From the ground up: How the Panthers are retooling Bryce Young's footwork to slow down time

[PootieNunu]

18 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

 

This is exactly what some of us have been screaming about. He has to step up in the pocket, you cant drop back into oblivion like this is Madden, not even a pair of all pro OTs could keep him upright when he does this.  Easy sacks for the D and its 100% on Young.

[ForJimmy]

7 minutes ago, PootieNunu said:

This is exactly what some of us have been screaming about. He has to step up in the pocket, you cant drop back into oblivion like this is Madden, not even a pair of all pro OTs could keep him upright when he does this.  Easy sacks for the D and its 100% on Young.

100%. He has a huge hole right here to step up in or just the off. Thats a learning curve college vs NFL thing IMO.

[mrcompletely11]

30 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

100%. He has a huge hole right here to step up in or just the off. Thats a learning curve college vs NFL thing IMO.

2 thoughts on this.

 

1. this is week 16 and he should know by now you have to step up when the pocket is that large

 

or

2.  Slightly defending him here, again its week 16 in a poo season and maybe he is just thinking I just dont want to get hit any more and just need to get this season over before something bad happens

 

Going off the last 2 weeks of the season I am going with #2

[ForJimmy]

11 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

2 thoughts on this.

 

1. this is week 16 and he should know by now you have to step up when the pocket is that large

 

or

2.  Slightly defending him here, again its week 16 in a poo season and maybe he is just thinking I just dont want to get hit any more and just need to get this season over before something bad happens

 

Going off the last 2 weeks of the season I am going with #2

Could be either. I’d say that having a shaky OL most of the year creates bad habits and bad footwork. Regardless he needs to get better here. 

[strato]

That hitch thing is what I saw right off. (I called it a skip step, but it is more an extra move).

When the lesser velocity of his ball is added to whatever slight delay that hitch triggers, you could be looking at measurable additional time for the ball to be at the target. Just a split second makes a difference at that level. 

That’s what he has to somehow resolve. By just great timing and anticipation, in the best case. But worse case, you have those balls slightly behind, they get defended or picked just by giving defenders that margin.

That was my issue all along. There are plenty of things he can do well and, especially, the more open the targets can get the more margin he can use. It is just, harder for that guy than it would be for the same guy in a proto body.

Edited June 12, 2024 by strato