Bryce Young has been benched by the Carolina Panthers. Edit # 2: Bryce set to resume as starter since Andy is now injured.

[Trav]

That’s because they put their lockdown corner Jalen Johnson on Diggs to make sure Diggs didn’t wreck the game by himself.

Who in the league is covering Nico Collins?

Not too many people as far as the latter point goes. I'm not even saying Tyrique is bad overall neccessarily or that he won't evolve into a great player. He started off horrible last year then finished strong then had a good first game this year followed up with a so-so one.

My original point was to call what the Bears got a "haul" and tout players who so far are just unrealized potential is foolish cuz they haven't been nothing to write home about this far

 

[GoldenGlove]

He just wants to concentrate on shoring up the narrative he’s made up in his head

Stevenson looked good the majority of the game, Nico is just a top 5 receiver in the NFL and the Bears had their clamp down corner on Diggs.

Yeah, and even in the clip he linked, that coverage was solid, CJ just threw a fukking dot and Nico still had to have nice footwork to reel that ball in.

 

[Trav]

He just wants to concentrate on shoring up the narrative he’s made up in his head

Stevenson looked good the majority of the game, Nico is just a top 5 receiver in the NFL and the Bears had their clamp down corner on Diggs.

What narrative is that, nicca? Lol

If you think what the Bears got was a haul then cool, I'm sure there are plenty penny stocks with potential a nicca could have you invest in

 

[Pressure]

Given the money left on his contract as a former #1 pick I'm not sure how this will play out. Maybe Carolina just cuts him after the season because why would anyone trade for him. He's owed 10mil next year, and 12mil the year after. That's like...starter money for multiple positions. Is anyone stepping up to pay him 10-12mil instead of giving that to their center, LB, receiver, etc? It's fully guaranteed too. I guess you could say that teams pay (wack) backup QBs a lot of money all the time but man...I'm not sure any front office would want this guy.

Maybe Carolina just keeps him, drafts a QB next year and then cuts Bryce at the end of this contract? That might be his best shot.

It's going to depend totally on how he responds. I'm sure the hope is he steps up to the challenge and meets the moment

If not he's gone, imo.

 

[Apprentice]

Yeah, confidence is shot. He's probably done.

Not a creh to get a second chance either. So he better man up and be ready to play for his NFL career if Red Rocket falters

Lmfao are u serious?

Y’all deadass dramatic on here, nikka career is not over it is his second season

 

[Rekkapryde]

Lmfao are u serious?

Y’all deadass dramatic on here, nikka career is not over it is his second season

As a starter who's going to give him a chance after this season?

 

[Apprentice]

As a starter who's going to give him a chance after this season?

Not sure, who woulda thought Geno or Sam Darnold would ever get a chance

Taylor Heinieke a fukkin xfl QB started 2 seasons in the league

One of these “offensive gurus” will take him on as project

 

[Spence]

As a starter who's going to give him a chance after this season?

Injuries happen, theres always a team out there willing to take a flyer

 

[Rekkapryde]

Injuries happen, theres always a team out there willing to take a flyer

Not saying playing as a backup. But being franchise QB

 

[42 Monks]

"After talking to the Los Angeles Chargers’ staff about game-planning, and working against Young on Sunday, I got a little window into how Carolina got here. The Chargers staff saw a quarterback who’d stopped looking downfield, struggled to see the field from the pocket, and kept dropping his eyes and looking at the rush—the sign of a player who’s taken too many hits and doesn’t want to take any more."

Benching Bryce Young Was Not a Rash Decision

Understanding the Panthers’ decision to sit him. Plus, more notes on Sam Darnold, the Falcons’ plan around Kirk Cousins, Harrison Butker, Brock Bowers and more.

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Was he hit too many times prior to game 1 of 2023 then? because he's ALWAYS had these flaws in the NFL

the only difference between then and now is that he's got an offseason of netflix to fall back on and defenses have given up all pretenses of respecting him

Not sure, who woulda thought Geno or Sam Darnold would ever get a chance

Taylor Heinieke a fukkin xfl QB started 2 seasons in the league

One of these “offensive gurus” will take him on as project

geno, baker, darnold, heineke, wilson, etc all have at least had a good game. or even proved they can *manage*.

bryce has none. he's had three good halfs several games apart if im being generous and only one of them wasn't in garbage time too

if he's a project, he has to get paid like a project. that #1 overall salary is already working against him. benching him before more atrocious film got out is the best thing to happen to bryce since signing at alabama

