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Bryce Young is a problem — what would you do if you were Dan Morgan?

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Most of us see it, Bryce Young isn’t getting it done.

Whether it’s the turnovers, the body language, or the lack of progress, it’s starting to feel like we’re watching a slow-motion bust unfold.

So here’s the challenge: you’re Dan Morgan for the week. What’s your move?

You’ve got:

  • A locker room that’s losing confidence
  • A fanbase that’s fed up
  • ~$17M in cap space
  • Draft picks
  • A QB on a rookie deal who might not be the answer

Do you ride it out and hope for a turnaround? Draft a new QB and start fresh? Bring in a vet to push Bryce? Blow it all up and rebuild?

Let’s hear your plan—cap, morale, draft strategy, long-term vision.

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1 minute ago, mrcompletely11 said:

There are only 3 options for bryce/panthers after this season

 

1. Extend him

2. Pick up the 5th year option basically tying him to the team for 2 more years

3. Trade him

 

Bryce has run out of runway.

So you'd wait until AFTER the season to address this?

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Not resign Dalton and get any vet that could run DC's offense this offseason that is healthy to be the #2. Winston, Jones, literally anyone not semiretired.

They didn’t just like they didn't find another option at DC. There isn't anything worth trying to save with these people. Let them do their thing the rest of the year and then we can talk about who we hope replaces them before the Teppers disappoint again.

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I think you play Young as long as you can, he will get us a top pick. Players and fans will be pissed off but Morgan really put us in a bad place and there’s not a lot of options.

Absolutely trade Young after the season. Morgan should be let go too for creating this clusterfug.

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Do not pick up the 5th year option which means 2026 would be his last season with the team unless he suddenly begins to ball out for the next two seasons (highly unlikely). He'd be free to walk after 2026 unless we decided to TAG him for 2027 (again, highly unlikely). Bryce isn't the type of player who could leave this team and leave you with the feeling "we are going to regret letting a player of his caliber go".

Draft a QB within the within the 1st two rounds of the 2026 draft no matter what happens from here out.

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If I were Dan, I would give him a few more games then if performance didn’t improve, he would be benched. I would trade him before the deadline to prevent pivot back to him and start Dalton. When/if Dalton ran out of gas I would start a young guy and see what that does. I would want to make the storyline all season that we will be in the QB market and progress was inhibited by the previous GM’s pick that we tried to make successful but it was not possible. 

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1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

There are only 3 options for bryce/panthers after this season

 

1. Extend him

2. Pick up the 5th year option basically tying him to the team for 2 more years

3. Trade him

 

Bryce has run out of runway.

1. No

2. No

3. I think this is the best possibility with the best possibly outcome. 

I assume in this scenario we are drafting high enough to get a QB because the vet options this off-season are bad. 
 

 

 

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