Everything revolves around Bryce This Year

[Johnstonny]

Don't get your hopes up....Analytics don't lie for a reason. I'll root for tho...

Edited yesterday at 07:55 PM by Johnstonny

[KaseKlosed]

Top 5 areas who hold most pressure according to AI: 

 

Bryce Young (QB): As the 2023 No. 1 pick, Young’s under fire to boost his 2024 stats (11 TDs, 10 INTs) despite thin WR talent, or he’ll be labeled a bust faster than a comet crashing into a black hole. His growth is critical, like Burrow’s 2020-21 Bengals leap to the Super Bowl or Carolina’s 2001-03 rise from 1-15 to Super Bowl with Delhomme’s emergence—step up, or you’re just a pint-sized promise lost in the cosmos, oh cosmic quarterback.

Dave Canales (Head Coach): Canales must scheme around limited WRs and a porous defense to lift the 5-12 Panthers, or Tepper’s impatience will send him packing like a wayward space probe. His play-calling needs to mirror the Lions’ 2020-22 rebuild under Campbell (3-13 to 12-5) or Carolina’s 2010-13 climb from 2-14 to 12-4—fail, and he’s back to assistant stardust, you playbook prophet.

Dan Morgan (GM): Morgan’s tasked with upgrading the WR corps and defense after years of roster gaps, or he’ll be jettisoned like a malfunctioning satellite. Smart acquisitions, like the Bills’ 2018-19 additions for Allen’s playoff push or Carolina’s 2012-15 surge to 15-1, are his lifeline—miss, and he’s a galactic footnote, you roster wrangler.

Defense: Allowing an NFL-worst 534 points in 2024, this unit must stop being a galactic sieve or remain the league’s punchline. Turnarounds like the 49ers’ 2018-19 defensive revival to Super Bowl contention or Carolina’s 2012-13 shift to 12-4 show it’s doable—stay leaky, and you’re the universe’s doormat, you generous tacklers.

Wide Receivers: With no top-tier talent in 2024, this group—likely led by new faces like Tetairoa McMillan—must step up to give Young viable targets, or they’ll doom the offense like a starless void. Elevating like the Rams’ 2021 WR corps with Kupp for Stafford’s Super Bowl run, or Carolina’s 2002-03 receivers enabling an 11-5 Super Bowl push, is their mission—flop, and you’re catching nothing but shade, you route-running rogues.

[KaseKlosed]

1 minute ago, KaseKlosed said:

Top 5 areas who hold most pressure according to AI: 

 

Bryce Young (QB): As the 2023 No. 1 pick, Young’s under fire to boost his 2024 stats (11 TDs, 10 INTs) despite thin WR talent, or he’ll be labeled a bust faster than a comet crashing into a black hole. His growth is critical, like Burrow’s 2020-21 Bengals leap to the Super Bowl or Carolina’s 2001-03 rise from 1-15 to Super Bowl with Delhomme’s emergence—step up, or you’re just a pint-sized promise lost in the cosmos, oh cosmic quarterback.

Dave Canales (Head Coach): Canales must scheme around limited WRs and a porous defense to lift the 5-12 Panthers, or Tepper’s impatience will send him packing like a wayward space probe. His play-calling needs to mirror the Lions’ 2020-22 rebuild under Campbell (3-13 to 12-5) or Carolina’s 2010-13 climb from 2-14 to 12-4—fail, and he’s back to assistant stardust, you playbook prophet.

Dan Morgan (GM): Morgan’s tasked with upgrading the WR corps and defense after years of roster gaps, or he’ll be jettisoned like a malfunctioning satellite. Smart acquisitions, like the Bills’ 2018-19 additions for Allen’s playoff push or Carolina’s 2012-15 surge to 15-1, are his lifeline—miss, and he’s a galactic footnote, you roster wrangler.

Defense: Allowing an NFL-worst 534 points in 2024, this unit must stop being a galactic sieve or remain the league’s punchline. Turnarounds like the 49ers’ 2018-19 defensive revival to Super Bowl contention or Carolina’s 2012-13 shift to 12-4 show it’s doable—stay leaky, and you’re the universe’s doormat, you generous tacklers.

