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Yeah some of us said last year that he had so much room to improve he could be a lot better and still not be good enough. He was a lot better in a handful of games and mediocre to impotent in the rest, and that isn’t good enough. So there you go.

Blind squirrels and all… he occasionally gets a lane and can operate. I don’t think he can make his living there and it is why I didn’t think we should invest a whole lot into trying to develop that part of the offense. Like with a highly drafted TE. I feel like with him, it is super simple; you need to make running the ball your strong suit. TEs that can block. A big OL. I am concerned about the RB room there is a lot riding on Brooks. But a great RB room. If those things aren’t strengths it will not have a chance of working. Then you need to take the downfield shots which have been missing for most of three years, maybe every down isn’t defended like we are in red zone. Because that is what teams do to us.

He sure did. I’m probably glad the play calling has been reassigned. We will have a comparison. Not that I am jumping for joy at Idzik being the guy but I’ll wait and see. I mean I could look up my reactions after Bryce’s first game and not change that much for 80% of the ones over the whole years.

It is simple. If he is in the pocket he can’t see the middle. When I see him throw to the middle successfully, it is when he squirts through a gap and has the linemen behind him and he is between them and the LOS with a clear view. That is how he works it. He is not going to be good throwing to the middle just doing 1,2,3 plant, throw.

It is not a Bryce referendum. It is a make the best of your situation situation. This concept shouldn’t be hard to understand.

Multiple issues with the same foot if I have it right. Wishing the best for the player but it doesn’t project to a good outcome.

If there is an after the Panthers. SOB has 9 lives. And I don’t think Pickett is tiny, his arm is the comp not his size. Your point on Bryce and his future viability as a backup is valid though. He can’t do Murray because the arm is not there. Nor the plus athleticism. WHo the f can he do? Maybe if Pickett gets a job somewhere.

Bryce is illogical no doubt. The idea of simulating your starter with your number two is very logical. Look… if we had Cam would the concept be stupid? Illogical? Or a left handed QB like I referenced at the jump? Illogical that you try to cc your starter to get consistency across your first and second team? No, that is not illogical. You just want to make this about Morgan or Canales and rage against Bryce. Seems like. I get that they haven’t challenged him. Obviously, they don’t want to. And to deflate the scope of this catastrophe further, Pickett is only on a one year deal. And… we were getting a place holder this year regardless. Dalton is gone. I am not unhappy about it. I think KP could probably mimic Bryce in a game pretty closely for that matter. How much different would it be….

I don’t know what to believe when they make a statement on Bryce but some months back Morgan said they were never out. It was a time out to try and get him reset (not a direct quote, my summary of it). I could not link to it and there are a number of Morgan videos out there, I can’t even remember if it was a presser, an interview or a guest spot on the podcast/radio circuit. But as a non Bryce fan my ears perked up when I heard that. FWIW.

Hurting his feelings or not is not the point of the comment. It is simply noting the logic of matching your backup to your starter.

No I wouldn’t and you know damned well I wanted no part of Bryce Young going back pre 2023 draft. That is a strawman as applies to this specific circumstance. I do not suggest stacking midget QBs nor 4.7 running defenders. But we have what we have at QB. I am sure you noticed that some guys who flop with Bryce did better with Andy throwing to them. May as well get all your targets dealing with the same drill. Mostly balls with lots of air under them.

Agree.

That’s all we really need. At least to start with.

I am devil’s advocate here on that. There is a special kind of logic that says emulate your starter when you pick your backup, that could be in play. Next level poo. Atlanta got a LH backup for their LH starter. We got a weak armed low velocity high arc thrower for ours. It means the timing of the guys playing on the second team is more tuned to what they will have to sync with if they have to step up to the ones. Tell me it doesn’t make a lot of sense on some level.

The blueprints are popular I expect to see them

Well the season is very long and a huge grind. Most every team other than the cellar dwellers have ups and downs, mostly as a result of injury. Some as a result of gelling the new players and schemes or coaches. It largely depends on when you play them in those conditions. The teams that are doing it right get better as they get their reps progressing through the schedule. How many new players they added makes a difference. I expect to see that with us some on defense and at OL to start out with.

The media team at Mint has upped their game. At least the video production has. The fluff pieces haven’t died but probably never will.

Yeah I am looking forward to that too. Said so in the 1st round where Morgan stood his ground. I don’t really think it was us that tried to trade up to 12 or 13 or whatever it was. Maybe some light will be shed on that.

And pretty bad most of the time all season. If they don’t get that running game up to beast level this year we will see the truth.

They act like they have turned the corner and just expect to win. Who are they trying to convince? Us I guess. Maybe themselves. No doubt the team is much better than 2023 but we finished 1-4 (counting WC game) when we controlled our destiny. And got a very favorable playoff matchup. That mostly, we acquitted ourselves very well in. I mean, they played like they belonged in that game. Still, it seems premature.

The only plausible explanation for that, IMO, is there were conditions before the contract was offered. Tepper style conditions. Otherwise it makes no sense to me. When I see the coach speak and the GM speak at the level these guys are practicing it, I know I could never hold on to that job. I just couldn’t lie like these coaches have to lie in some cases, to protect or disguise their true opinions.

Unless they start out like 7-0 and on fire and then Bryce gets hurt and they lose out or something insane like that, I will have my bags packed and my Panthers divorce papers in hand.

I am seeing that Russell Wilson has the inside track. He is about the level of bland that they need.

I want to believe that because if he doesn’t I fail him. 2023 draft is F minus. On the 0-100 scale it is about a 10. That is being generous.

Damned sure better be. And no more regular sized humans. Get an NFL sized QB.