ESPN's Benjamin Solak on Bryce Young

[PleaseCutStewart]

17 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

So basically you shouldn't be out because on his best days Bryce can be mid-tier? Yeah, that's WHY I'm out. He's mostly terrible and when the season is lost he can be mid and maybe win a couple of games to tank your draft stock and give you false hope. That's not QB purgatory, that's QB hell.

And unfortunately for us, the Panthers are Dante's Inferno 9 Circles of Hell... It just gets worse and worse

[electro's horse]

i have been right about canales and bryce since day one for both of them, small aberrations not withstanding, and I am waiting to be offered an article by the charlotte observer/ESPN

[GoobyPls]

Bryce actually throws to the middle of the field more than most QBs around his height. For a guy who says he watches a lot of film I’m positive he doesn’t watch a lot of panthers film 

[theinstrumental]

4 hours ago, GoobyPls said:

Bryce actually throws to the middle of the field more than most QBs around his height. For a guy who says he watches a lot of film I’m positive he doesn’t watch a lot of panthers film 

I mean, there’s only one other QB his height, so it’s a pretty small sample. He still can’t really access the middle.

[GoobyPls]

4 hours ago, theinstrumental said:

I mean, there’s only one other QB his height, so it’s a pretty small sample. He still can’t really access the middle.

https://x.com/throwthedamball/status/1861543708040274065/photo/1
 

His number 1 WR has been Thielen who took most of his snaps in the slot, Bryce throws to the middle of the field. Idk what games you are watching but that’s not his weakness 

[frankw]

Bryce does throw to the middle that's not the issue the issue is it ends in catastrophe all too often. And that is unfortunately directly related to his physical attributes.

[electro's horse]

Bryce throws short middle a lot, within ten yards, mostly on crossing routes when Chuba has cleared a linebacker. These passes are not threatening and defenses give them up in the modern NFL because they don’t work in the 20s and defenses can’t realistically protect against them and cover deep. 

when Bryce goes intermediate middle, that’s when he gets people killed. Poor renfrow has enough health problems without that safety rearranging his guts. Bryce also almost got sanders killed on a deep route, but he was able to drop at the last second. 

Edited 1 hour ago by electro's horse

[electro's horse]

The throws Bryce is comfortable attempting are short over the middle and down the sidelines. Short over middle obvious reasons, sidelines because you can get one on one coverage and the sideline protects you from monsters. I actually think that’s Bryce’s best throw, that soft sideline go that Thielen used to run from the Y or X position. His throw chart looks like a shallow, wide U, a couple of outlier throws not withstanding.

Problem is the person that was reading the coverages for him was thielen in motion. This is all I watched during the game in Atlanta last year. It was clear as day what Adam was doing. That’s why I knew Bryce would implode without him and surely the coaches and thielen had to know that as well. 

Edited 57 minutes ago by electro's horse

[AceBoogie]

On 9/9/2025 at 5:47 PM, frankw said:

He's been blown out by the Jaguars twice now. And the other time they were starting their backup.

The Panthers have. Frank. 

[AceBoogie]

43 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

The throws Bryce is comfortable attempting are short over the middle and down the sidelines. Short over middle obvious reasons, sidelines because you can get one on one coverage and the sideline protects you from monsters. I actually think that’s Bryce’s best throw, that soft sideline go that Thielen used to run from the Y or X position. His throw chart looks like a shallow, wide U, a couple of outlier throws not withstanding.

Problem is the person that was reading the coverages for him was thielen in motion. This is all I watched during the game in Atlanta last year. It was clear as day what Adam was doing. That’s why I knew Bryce would implode without him and surely the coaches and thielen had to know that as well. 

So you mean a QB needs a professional WR? You think?