The Bryce Trade is Finally Complete. Who Won the Trade? Panthers vs Bears

[shaqattaq]

1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

And they say what we have been saying, it takes a good oline, a good running game, good wrs and good play calling to get him to top 10-12ish.  Not ideal

Unfortunately, this is my current take on him as well. It's a blueprint that is hard to maintain without some damn good roster manipulation and drafting. We all know that Bryce's next contract is looming whether he is THE guy or just A guy.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

32 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It's what you should do when you've invested as much into a guy as we have Bryce. At the end of the day, even if he doesn't work out we should've built a nice foundation for the next guy to hopefully build upon.

Yes.  I hope Bryce is the answer and he keeps improving but if not the offense is setup for someone else to come in and win. 

[frankw]

46 minutes ago, Icege said:

Great find! Thanks for the link.

For folks that are hesitant to click, they immediately start with Bryce. It's kind of funny though how much the conversation mirrors the Huddle. One person citing all of Bryce's stats showing improvement and progress, and the other ultimately circling back to, "He's just too small." Especially these two exchanges...

 

 

To be fair, Derrick does provide more pointed criticisms like the lack of the screen game in Carolina, his issues with Bryce's timing in the short game, etc. A lot of it though seemed to ultimately circle back to, "too small."

I guess in the end, that's what it boils down to. There's going to be fans that are eager to see Bryce perform well and look at different indicators of performance to track that potential development. Then there's going to be fans that, while they might no longer believe that Bryce can't be an NFL starter, they still believe that his size is going to prevent him from ever being a top-10 QB (which could potentially make the trade for him "worth it").

Most we can do is sit and wait.
 

Unfortunately the size talk was prominent before the draft and it is going to remain throughout his career until Bryce Young can prove he will successfully overcome that with great mechanics footwork accuracy and decision making. Still as it remains now we've seen the Panthers remove their first overall pick from the field and bring out an over the hill veteran for both the QB sneak and a hail mary attempt. And we can't just dismiss that as completely irrelevant. Still. 99% of the folks in this fanbase knows Bryce being successful means our franchise being successful. So they want him to have a great season in 2025 because everyone can agree we are tired of being the butt of jokes in league circles.

[CRA]

1 hour ago, shaqattaq said:

 Bryce had jackshit and frikin Reich (a proven loser) as HC! Poor bastard didn't stand a chance! THIS is his prove it season.

reality is the piling on of Frank Reich is just the standard huddle angle we take of putting all blame on someone after the fact.  

as I was an OG Frank hater before it was cool to be......now the swing goes too far the other way and people will claim I am a Frank defender.  Frank Reich was the definition of a .500 middle of the road NFL coach.  He technically was a winning coach and above .500 coming here but he is and was NFL average. 

we were the biggest joke in a decade.....not because of Frank Reich (a dude who was going to do what he does in the NFL) but because he was paired with a dude who couldn't do NFL basics and Frank was forced to play him.  That's not Frank being a loser.  That's a bad org around Frank.