Joe Person: Panthers are NOT expected to extend Bryce Young before the 2026 season

[TLGPanthersFan]

29 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

Don't get me started. We should have stuck with Wilks. That was the first bit of spine I'd seen in the team in a very long time.

Wilks fuging sucks as has been prove agains and again. 

[Panthers Fan 69]

7 hours ago, Hugo said:

And we probably would have win some more games if he didn't average 3 yards per carry for 6 of the 8 final games. Rico Dowdle was nothing but mid for us

Nah mid season Rico was the best back in the league. 

[LinvilleGorge]

9 hours ago, Hugo said:

And we probably would have win some more games if he didn't average 3 yards per carry for 6 of the 8 final games. Rico Dowdle was nothing but mid for us

I'm surprised it took the league that long to realize if they just stacked the box to stop Rico that Bryce couldn't beat them with his arm. He still managed to average nearly 5ypc and rush for more than Bryce threw for against Seattle when Bryce threw for 54 yards with a playoff berth on the line. 54 fuging yards.

[Peon Awesome]

On 5/17/2026 at 4:50 PM, HardcoreHokie said:

Kyler Murray and Tua both signed 1-year $1mil deals to be backuos.  Think about how bass-ackwards this is.

This is a bad comparison. The only reason their contract is that low is because they have so much dead money from their old contract that the new contract isn't paying them any new money. Anything less than their old contract dead money just offsets that amount. On the open market, if they were free agents, they would get a ton more (Tua easily $10-15 mil, Kyler $20-25 mil is my guess). Now the reality is, I don't think either of them would have looked at the Panthers as the ideal situation to rebuild their value. They basically have 1 year to show out and catapult that into a big contract in the 2027 offseason. So would I rather have Tua or Kyler as our backup for $1 million over Kenny Pickett? Does that really need an answer? 

Was there any realistic chance of that happening though? I don't see it.

[HardcoreHokie]

36 minutes ago, Peon Awesome said:

This is a bad comparison. The only reason their contract is that low is because they have so much dead money from their old contract that the new contract isn't paying them any new money. Anything less than their old contract dead money just offsets that amount. On the open market, if they were free agents, they would get a ton more (Tua easily $10-15 mil, Kyler $20-25 mil is my guess). Now the reality is, I don't think either of them would have looked at the Panthers as the ideal situation to rebuild their value. They basically have 1 year to show out and catapult that into a big contract in the 2027 offseason. So would I rather have Tua or Kyler as our backup for $1 million over Kenny Pickett? Does that really need an answer? 

Was there any realistic chance of that happening though? I don't see it.

Dude it’s EXACTLY the realist comparison.

Do you want to be the Miami Dolphins and paying $100M to a player you just cut for some other team to sign for peanuts?

[electro's horse]

15 hours ago, CPF4LIFE said:

College football Analyst. Im sure of it.

Studio only; he won’t fit in frame with other former players/female sideline reporters

this is true btw it’s not just me talking poo 

[tukafan21]

On 5/17/2026 at 2:18 PM, LinvilleGorge said:

Good. Make him earn it on the field. He needs to be considerably better than he's been to even consider it. If he isn't, then his 5th year option needs to be spent fighting for his job against the QB we take in the top 10 next April.

If we take a 1st round QB next year, there is a 0% chance that Bryce is even on the roster for Day 1 of TC.

You can't take a QB that high while keeping the team's former #1 overall pick still on the roster, it just would create a terrible situation all around

[DJ feed me moore]

Still maintain we should have declined the 5th year but whatever. If he truly had a breakout season and led us to 12 + wins then you could just Franchise tag/extend. 

[strato]

On 5/19/2026 at 5:18 PM, tukafan21 said:

If we take a 1st round QB next year, there is a 0% chance that Bryce is even on the roster for Day 1 of TC.

You can't take a QB that high while keeping the team's former #1 overall pick still on the roster, it just would create a terrible situation all around

It’s only complicated if you plan to throw the rookie into the fire. If you want to sit him, which I would, you are set up to do it.

Bryce can fulfill the terms of his contract and we don’t pay 26.5 million him not to play for us, like dumb asses. And he can put another year of marginal growth on his resume, along with demonstrating professionalism. 

Edited May 21 by strato

[CPF4LIFE]

Simms sums it up like everybody else. Last year was better but still not good enough for long term. 

Contract situation sounds a lot like miami.

Favorite part:

"They just ran the ball up the middle for 5 yards four plays in a row and then there is a wide open receiver to throw to on a corner route. Wow, he is a top 10 qb!"

That pretty much sounded like a lot of our fans last season. Lol

 

Edited May 21 by CPF4LIFE

[strato]

50 minutes ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Simms sums it up like everybody else. Last year was better but still not good enough for long term. 

Contract situation sounds a lot like miami.

Favorite part:

"They just ran the ball up the middle for 5 yards four plays in a row and then there is a wide open receiver to throw to on a corner route. Wow, he is a top 10 qb!"

That pretty much sounded like a lot of our fans last season. Lol

 

I think it was a pretty honest assessment. Negative overall, but acknowledged some positives. I hope he is right about what he said he heard. Or didn’t hear. 

 31 is where he ranks him?  Lololol. Poor Stans 

Edited May 21 by strato

[jfra78]

6 hours ago, strato said:

It’s only complicated if you plan to throw the rookie into the fire. If you want to sit him, which I would, you are set up to do it.

Bryce can fulfill the terms of his contract and we don’t pay 26.5 million him not to play for us, like dumb asses. And he can put another year of marginal growth on his resume, along with demonstrating professionalism. 

Yea ppl make more of this than it is.  Typical of the huddle

[frankw]

Bryce at 31 seems harsh on the surface but everything they were saying was honest and realistic about his passing production and Simms specifically mentioned his lack of ability to utilize the middle of the field and they both acknowledged 75% of his starts last year were under 200 passing yards. If random fans here on the huddle and sports analysts can see it then every defense in the league knows it after 46 games. Simple truth.

[strato]

4 minutes ago, frankw said:

Bryce at 31 seems harsh on the surface but everything they were saying was honest and realistic about his passing production and Simms specifically mentioned his lack of ability to utilize the middle of the field and they both acknowledged 75% of his starts last year were under 200 passing yards. If random fans here on the huddle and sports analysts can see it then every defense in the league knows it after 46 games. Simple truth.

The really fuged up thing about it a lot of fans saw it before the Panthers did. If they even do see it now, after three full years. 
 

I have to suspend belief or disbelief - however you say it -  to imagine any professions could not see it. 
 

But I repeat myself, same as he repeats his bail and roll right plan. You know what I will say just like you know what he will do.