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I think people forget that by his last season Steve Smith had the ass and he played like it - and for no really good reason other than that other stars were emerging on the team and he didn't want to share the spot light. He was more of a locker room distraction than he was worth. He went on to have great performances with the Ravens' but G-man made the right move allowing him to move on from here. I personally think it was addition by subtraction and we don't have a super bowl run with Smith on the roster. Steve Smith remains a narcissist who I've never seen internalize his own culpability when it comes to his relationships with others - it's always somebody else's fault as to why he was forced to act like an asshole. This video is a product ad. I'm cringed that either of these two Panther greats are party to it.

I had to google pix of Rickea Jackson. I was not dissapoint. Woman is smoking hot.

Poetry, pure poetry.

I especially loved Tom's commentary during the game on an uncalled [either PI out of bounds hit]: "Let them play - if there's no blood there's no foul". The irony of him saying this was delicious.

This would be way more meaningful if it included only the games in which the panthers played. It's a cool graph but it includes too much data to make anything other than general conclusions about a single team. Example : Our defense failure rate (38%) is higher than the best offenses (SF) win rate (37%).

He is cringe worthy but also when he's standing next to Howie and Strahan he makes them look like children. Dude is just huge.

Not really free, are they?

I think 25 pages of Bryce on this one thread, not including the other 99+ pages of other Bryce threads, can lead one to conclude that he clearly has not made the case he belongs in the NFL. Perhaps PFF can come up with another subjective stat to quantify this. "QB page views per message forum" or some other poo where Bryce is the best in the NFL.

Screens, yes. Slants, no - they happen in the middle of the field where Bryce dare not go.

Yeah but OSU beat Michigan so it was a successful season. Enjoy the bus ride home losers!

I think the ref's are blind, Not calling anything on either side

Looks like OSU has figured out the middle of the field is undefended

What station is he on?

That's gold, Jerry, Gold.

Yes I'm aware that Bama has lost three games this year, but you're missing my point ... ND and Miami didn't play this week. That's why I said Alabama is a two loss team. And I don't like Alabama. I don't want them in. I'm just saying that you can't penalize them for losing a game that ND and Miami never had to play.

Because all four teams are going to the playoffs regardless of the outcome. You can't penalize Alabama for getting beat in an extra game that other teams didn't have to play. They are still a two loss team. They will get in. Meanwhile lets say you Indiana wins this game but their QB has a season ending injury - was it worth it? That's where I'm coming from.

The Alabama-Georgia and OSU-Indiana games are pointless. If I was the coach of any of these teams I'd send my second string out there. I'm not risking player health or my playbooks for a meaningless game against a team I'm gonna be playing again in a month. Next step is they eliminate conference championships.

If they don't pick up the option Bryce will essentially be on a "prove it" deal next season. I like that.

Dare I say "the best DT to ever wear a Panthers Jersey" ? That's high praise because we've had some great ones.

Does anyone seriously think Bryce will miss football? It's a means to an end for him but he clearly has no passion for it. How this kid with no special skills has made it to this point is almost Manchurian.

She would be our best college scout on day one.

I'm not sure. I remember Clausen being worse than Young but when I look at Clausens highlight reel on Youtube he's clearly making throws downfield off of his back foot that Young simply can't - unless he's running forward to launch it. But yeah Clausen didn't belong on the field whereas Young will occasionally climb the pocket and deliver a strike.

I still have my doubts on the Green Bay touchdown. You can clearly see his momentum stopped well short of the ball breaking the goal line and actually goes backwards; then somehow he's able to advance the ball with both hands up in the air and at least two players on top of his lower back. Unless he's levitating, that leverage had to come from somewhere between his upper chest and his feet. I would say a knee (or two) is a good candidate.

While I was aware that Horn does not shadow WR1 I learned something interesting in the game from one of the announcers ... Horn ALWAYS plays the short side of the field. As in, he will switch sides when the ball moves from one hash tag to the other. It seems intuitive that short side of field equals easier route coverage (correct me if I'm wrong) and expanding further I wonder if Mike Jackson was put into that role would his stats improve? If Horn is such a shut down corner, why isn't he just following the biggest WR threat around the field? Is there something inherently harder about covering the short side of the field? Why make life easier for your best CB?

Sorry, I just don't accept that as true. Putting your best foot forward is way different than trying to cheat.