Bryce Young 5th year option exercised

[Jackie Lee]

59 minutes ago, strato said:

This groundhog day movie happens because the QB has not removed doubt. And there are commitment decisions on the timeline that put this question squarely in the crosshairs.  And they affect out future.  
For me personally the last three years has done very little to convince me that I was not wrong in not wanting him. We have a few nice games.  Yet now we are committed for two more years.. which in reality is actually only one when looking at the long term future because of the extension question. 

Who the hell wouldn’t over discuss it when the dust has settled from FA and draft day and it is all there is to ponder? It is the main pondering event. 
 

And in the end, arguments in favor of him having shown enough to be the future are simply bereft of enough convincing evidence to stem the tide of negativity over his Short comings. 
 

Yeah I don't get the upward trajectory thing, from year 1 almost all his numbers are the same except TD's went up to 24. INT's are the same, overall yards and ypa are pretty much the same, and that's giving him the benefit out the doubt just looking at stats. As Cam would say he's not a game changer and it doesn't seem like most of us and almost all NFL defenses think he will be either. The only really surprising thing is he hasn't gotten any major injuries aside from the getting benched with ankle sprains

[strato]

24 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Yeah I don't get the upward trajectory thing, from year 1 almost all his numbers are the same except TD's went up to 24. INT's are the same, overall yards and ypa are pretty much the same, and that's giving him the benefit out the doubt just looking at stats. As Cam would say he's not a game changer and it doesn't seem like most of us and almost all NFL defenses think he will be either. The only really surprising thing is he hasn't gotten any major injuries aside from the getting benched with ankle sprains

I see him being better and most of that is a few downfield passes that were seemingly non existent. 
 

But it is what is around him that has dictated the trajectory more than the quarterbacking. He is game manager level and unable to dictate to defenses. 
And even if I am wrong and he is the reason we ‘upwarded’, we are bumping our heads on the ceiling and only making meager gains. If it is an incline it is awfully shallow degree wise. Like a finance graph that tracks your progress and hovers around the rate of inflation. Barely breaking even. 
Is that where you want your money? 
We make up these deadlines expectations and generally he does the minimum of what he needs to do to hang around. 
 

It does not encourage me to believe that when we get into a game against a good run d that we cannot break down with our run game, to believe that we can pivot to the air and successfully counter their strategy. 
But they run it back again. Of course I am gunshy of a repeat of the same thing we have watched for three years. 
 

oh, and yes his durability is his most impressive positive for my money. I fear the other shoe dropping on that and the contractual consequences that will follow.  

Last  of all, too late to edit my mistake here but would like to acknowledge it: the last three years has done very little to convince me that I was not wrong in not wanting him. One too many “not”s. 

Edited Friday at 04:04 AM by strato

[Cpt slay a ho]

I honestly question play calling a lot more towards the end of last season than Bryce’s play. I’m not sold on Canales as an offensive mind, I haven’t seen the advantage he gives on that side of the ball. Maybe that changes with the new coordinator so that will be something to look for.

Either way I’m not falling for the same hook line sinker again this offseason. I hope we don’t settle for a qb just because of some weird attachment issues we seem to have as an organization to Bryce. I’d rather start the search for a qb again, now with a much more stable team and front office, then getting hooked for multiple years with a qb that under performs and is overpaid 

[kass]

17 hours ago, strato said:

No saying he mostly sucks is saying that he doesn’t suck the minority of the time.  
Like if he took 17 tests and had a couple of really good showings and a handful of pretty good scores sprinkled in among the typical sub par results.  
Like a golfer who went out and shot an 89.  There will be some real nice shots sprinkled in there but at the end of the day it is still 89.  
 

Nice explanation, but I was just messing with you. Thought that would be obvious.

I dont have the energy to keep on trolling.

Last season I compared our situation with Bryce as a potential Alex Smith, but what we should be looking for is our version of Mahomes.

Some people will read that as one sentence, to me that single sentence is equivalent to a half A4 explanationf of the teams pathway forward.

[WhoKnows]

On 4/29/2026 at 4:26 PM, Tbe said:

Sure, that is possible. That’s what, an extra 55 yards a game on average and 7 more TDs?

What if he’s just 15th? 

I imagine they would extend him in that situation due to the belief that he’ll keep trending up.

maybe a 3 year contract to prove he can be top 10?

Sounds like a Tepper plan.

I have no clue but I haven’t wanted him since the start and my main worry is extending someone I know can’t win it all. 

[Davidson Deac II]

The only thing I can say about Bryce is this.

He has gotten a little better every year.  Still not great, but better.  And in his first season, he had one of the worst group of receivers in Panthers history, with Thielen being the only one that could get open and catch the ball.  They might have been worse than the group that Newton had to deal with in 2017.  This will be the the first year in Young's history with the team that the group of receivers he throws to hasn't gone thru major upheaval.  Assuming no injuries.  Because of that, I expect improvement to continue.  Whether it will be enough improvement remains to be seen.

Fans here say he can't throw it deep.  But we have seen him do it.  He doesn't have the best deep throw, but he certainly can throw it deep when he has time and an open receiver.  The deep ball to Legette against Atlanta was a beautiful deep ball.  You have to have receivers that can get open and catch the ball to throw it deep.

Edited 17 hours ago by Davidson Deac II

[frankw]

On 5/1/2026 at 2:35 AM, Cpt slay a ho said:

I honestly question play calling a lot more towards the end of last season than Bryce’s play. I’m not sold on Canales as an offensive mind, I haven’t seen the advantage he gives on that side of the ball. Maybe that changes with the new coordinator so that will be something to look for.

Either way I’m not falling for the same hook line sinker again this offseason. I hope we don’t settle for a qb just because of some weird attachment issues we seem to have as an organization to Bryce. I’d rather start the search for a qb again, now with a much more stable team and front office, then getting hooked for multiple years with a qb that under performs and is overpaid 

There are definitely valid justifications to be skeptical of Canales as an offensive mind overall.

That being said I encourage anyone to dig into our offensive stats and look at how we did specifically on 1st and 3rd down. Yes some of the playcalls certainly could have been better. But we must be bluntly realistic about just how comically predictable our offense is under Bryce Young. That's not going to magically just change in 2026. Such is why I am at least relieved we finally moved on from Dalton and brought in a couple of young QB's.

Edited 16 hours ago by frankw

[Aussie Tank]

Quick question seeing this is pretty much a QB thread. Would you put an offer in for Branden Sorsby if he enters the supplemental draft and what pick would you use? 

[45catfan]

On 4/28/2026 at 10:22 PM, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Well this will either be the year he takes the big step or they-should-move on. 

The Giants, Cardinals  and Dolphins should have moved on, but they didn't and ended up cutting their QB early into a monster second contract and had to eat a TON of dead cap money.

[45catfan]

1 hour ago, Aussie Tank said:

Quick question seeing this is pretty much a QB thread. Would you put an offer in for Branden Sorsby if he enters the supplemental draft and what pick would you use? 

Probably not.  If we are taking a QB, it would be a prospect to replace Bryce and not a flyer type player.  I can't say for sure, but I doubt he would have cracked the top 3-4 QBs even if he were to play this coming season.