When Will Bryce Get Benched?

[carpanfan96]

When will he be benched... I dunno 

When should he be benched... That's easy, this week. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

He will get traded straight up for Jonathan Mingo.

[SmokinwithWilly]

43 minutes ago, PantherSurviving said:

This is like the movie Major League, Tepper is running this team into the ground so he can move them!

I wish we could trade XL for a set of white walls. 

[Candler Cat]

44 minutes ago, Cuttinedge said:

He’s not getting benched they gonna let him lead us to the #1 pick   So they can screw that up 

[mc52beast]

Doesn’t really matter at this point, neither Dalton or Hooker will be much better. Let him play until we have the first pick nailed down then do whatever.

[jfra78]

13 minutes ago, mc52beast said:

Doesn’t really matter at this point, neither Dalton or Hooker will be much better. Let him play until we have the first pick nailed down then do whatever.

Doesn't matter if Dalton or Hooker will make a difference.  DC can't continue to play Bryce if hes playing bad and expect to keep his job.  

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, L-TownCat said:

Oh, in terms of how the team will screw it up?  Sure I can see them benching him and trying to win games.  But this team has zero shot to accomplish anything other than messing up their own draft position.

I am asking when he is being benched, not when we would do it. That would have happened pretty early.

[CRA]

Schedule matters.  Home crowd.   Let’s hypothetically say Bryce remains the same as the last 2 weeks (garbage time excluded)

after Atlanta we go back on the road.   So I really don’t see the org benching him when they head back out and vs a weaker team again. 

after that I think is the real window.  Panthers comeback home and if they lose to Miami? The crowd could get really worked up and they got Dallas coming into BOA the next week 

That Dallas game is the one I think they would be really worried about the optics.  If Bryce is still relatively bad and they lose to Miami I think he gets a break for Dallas.   Crowd could get too out of whack.  60% Dallas fans and then the small amount of Panther fans being upset creates bad PR/TV

* I largely want him to just play but I could see a little mix up at QB and going back to him 

[Tbe]

Prediction: BY gets “hurt” after the team is mathematically eliminated.

he is then traded in the off season.

[UnluckyforSome]

Keep him in the whole time. This team isn't going anywhere. 

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, OldhamA said:

They haven't left themselves with a viable alternative.

Dalton is completely washed. Hooker is bad.

Short of trading for a QB I think they just let him play out the season, sadly. 

I think Dalton is marginally better but not enough to actually matter.

I think at some level this depends on Tepper. I think he is the one who is gonna have the say on if/when he gets hooked.

[kungfoodude]

23 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Doesn't matter if Dalton or Hooker will make a difference.  DC can't continue to play Bryce if hes playing bad and expect to keep his job.  

I think that is the thing. Unless Tepper says Bryce is sticking around, DC might be on that train out of town with Bryce the way this is going.

[kungfoodude]

10 minutes ago, CRA said:

Schedule matters.  Home crowd.   Let’s hypothetically say Bryce remains the same as the last 2 weeks (garbage time excluded)

after Atlanta we go back on the road.   So I really don’t see the org benching him when they head back out and vs a weaker team again. 

after that I think is the real window.  Panthers comeback home and if they lose to Miami? The crowd could get really worked up and they got Dallas coming into BOA the next week 

That Dallas game is the one I think they would be really worried about the optics.  If Bryce is still relatively bad and they lose to Miami I think he gets a break for Dallas.   Crowd could get too out of whack.  60% Dallas fans and then the small amount of Panther fans being upset creates bad PR/TV

* I largely want him to just play but I could see a little mix up at QB and going back to him 

I am not sure it does, sadly. If Tepper cared about that element of optics, how did we end up here in the first place?

The utter lack of fans and in stadium support is flat out an inevitability. I mean, look at the PSL offer emails. It's pathetic.

[CRA]

7 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I am not sure it does, sadly. If Tepper cared about that element of optics, how did we end up here in the first place?

The utter lack of fans and in stadium support is flat out an inevitability. I mean, look at the PSL offer emails. It's pathetic.

that booing home ground has proven to get folks at BoA in the Tepper era tinkering around.  Everyone isn’t a diehard crazy.   Tepper still needs casuals in their seats enjoying a good time as well.  He also doesn’t like folks talking about the booing crowd around the nation.  Or even in his backyard.  Tepper is definitely aware of his things are viewed. 

plus, unless you plan to get rid of everyone….you sort of have to mitigate how bad it gets. 

Tinkering and change is at least trying in Tepper’s eyes IMO.  It’s why there is so much constant change with both his pro teams.