 

[Apprentice]

Was he hit too many times prior to game 1 of 2023 then? because he's ALWAYS had these flaws in the NFL

the only difference between then and now is that he's got an offseason of netflix to fall back on and defenses have given up all pretenses of respecting him

geno, baker, darnold, heineke, wilson, etc all have at least had a good game. or even proved they can *manage*.

bryce has none. he's had three good halfs several games apart if im being generous and only one of them wasn't in garbage time too

if he's a project, he has to get paid like a project. that #1 overall salary is already working against him. benching him before more atrocious film got out is the best thing to happen to bryce since signing at alabama

I ain’t gon lie, y’all panthers fans are going too hard on this kid and I think y’all doing it to absolve the franchise of blame

Bottom line is he’s gonna get another opportunity, #1 overall picks always do unless it’s proven they don’t care about football on the level of Jamarcus Russell

Geno ain’t even look good when he replaced Russ after Russ broke his thumb, Bryce will get another chance

 

[42 Monks]

I ain’t gon lie, y’all panthers fans are going too hard on this kid and I think y’all doing it to absolve the franchise of blame

Bottom line is he’s gonna get another opportunity, #1 overall picks always do unless it’s proven they don’t care about football on the level of Jamarcus Russell

Geno ain’t even look good when he replaced Russ after Russ broke his thumb, Bryce will get another chance

We are not too hard on him. If anything, the panthers fans have gone out of their way to make more excuses for him than any other franchise would because the expectations are so low here.

If he put up Mac Jones numbers, he'd have a street named after him already. If he gave us Trevor Lawrence performances, he'd be able to run for Governor here. If he was actually legitimately good? People would be racing to shyt on Cam again lol.

There is no lower bar in the NFL than the Panthers right now. Every Panthers fan will confirm that and that's what people are getting backwards. And he can't even put on the act of hating how bad and non-competitive he is.

 

[Apprentice]

We are not too hard on him. If anything, the panthers fans have gone out of their way to make more excuses for him than any other franchise would because the expectations are so low here.

If he put up Mac Jones numbers, he'd have a street named after him already. If he gave us Trevor Lawrence performances, he'd be able to run for Governor here. If he was actually legitimately good? People would be racing to shyt on Cam again lol.

There is no lower bar in the NFL than the Panthers right now. Every Panthers fan will confirm that and that's what people are getting backwards. And he can't even put on the act of hating how bad and non-competitive he is.

Team is one the worst rosters since them early era Browns
Any QB is doomed in this situation, nikkas seen how T Law looked his first year too with no weapons, o line, nothing


They got him weapons and the result showed


There is no #1 overall pick who has been a situation this bad

 

[42 Monks]

Team is one the worst rosters since them early era Browns
Any QB is doomed in this situation, nikkas seen how T Law looked his first year too with no weapons, o line, nothing


They got him weapons and the result showed


There is no #1 overall pick who has been a situation this bad

nah that's the reductive takes coming through. he was still never as bad as bryce. and if you can't see the weapons, then it won't matter. that's why half the fan base is starting to think frank reich of all people deserves an apology. he was getting grilled for all the screens and not enough rollouts when he knew better than anyone how terrified bryce was and how his already poor accuracy falls off a cliff when he's mobile.

and that's why he's benched - with all the new pieces coming in, he's literally playing so fundamentally poor that it is impossible to evaluate the talent around him and isolate improvement areas. mingo and xavier doing cardio because bryce will go entire games without looking 15 yards.

its an objective fact that he's always been terrified of throwing down the field because the nfl speed bothers him more than the hits. if you look at his interceptions, they're literally the same throws. if you look at his accuracy, not even justin jefferson is catching some of these misses. give the man his credit for being ass in the one place that would take literally anything as a positive. we'd spin more picks as him at least trying harder man lmao right now he's taking sacks and throwing hospital balls instead of going past the first down marker
and ffs the texans were thought to be in a worse or similar position in that same draft lol. they were getting grilled for winning that last game

meanwhile CJ will happily talk anyone's head off about how he breaks down defenses and recalls series from memory. bryce? literally just happy to be here. and preseason? if he WANTED to play he would've. what #1 pick QB you know don't even want to take snaps?

 

[Spence]

Panthers fans just yesterday were all “BU BU BUT he beat Cj Stroud head to head, he must be the better prospect!!!”