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Learning? He's always been a big philanthropist.

The coddling seems so unnecessary when Bryce has kept himself even-keeled through everything. I doubt some competition would make him crash out, it's not like we've been going easy on him as a fanbase.

Bryce is the 19th overall QB in the league mind you and only ahead of Tua among QBs with atleast 12 games.

This is the best use of him. He'll get open inevitably when defenses crowd the box on Bryce.

I don't think being a podcaster has been good for Steve. There was a time where I thought he had learned from the immaturity of his playing days. The Shannon Sharpe interview he talked about going to therapy, battling depression, wishing he had been a better teammate, it seemed like he genuinely was a changed man and in a better place mentally. And then his behavorial care facility in Charlotte felt like nice closure on it all. But then he started doing more podcasts and stuff and all that kind of unraveled. Steve strikes me as a guy who absolutely reads the comments and has to say something back. It's part of what makes him entertaining as analyst, but I think working for the NFL Network helped him keep it all in check. Like his beef with Jeff Jeudy started off with disrespectful but in the end he kept it professional and apologized. He doesn't have to answer to anyone on his podcast so there's no filter when the old Smitty pops back out. I'm not a therapist but I'm not sure it's a healthy platform for a guy battling a lifelong chip on his shoulder.

Wait was it the Falcons? I was distracted, could have sworn the panthers ran the clock out.

The choice to kneel instead of trying to get into FG range at the end of the half was very telling.

Before Sunday we were on pace to start exploring other options in the offseason but I think he bought himself another year like this one.

This was the first time that he's looked like a #1 pick to me but I agree totally. We can work with this as his ceiling but his floor needed to be "not bad" more often than not to make it sustainable. That's what a gamemanager is to me anyway. Rare that he's going to blow the top off a defense but the also rare that he chokes the game away. Bryce is not quite at the right ratio yet but the progress is encouraging.

Yeah this is the big irony of the whole saga. Everyone acted like it was the only question mark for him but it's been the least of our worries.

XL's not the bust here

Bryce and Jaycee hold this L

I’ve seen enough

Bryce has just been ok, which is progress for him and thanks to Rico is good enough for now. The best I can say is I think we'll know what we have in him by the end of the season, and that's all this year is about really.

The mythos is that Bryce Young is an elite QB trapped in an undersized body but since they've been saying it for his entire time in the league I guess it doesn't count to you. Don't know what else to tell you. Until Rico gave them another storyline to work the national talking point after every Panthers win was how it looked like Bryce Young was starting to turn the corner.