Kyle Brandt tells people to "pump the brakes" on calling Bryce Young a bust

[Dorian Gray]

A message to the media hot take machine.

[Ivan The Awesome]

[mrcompletely11]

cherry picking other qb rookie seasons is just a cheap and simple take

[d-dave]

No way!  Didn't you know that an entire player's story is told in less than a full season!?

The reality is that the Panthers look like poo.  Not even a good solid log.  Instead, they look, feel and smell like something that happens after a hot day of eating tacobell and hot dogs from a gas station all day.  We are pretty horrible.

Bryce hasn't been as advertised - he can't carry the entire team on his back.  While some would love to get Doc Brown's time machine to redo draft night - the reality is we have to deal with him and support him the best the team can.  Bryce isn't a bust.  He's a rookie.  I do think that Bryce has tools to be a very good QB, but he needs help.  He's not getting much right now.

We need to see two years.  This year should be all about developing Bryce.  Next year needs to be the year we make progress.  Or else we'll be back looking for a coach, watching college QBs, and having lost even more time as a fan.

[LinvilleGorge]

I do think it's too early to definitively call him a bust but it's also fair to acknowledge that it's trending that direction. I'd have a lot more hope if he was showing more traits that were translating. He just doesn't look the part and I don't mean just his size. His arm. His athleticism. The plays that make you think "okay, that was special". There's a handful of plays that give you hope but there's a mountain of plays that make me say "ugh, this guy ain't it". The fact that we're already having these "is he a bust?" conversations already kinda says it all in terms of how he's looked so far.

[BIGH2001]

On the contrary if Bryce wasn’t a #1 pick everyone would unanimously agree he has been terrible and shown little promise and he probably would have been benched for Dalton by now. 

[Waldo]

Does not matter really what you call him because he is screwed either way. He isn't good enough to overcome the ownership, FO and coaches and nothing is going to magically improve this offseason with the same people in charge. 

Ok. Now trade him for what they spent. I'll wait on his current value. Nothing definitive but a sure gauge of which way that is going.

He had a bad game on Sunday. OK, it happens. Look at his best and it's a huge let down to very concerning. Combine that with the fact he is already screwed regardless and none of this is surprising. 

Edited November 9, 2023 by Waldo

[BIGH2001]

20 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

cherry picking other qb rookie seasons is just a cheap and simple take

Agree. I’m sick of hearing comparisons to historical outliers. Aikman, Elway, Brees, Manning. Those guys are among the best to ever play the game. There’s nothing to compare and it’s really irrelevant to this discussion.

[RumHam]

funny, this dude is wrong 100% of the time and is on the cringiest tv show that no one watches.

[Shotgun]

12 minutes ago, BIGH2001 said:

On the contrary if Bryce wasn’t a #1 pick everyone would unanimously agree he has been terrible and shown little promise and he probably would have been benched for Dalton by now. 

he would have never started at all 

[ForJimmy]

People aren’t going to like this…

[MechaZain]

27 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

cherry picking other qb rookie seasons is just a cheap and simple take

I agree but that includes the other QBs from Bryce's class. Everyone's situation and development timeline is going to be different. Point is half of a rookie season isn't enough to draw conclusions about any quarterback whether that's Peyton Manning or Ryan Leaf.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

35 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

cherry picking other qb rookie seasons is just a cheap and simple take

Completely agree.  No one on this site would dare do that. 

[TLGPanthersFan]

I wish people would STOP comparing Young to former, much, much better QBs. 
It is getting tiring. 

Edited November 9, 2023 by TLGPanthersFan