Bryce might be my least favorite football player of all time

[dep]

2 hours ago, Donald LaFell said:

I also get that feeling like he’ll go to grad school or start a hobby farm after this. It just doesn’t feel like he cares like a #1 pick would. 

Seems so weird considering his college career, like obviously being a great Pro player is much harder but still how do you go from Heisman winning greatest Alabama QB this era to worst starting QB in the league, I don't get it. I know he had an injury his last year in college but that shouldn't effect his "processing" skills the way something has

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, dep said:

Seems so weird considering his college career, like obviously being a great Pro player is much harder but still how do you go from Heisman winning greatest Alabama QB this era to worst starting QB in the league, I don't get it. I know he had an injury his last year in college but that shouldn't effect his "processing" skills the way something has

It's about his playing style. I pointed all this put leading up to the draft. He'd usually take the snap from shotgun at Bama and immediately drop back another 5+ yards after that and then just kinda freewheel standing square to the LOS surveying the field. That can't world at the NFL for several reasons. 1) you can't create a picket that deep at the NFL level. NFL edge rushers are too good. 2) Standing square to the LOS like Bryce did now once you see where you want to throw, you have to flip your hips to get in position to deliver the throw. That means both your receiver needs to be wide open and you need ample protection. Not happening in the NFL. 3) On all of his deep throws he needed to be able to step up and through the throw to generate power. That rarely happens in the NFL. It happened recently against Atlanta and he played great but that type if time and room to operate just rarely happens on Sundays.

Bryce was IMO always a prototypical great college player who just doesn't translate to the NFL from a talent and stylistic perspective. I don't know how he fooled football people into thinking otherwise. 

[TLGPanthersFan]

My dislike of Bryce comes not from him but from the Truthers who continue to think he can become something he never will. 

3 years in and he still needs MORE time? Nah, by year three you should not still have questions whether you will be the long term starter.

[Castavar]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It's about his playing style. I pointed all this put leading up to the draft. He'd usually take the snap from shotgun at Bama and immediately drop back another 5+ yards after that and then just kinda freewheel standing square to the LOS surveying the field. That can't world at the NFL for several reasons. 1) you can't create a picket that deep at the NFL level. NFL edge rushers are too good. 2) Standing square to the LOS like Bryce did now once you see where you want to throw, you have to flip your hips to get in position to deliver the throw. That means both your receiver needs to be wide open and you need ample protection. Not happening in the NFL. 3) On all of his deep throws he needed to be able to step up and through the throw to generate power. That rarely happens in the NFL. It happened recently against Atlanta and he played great but that type if time and room to operate just rarely happens on Sundays.

Bryce was IMO always a prototypical great college player who just doesn't translate to the NFL from a talent and stylistic perspective. I don't know how he fooled football people into thinking otherwise. 

All people (that get millions) had to do was watch that LSU game against Bryce in 2022. What they did in that game was the closest thing Bryce was going to see every Sunday, and he struggled mightily. It's kind of ironic, that game was the most Bryce game ever. He threw a redzone int early, it took him 51 passes to even crack 300 yds, he held onto the ball too long, he couldn't see down the middle because LSU was busting up the middle, he short armed a bunch of throws, etc. 

You would think our scouts and FO that get paid millions would have easily saw this red flag, yet they chose to ignore it and based their decision of his backyard football highlight tape lol Meanwhile CJ Stroud faced a defense that was going to be similar to what he was going to see every Sunday and passed with flying colors.

Edited 6 hours ago by Castavar

[Proudiddy]

11 hours ago, strato said:

I mean, Lawrence Phillips, Rae Carruth…

Yeah I hear you. I was convinced he was a bust before they took him. So three years was coming down in a block when they did that, in my mind. 
I didn’t think I’d make it but here we are, with the threat of a 4th year hanging in the air. Demoralizing for sure. 

Key is, he said “football player” not human being.  But the fact you mentioned Phillips and Carruth as potential candidates they were more unlikable says all we need to know about just how BAD Bryce is at football.

[fanpanther]

i just am not sure how much longer they can keep him as qb1 its pathetic to watch.

[Khyber53]

Sheeesh, he's a disappointment, but there are soooo many worse football players, judged by on or off field attributes.