Wide Receivers: With no top-tier talent in 2024, this group—likely led by new faces like Tetairoa McMillan—must step up to give Young viable targets, or they’ll doom the offense like a starless void. Elevating like the Rams’ 2021 WR corps with Kupp for Stafford’s Super Bowl run, or Carolina’s 2002-03 receivers enabling an 11-5 Super Bowl push, is their mission—flop, and you’re catching nothing but shade, you route-running rogues.

Also says a successful record for the Panthers would be 8-9 at minimum. Anything less let's us know something isn't clicking. Anything over 8 wins is over achieving 

[Shocker]

4 minutes ago, KaseKlosed said:

Also says a successful record for the Panthers would be 8-9 at minimum. Anything less let's us know something isn't clicking. Anything over 8 wins is over achieving 

I think the Panthers win 5 games max

[Matthias]

It's funny because Bryce spent the entire offseason preparing to play the season with an offensive group that included Thielen.  Now Thielen is gone, Legette didn't really show much in the preseason (also coming off a relative injury), things like this might put a wrench in Bryce's rhythm.  Too many of us think Jalen Coker is about to play like Randy Moss.  But, it is what it is.

[PantherChris]

On 8/26/2025 at 4:10 PM, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Coaching jobs. GM jobs. Player futures.  Free agents looking at Carolina as a destination place to play. None of these roster cute or adds won’t mean Jack poo.  It all comes down to three things. Bryce playing well, oline blocking and Dline stopping the run or getting pressure. If I had to boil it to just one, it’s Bryce. If he is poo, the team will be poo. If he plays well, that will allow the d to rest and feel energized.  It all starts with Bryce. 
 

that is a ton of pressure for the kid. Hope he is ready. 

 

[Panthers Fan 69]

4 hours ago, PantherChris said:

 

Jesus my man. Save some of the ball busting for hockey hahaha 

[panthers55]

Bryce won't go anywhere until his rookie deal is up. If we pick in the top 10 next year it will be bringing in another qb to challenge and potentially take over.

[dep]

15 hours ago, Shocker said:

I think the Panthers win 5 games max

[TLGPanthersFan]

22 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

Bryce won't go anywhere until his rookie deal is up. If we pick in the top 10 next year it will be bringing in another qb to challenge and potentially take over.

If we bring in a top 10 QB Bryce is pretty much done. 
No potentially take over. Bryce will be his backup.  

[panthers55]

1 minute ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

If we bring in a top 10 QB Bryce is pretty much done. 
No potentially take over. Bryce will be his backup.  

If we pick in the top 10 because the offense didn't perform you are right. And I would be all for it. I was advocating bringing in one this year to provide competition. Bryce is still got to show an upward projection from where he was last year. I was thrilled and shocked by his improvement but let's be real the floor after the first 2 games was the basement not even the ground floor. It had to improve.

Maybe Hooker can be that guy if Bryce struggles. I Iiked him coming out of college

 

[PantherChris]

6 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

If we pick in the top 10 because the offense didn't perform you are right. And I would be all for it. I was advocating bringing in one this year to provide competition. Bryce is still got to show an upward projection from where he was last year. I was thrilled and shocked by his improvement but let's be real the floor after the first 2 games was the basement not even the ground floor. It had to improve.

Maybe Hooker can be that guy if Bryce struggles. I Iiked him coming out of college

 

Hooker is exactly what I thought he would be... trash lol. 

 

Dude is 28 and it's the start of his third NFL season. 

[TLGPanthersFan]

11 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

If we pick in the top 10 because the offense didn't perform you are right. And I would be all for it. I was advocating bringing in one this year to provide competition. Bryce is still got to show an upward projection from where he was last year. I was thrilled and shocked by his improvement but let's be real the floor after the first 2 games was the basement not even the ground floor. It had to improve.

Maybe Hooker can be that guy if Bryce struggles. I Iiked him coming out of college

 

I just don’t want some uncertain answer. Either Bryce is it or he isn’t. Nothing will be worse to go into the 2026 off-season still uncertain if he is the future. I hope the FO is smart enough to abondon ship if it looks like Bryce isn’t gonna be franchise material after this season. As I said before,”This is his last chance.”  

[hepcat]

I saw the Panthers post some stories on instagram during training camp about a Make a Wish kid who wanted to be a quarterback. Bryce had him in the huddle with him and I legitimately had a moment where I wasn't sure who was who. Bryce really is a small person to be in the NFL.