk cost). Is it good enough to call a franchise QB and forego competition/continuing to look? Also no if the real objective is winning Super Bowls. At this point it will be the Bryce show in year 3, and fair enough. I just truly hope the team continues to push him with legitimate competition of some sort and doesn't put blinders on.

Players loved Hurney too. That means little. And again, Wilks was better than Rhule and is a poor man's John Fox. Moving on from him was a reasonable move, and Reich being an atrocious (and completely avoidable) choice does not diminish that.

And both absolutely are. This defense is terrible and yesterday looked like they were only playing with 9 players out there.

Y'all have completely moved the goalposts and lost sight of the point entirely. I did not bring up Allen nor did I say anything about that other than to respond to the ludicrous comment that was made. My point was simply that franchise QBs find ways to win certain types of games, games where (as one example) poor defense needs to be overcome. That's not happening yet in Carolina and that is a big metric for being a 'franchise QB'. It really is that simple and all that was said. My original comment for reference, in its entirety: "We aren't winning because of him either. Gotta have that from a true franchise QB. Not every single game of course, but more often that not."