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I would never intentionally sell him short. He was as good as anybody and better almost everyone. I was lucky to watch him and the Panthers were very lucky to have him. I think I was mainly talking through the lens of the mainstream who don’t appreciate that.

Jake is in my Hall of Fame and he’ll have to settle for that. Smitty deserves it on talent and what he did for his team (not to his teammates). I am not feeling Smitty making it this year. Luke should be a first ballot IMO.

oh boy. Where to start or should I even bother…. Objectivity? Credibility? Where do I get certified like you are? I didn’t even look at those videos so no surprise. I didn’t need to look at more videos to know what his deal is. This is as simple as it gets. You look at his tape in college and at his pro day and the initial tape of his disastrous debut and it is all over the video. The things I talked about. Then you look at Canales last year and he had him doing proper footwork. You could see that he was doing it in the Buffalo drive in that preseason game. But Bryce abandoned that footwork in his first game against the Saints by the start of Quarter 2. It is on video for all to see. Regression to the comfortable. And the horrible. All I said is true, period. He just does not have the arm for many all arm throws and he certainly can’t stand flat footed and compete for velocity and distance with the guys that do have that kind of arm. He can only get his top velocity with the proper footwork and I have been preaching that since year one. . The message hasn’t changed. And that is HIS top velocity. Cam had a fastball. Bryce has off speed compared to that. To really sling one he has to max effort the throw. If you don’t want to acknowledge that throwing with max effort is less accurate than taking a little off, and seeing how that fits into the whole picture, maybe you lack objectivity and credibility.

Yeah. So far it looks like we have 4 hits. It is early. plus the kicker and this new kickoff plan. And we got some good out of the late pucks last year. Mike Jackson is basically our 7th, CSW and Coker salvage some good from it even if XL and Brooks bust. Wallace is possibly going to be better. 8 or 9 starters out of two drafts is really good.

Yeah we are gonna find out one way or the other I hope. I am of the mind that it will always be this compacted playing field style ball. Non opened up. And you put a guy with the real NFL arm in and it will be obvious, like it was the last two years in week three. if Bryce can do the legit job -not garbage time but in a competitive game - to the degree where people fear him… I will be surprised (and good for him if so). I think it is a tall order pun intended. We have to see some real proof, I hope, before they give him a huge contract. We wring our hands worrying that they will do that on less than rock solid proof that he can play up to it.

I looked at him and his arm and his footwork, before he was drafted. It was clear then it is clear now. He doesn’t have an arm that can flick a ball down the field using only the arm. I don’t see his arm as good by NFL standards. I see it as something he must overcome. So I quibble with the characterization. What I completely agree with is if he does not do his mechanics and footwork right his velocity and accuracy suffers. If he is diligent and adheres to proper execution, yeah he can make do with his arm. That sort of is what it is at this point. Another aspect of it is he needs to use maximum effort to go downfield or to really drive a ball with any kind of heat. That (max effort) hinders accuracy. I have talked about this before. He is at a disadvantage having to max exert compared to a guy that can use a very repeatable easier throwing motion. Up to him if he can proof the pudding and hang with the big dogs.

We should lobby for two team divisions.

They are here for us, making sure we fan properly. For our own good.

They fuged him over so bad to help cover their bad judgement. About time he got a little something to wrk with.

For The Bears. Mile Jackson was a great trade.

Right now all Bill is thinking of is where is his Viagra bottle. In between he probably thinks about football some.

At this point in Panthers history, I have adjusted to one win lasting me at least a month.

I was including us. I am not a Bryce guy but am not unable to see what the offense could look like if he played well, even given his limitations. And the defense for sure has a chance to get better quick with these young guys. And if we can get any decent LB play. I hear Wallace has done a 180, which he sure needed to do. Hope it isn’t a mirage.

You can look at them and dissect them pretty well with just your eyes. And if my eyes tell me something, no stat will change my mind. Only the player will do that.

We don’t know what most of these teams are this early.

I don’t know about back, because I never saw him be good. But it looks like he may be getting it. And we sure needed it, and Dan Morgan especially needed it.

Week 1 has always been full of both false positives and false negatives And that was with 4 preseason games. I try and remember to hold off the judgement on the team as a whole until we hit week three. And it is a long season.

I hesitated to speak the opinion because of the villagers and theirpitchforks. I don’t know when that happened, the 20 yard deep ball. Maybe FF brought it about. 20 yards for a chunk play, I get that. It’s a nice gain.

We’re not allowed to have any slinging. Just the sacks.

I don’t think I will ever accept that 20 yards is a deep ball. The Red Zone is 20 yards. That is supposed to designate that you are close to the end zone lol.

It was pretty funny.

Yeah, he isn’t doing too well with staying on the field.

I think so too. He has done this before I don’t think it is him.

I think they kind of end around 9-8, and I am being nice.

I wonder if that is related to the communications issues.