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Another reddit find, really good and in depth read. https://www.readoptional.com/p/was-bryce-youngs-leap-for-real Some choice quotes (taken directly from reddit, but much more in the article itself) * "The base plays were variations of wide-zone and duo, with the promise of boots and play-action shots to follow, just as Canales described at the Combine. But the run game couldn’t get rolling. It was too rudimentary, and the new interior didn’t generate enough push. In those opening two weeks, the Panthers *lost* a wince-inducing -0.74 EPA/play on early down runs, an almost impossibly bad return. Forget any play-action shots, either. Young was left to pick apart defenses with two options down the field\[...\] It was the worst-case scenario: a coach hell-bent on a power-run game, limiting the number of eligibles available in the passing game, and putting Young, a quarterback-as-point-guard by traits, in a stand-in-and-deliver role more suited to Sam Darnold or Jared Goff. It was an awful plan, and the Panthers were roundly shellacked." * "When I did the podcast rounds previewing the Panthers’ offense before last season, I sounded like someone who had just returned from his first LSD trip. I was talking about the Panthers reimagining football, about Canales building something fresh in the pro football landscape from disparate ideas. But Young is such an outlier by the historic standards of top quarterbacks that he demands such a revolution\[..\] A new, space-age offense is what \[was\] required. If not the designs themselves, then pushing the basic mechanics of a modern passing game out to its outermost limit. Chiefly: getting into empty as early and often as possible. Allow Young to see the contours of the defense. Force them to reveal their hand if they’re sending extra heat. And give him all five eligible to play with, and more space to move and manipulate the pocket as he sees fit. Don’t put the training wheels on; let him create his own schematic reality." * "One key change: Canales embraced empty. He kept a bunch of his heavier sets to try to spark his run-game, which *was* more effective as the season progressed. But Canales let Young go cook in his more natural habitat in the passing attack. Young finished fourth in the league in empty sets last season despite starting only 12 games\[...\] The trust is what leaps out from the tape. Canales, ever the confidence builder, *trusted* Young to dictate his own rhythm from empty — using it to set the tempo of the offense, with Young getting the ball out sharp and quickly on early downs, as well as a launching pad to explosive plays down the field." * "Those shifts — in the scheme and his mentality — unlocked the player we saw in the second half of the season. From Week Eight onwards, Young ranked 17^(th) in the RBSDM composite, sitting above Jayden Daniels and right behind Geno Smith and Matthew Stafford. His CPOE leapt to 15^(th), ranking above Brock Purdy, Josh Allen, Justin Herbert, Jordan Love, and Daniels. And all while his average intended air yards hung steady, right on nine yards, one of the highest in the league. He became more accurate, decisive, and potent. Only Lamar Jackson finished with a higher blend of CPOE *and* average intended air yards."

Brandt's comment about Wharton was from his KC perspective when Wharton was a UDFA rookie. "it goes back to the anecdote that Brandt Tillis had when he was in Kansas City. And it would be so easy to just cut Turk Wharton in 2020 when he was an undrafted rookie from a division two college in Missouri. It would been so easy to cut him because then he would have cleared waivers easily. No one knew this guy. They didn't have any joint practices, didn't have a preseason. Would have been so easy to cut him and bring him back on the practice squad and let him continue to build from there. And Brandt essentially said, "No, he's got to make the 53man roster if we're going to have any sort sense of credibility with this team."

my son sent me this video after the game

I assumed he actually meant James Mitchell in the original post

I try to convince whatever clerk it happens to be at the time to sell me a winning PowerBall/Mega Millions ticket, but even if they agree to, it hasn't happened yet and I somehow doubt it ever will. Apparently they don't have any influence, so I just gave up and saved my breath.

added another former PFF today as director of data science https://x.com/josephperson/status/1948869356160495884

haha and I came here expecting to see this video https://x.com/RouteGod/status/1939677639935144258

JJJ always ends his Cart Talks with "Keep Pounding". He must've not got the memo.

what does it mean?

Excited about the new additions and hoping I dont eventually feel like this

pretty cool, hope they keep dropping these

just saw on reddit

figured some of y'all may be interested, just happened to see this deal on an authentic jersey for $38. https://slickdeals.net/f/18284842-adidas-men-s-charlotte-fc-24-25-home-authentic-jersey-sharp-blue-white-38-free-shipping?src=frontpage

I think they want to trade down, but im not sure it will happen

so I assume you prioritize need over BPA. Not here to argue with you btw, just pointed out earlier why the Panthers would consider DT@8 since it "doesn't make sense" to you. It's pretty obvious to me. No-one here knows how Brown will rebound btw.

if it still doesn't make sense to you that they want to fix the run defense, I don't know what else to tell you. They have only been preaching that specifically since the end of the season. It didn't make sense when we drafted JStew at the time either

just seeing Simeon Wilcher entered portal. I wonder if Hubert will get involved with him again

https://www.on3.com/college/north-carolina-tar-heels/news/colorado-state-transfer-guard-kyan-evans-commits-to-north-carolina/ 44% on threes hopefully get this kid too https://sports.yahoo.com/article/former-unc-basketball-target-decommits-120322517.html?guccounter=1

I got a chuckle. Stunning Interview with Overly Reasonable Fan (Parody)

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/the-hornets-just-had-the-worst-three-game-stretch-in-nba-history-and-its-even-more-lopsided-than-it-sounds/ lengthy. But good read "The four-game record for worst point-differential is -127, which the Hornets have already broken. Therefore, should Charlotte lose to Dallas by literally any margin, they will claim the four-game margin."

haha this aged well