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Just keep rolling Bryce outside, if he doesn't see anything at least he can pick up a few yards and run out of bounds without taking any hits. That's working better than trying to run up the gut versus that Titan's D-line.

True, but still not a bell cow back.

Clean pocket and skipped the pass 5 yards short, lol!

The first round we don't have this year and the second rounder we don't have in 2025? Great!!!

Not that I can recall. Matter of fact, outside of a fake news tweet, we were never really connected to Levis.

I've been saying that since the Seattle game. Dalton showed he still has game, but we keep trying to Bryce into something he's clearly not. Frank won't bench him for some reason, but I have to think that's on a higher authority. Can't take the shine off Tepper's golden child.

C'mon, y'all would have clowned the crap out of Frank for taking a knee with that much time left.

Fixed.

Two problems, Tepper isn't going to fire Bryce and the 2025 QB draft isn't looking too great.

It's the O-line's fault, even the bad passes.

Wide open middle of the D-line. Bryce could have scrambled for that, but didn't.

Hard to throw someone else under the bus when their own play has been, put nicely, less than ideal.

How else is he going to see past the LOS when he has OL and DL damn near a foot taller than him?

Oh yeah, behind the chains on a penalty...that was his fault primarily and then rolls, uh, walks out of the pocket with zero awareness of the backside pressure.

I just can't with Bryce anymore. His one good play out of a handful isn't worth holding out hope for him any longer.

Last two throws by Bryce were absolutely horrible. Off script short-to-intermediate was supposedly this guys bread & butter.

Was late on the throw across the middle. Thielen actually had to throttle down to wait on the ball and nearly had to play the defender.

We get to see Mayo boy today. Everyone knows he has an arm, but he fell to the 2nd round for a reason. Lets see if we can exploit some of those weaknesses. One of his scouting knocks was short-to-mid-range accuracy, but with a surprising touch on his deep ball. So if we play a shell coverage and keep everything in front of us, even with our depleted secondary, make Levis hit those intermediate windows. Focus on the rushing attack and force Levis to have to pass the ball, but don't get beat deep.

I didn't like the trade. We gave up too much, that was even before we drafted Bryce, so this isn't a hindsight 20/20 thing. This team had/has too many holes to give up that much PREMIUM draft capital. Fast forward, now we have a bust (in the making) AND lack all those premium picks. NEVER, EVER put all your eggs in one basket. There's a reason why these old sayings still ring true. This front office went all in on Bryce at the expense of the future health of the team/organization and it's looking like a major backfire probably taking at least two years to dig out from this hole no matter who the GM and HC are, current or other.

Statistically speaking, a 100% bust QB class is rare. So yes, Stroud looks like the one keeping last year's class from being one of those anomalies. However, you have bumper crops at positions each draft. Last year was slim pickings at QB. The 2024 QB class has more to chose from, quantity and quality, so it up to the teams to choose wisely.

Tepper will never admit he was the driving force behind Bryce. Fitterer, while not blameless, I feel was pressured to go with Bryce either directly or indirectly.

LOl, I was saying this a year ago. I was a lone voice in the wilderness though. Oh well, better to join the party late than never show up at all.

Right now as the standings go, we have picks #: 33, 65, 101, 142, 163 and 179. Both 5th rounders are trades and are independent of where we finish. The first one is with the Titans (who own our 7th rounder, so no pick that round) and the second is the 49ers. Our 5th, the top of the round, now belongs to the Browns. We have our own 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th. Of course, no first round pick.

The last week of the regular season for college football is upon us. As more and more top players opt out of Bowl games, the next few days are essentially a wrap. Any player information like videos, stats, write ups all can go here. Lets leave mock drafts out of this thread.

Happy Thanksgiving to all and God bless! I hope everyone has a relaxing and enjoyable Turkey Day. The Panthers aren't playing today, so that's a wonderful start!