"Don’t Look Now, but Bryce Young is Closing the Gap on C.J. Stroud"

[Ricky Spanish]

https://theanalyst.com/2024/12/bryce-young-is-closing-the-gap-on-c-j-stroud

Before you all go bonkers, the article does go on to say stroud is still ahead, however bryce has made significant improvements to get CLOSER to stroud, whereas stroud has been worse this season.

tl;dr

Stroud is still ahead of young, but the Trajectories are going in different directions.

[KatsAzz]

 I am proud of Bryce Young for standing tough and putting in the hard work to move forward and shed the bust image, while  proving he is an NFL Starting QB that is on an upward trend. 

[scpanther22]

This is the kind of narratives you get when they're only watching the highlights from both players

[ForJimmy]

[jb2288]

Next year will be interesting. Stroud fell into an amazing situation his first year and did a great job taking advantage of it. Bryce had basically the exact opposite. Now this year Strouds team has regressed and so has he. Bryce again, the opposite. Year 3 will be real fun to follow between these 2. I think both will be great 

[hepcat]

You said DON’T look

[shaq]

Comparison is the thief of joy, let’s just appreciate the growth we have seen with Bryce Young.

[LinvilleGorge]

Call 'em up and see if they wanna make that trade. We'll be able to hear the laughter from Houston back here in the Carolinas.

[CamWhoaaCam]

It's possible we selected the best QB after all. Stroud has looked bad all season.

[CamWhoaaCam]

5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Call 'em up and see if they wanna make that trade. We'll be able to hear the laughter from Houston back here in the Carolinas.

What does Bryce have to do to get you on the bandwagon?

[mrcompletely11]

6 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

It's possible we selected the best QB after all. Stroud has looked bad all season.

Lol.  Yeah he's looked terrible.  Godalmighty 

[Peon Awesome]

Young's growth in the past few weeks has been astronomical. I'm not going to sit here and assume he's already hit his ceiling. His play has forced me to stop making any assumptions. I doubt after week 2, even the most die hard Panthers optimists and Bryce supporters envisioned any world where Bryce and Stroud could be uttered in the same breath with a straight face. The way Bryce Young is raising his game and CJ Stroud is regressing or at best stagnating, I suddenly don't think that's an outlandish possibility. And articles like this seem to hint it as well. But this is obviously still a time will tell situation.

[frankw]

Too small of a sample size to make any sound argument right now. If someone wants to argue otherwise by all means. But it would be rooted in hopium. We need to establish this is not a flash in the pan.

For him to even enter into the conversation of a QB who was in MVP talks as a rookie would require the same. If he is doing this and more consistently next season then we have the basis of an argument. Right now he is in the 20-25 range at best in the midst of a season that is a rare low point for passing overall in the NFL.

Edited December 14, 2024 by frankw

[mav1234]

58 minutes ago, scpanther22 said:

This is the kind of narratives you get when they're only watching the highlights from both players

What do you mean?

The article seems pretty reasoned - neither player has had a great sophomore year, but Young has been improving the last 6 starts while Stroud has not, though he a lot of that appears to be on supporting cast... The article is clear to say Stroud is still ahead.