The Natural

Well, it's not green because it was a TD but that blue dot is over 20 air yards... That was easy enough.

Ehhhh... He's had some nice balls that have plenty of zip. He certainly doesn't have a cannon for an arm but it's certainly adequate. Honestly, coaching is the issue. Outside of Thielen it appears we don't have any receivers who run crisp routes. There's a big disconnect in where receivers are and where Bryce thinks they'll be and six weeks in that boils down to a coaching problem.

If Tepper meddled as much as you guys think he does Justin Fields would be our QB right now.

The Fred Smoot game comes to mind.

The term "meddling" keeps getting thrown out but no specifics can ever be presented. I'm just as upset as everyone else that our team is toilet water right now but Tepper isn't out there calling 50 screens a game or failing in free agency. We can blame him for hiring the wrong guys (Scott and Frank) but that's the extent of his culpability. The bright side is that he has shown he's willing to throw money at coaches and wants to win. The hope is that eventually we'll land on the right GM/HC combo if we keep trying.

Charlotte is one of the biggest and fastest growing markets in the country.... Why would the NFL not want a team here?

So what exactly are you implying? Do you think Tepper is calling the plays in to Bryce? I'm genuinely curious to what extent you think Dave is controlling things.

Keeping pressure on people to perform is entirely different from actively controlling football operations. I don't think Tepper is running our draft, FA, and calling plays. Sure, he's probably an asshole to work for but not once have I been given the impression that he's a puppet master.

I get it man. We're all (well most of us) here because we're Panthers fans. It feels like ages since we last had any hope. I'm trying to remain optimistic that things will get turned around and Bryce can be a franchise guy for us. My original response probably came off more passive-aggressive then it should have, I'm sorry.

I guess you should be rewarded for bumping another ancient thread just to pat yourself on the back.

The amount of symphorophilia on display in this forum is amazing.

Is there any evidence that Tepper "forced" the Bryce pick? All the evidence I've seen points to Fitts and Reich making this pick but I'd be open to seeing anything that gives credence to this popular conspiracy theory.

Just to be clear, you people are upset that Tepper wants a winning team? I'd be more concerned if Frank said "Tepper doesn't really care how the team performs". In no way does this imply the meddling you guys thing it does.

I actually feel it's the opposite. Positives generally get ignored. Everyone here loves to wallow in misery.

The Huddle hivemind.

Oh, we like PFF again?

Agreed. For once (if it's needed) we need to do the right thing and start completely fresh.

New to watching football?

The only worse I can think of is Matt Kalil.

These threads are exhausting. Do we REALLY need a separate thread for every one of these? Maybe we can get a mod to sticky a "Bryce Young sucks" thread for everyone to talk circles in.

After next year (assuming we don't do something stupid) we'll have a first rounder again. If Bryce isn't looking the part by the end of next season we can start shooting our shots again.

It's far more entertaining than the repetitive poo every other thread on the front page is.

wHy iSnT dAlToN tHrOwINg dEeP!?!?;?;????!!!

Doesn't Seattle have their first?

Paying thousands of dollars just to have the ability to purchase a ticket before others never made much sense to me anyways.