Matt and James share their thoughts on a rough outing for Bryce Young and the Panthers in Week 1. Is there any hope for improvement here?
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I just cannot get over how bad Bryce Young works. I cannot get it out of my head because we are talking about a guy that they make the right call in this quarterback, obviously not. But what they have tried to do then is then say, "We're not going to abandon this pick." He's the number one overall pick, but we're not going to abandon him just because he had a bad rookie season. We're going to bring in Dave Kanales, who has a notable track record with Geno Smith and Baker Mayfield. We're going to bring in a certified number one wide receiver in Deontae Johnson, and I don't care what pecking order you put this guy in. This guy's his top 20 wide receiver in the NFL. You're arguably a top 5 separator, not a top 5 wide receiver, but a top 5 separator in the NFL. But certainly a guy that can get open, make himself available. You're going to pair him with Adam Thelin, who out of the slot was, again, an effective separator there for Carolina. You're going to, again, boost the athleticism overall. You're going to bring in Xavier LeGette. This is what you're going to do. You're going to try to, again, throw some pieces at the offensive side of the football. By the way, those pieces I thought that they brought in, a lot of it makes sense. I like what they do. Man, all of that cast aside, Bryce Young has 20 pass attempts and throws two picks, and just looked awful out there in week number one. I cannot get that out of my mind. You know, and the worst part about this too, James, is that, you know, from a team building perspective, this is the worst part about it. It's that in order to get the offense to functional, you know, the Panthers last year averaged 4.1 yards per play. That was last in the league. It was also the last of like the last five years, you know, because the year before that, it was like Houston with 4.7, the Jets, the year before with 4.6, so like 4.0, I know it doesn't sound like much, but in football terms, 4.7 to 4.1 is a crazy drop. So in order to get their offense from, I don't even know, hideous and abomination to just to get it from abomination to bad, they borrowed from the defense, right? Because they trade Brian Burns. They basically don't spend any resources on that side of the ball, like premium, significant resource. They kind of bring in, you know, these cast off guys, right? Yeah, they, you know, players who have maybe had some familiarity with the system before the Giro Evero, who I think is a good coach, wants to run. Well, now your defense is way worse than it was last year and your offense is still something between hideous and abominable. Pretty tough break there. And then you lose your best defense a player by a mile in Derrick Brown in week one. So not only is Bryce Young in the offense still not good, you're gonna, you're never gonna be in positive down and distant, you're never gonna be in positive game strip situations because your defense is going to be giving up points like crazy on the other side. I mean, the Saints offense, I know I was higher than almost any rational person on the Saints offense this year, but shoot, I didn't expect him to just be moving the ball down the field like that. So that was pretty crazy. Yeah. Yeah. Bryce Young under pressure in week one, 39.5% of his drop backs when a pro football focus, which is a top seven number among quarterbacks, two of 10 for 41 yards. Oh boy, there's that number 4.1 yards per 10, 4.1 is back 4.1 yards per attempt. I mean, it's just, look, I know every quarterback is going to be worse under pressure, but that's not like that. Yeah. That, I mean, it's better than Daniel Jones at 1.8 yards per temp. Congratulations. Yeah. And man, yeah, just like from a structure perspective, it didn't look great from a pass protection standpoint. It didn't look great from Bryce Young perspective. It didn't look great. And I know New Orleans is a pretty good defense, but yeah, really concerning. I mean, even there, but the Saints defense, I think is, I don't even know how to put it. It's not that they're good. They're just not, they're not a bad D. They're not a bad D, but I hesitate to put them into the good category, you know? I think they, if they play, if they do the things that they do really well, they can be a good team, but I think when the season comes to a close, I think the Saints will be somewhere around average, you know, I mean, unless they get to play the Panthers, you know, 17 more times or whatever it is, then they'll be the best defense in the league. But no, at Bryce Young, 13 of 31, 61, zero touchdowns, zero passing touchdowns, two interceptions, a 32.8 rating, 43.3% completion rate. Man, I just, again, after the off season that they had to put these pieces in place, I just am, I'm blown away by how poor Bryce Young played in this situation. Okay. What is it? I mean, again, we focus on the wide receivers. What does this mean, though, for a Deontay Johnson type of player here, again, it's just, it's just so bad. It's so tough where this guy's getting separation, but he's just not really seeing the football. I'm like speechless. I don't really know what to say. I'm like, I mean, it's, it's bad, James. It's really bad. It's bad when your quarterback is at this level. So I mean, look, I'm really just hoping it's a week one aberration, you know, and this offense can get it going. But the biggest concern I have is that that the defense is at this level. It's honestly my biggest concern because Canales said when he came here, you know, at that press conference and the combine and he's reiterated with both with words and actions, I'm going to show you how stubborn I can be with the run game. And I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. I think you want to have a tough physical football team. I think that really, really matters more than ever in today's NFL to be a tough physical football team. You get your, you get your players to bot when you're looking Dan Campbell, right? They're a tough physical football team. Right. Oh, it's time to end this game and over time. Let's go end this thing and over time. It matters when you can talk the talk and walk the walk. Sometimes your Antonio Pearson, you punt on your own for 43 yard line in the opposing territory. Oh my God. When you're supposed to be the toughness coach, not a great look. When you walk the walk and talk, talk, talk, it really, it really shows like with the Lions rebuild. I think, I think the Panthers want to do this, but they're not going to do this with their defense, giving up 30 points every week. So I think Bryce Young is going to consistently be in bad situations. Teams are going to tee off on him. And he's just, by the way, this is just so tough to say for a quarterback that went first overall, he's just not physically talented enough to be a creative thrower in the pocket to play off platform and all of those things. So I think for Deontay Johnson, it's just, yeah, we might get another season of a lot of volume and not a lot of production. Yeah. I was surprised to see Xavier Laguette be the most targeted player on this team. Seven targets led the way Deontay Johnson with six, Laguette with four catches in 35 yards. Deontay Johnson just two catches for 19. Oh my goodness. This is tough. Yeah, they did. They did start pulling guys in the fourth quarter, like Johnson basically didn't play all the fourth quarter. So yeah, that's worth remembering too. Yeah. Six targets on 24 rounds. That's pretty good. So we will certainly take that. And yeah, I think better days are certainly ahead here. Can it come here in week number two against the Chargers? The Chargers just held the Raiders to 10 points and objectively speaking, who is the better offense? You know, the Las Vegas Raiders or the Carolina Panthers, right? Objectively speaking. You know, who's the better quarterback? The one that runs the baller, the guy who's on his fourth team. You know what's crazy, man? Like, okay. So this was the point that I made on my on my own podcast, which was if I were to describe to you an undersized quarterback that struggles to get out of the pocket with average arm strength, am I talking about Gardner Minshu or am I describing Bryce Young and you really couldn't tell. I mean, and again, obviously the accuracy look, the accuracy is totally different. You know, Bryce Young much more accurate than Gardner Minshu, but the traits that we're talking about right there, the traits that we're talking about, it holds true. That's why it's so tough, man. It's so tough. You have to be almost perfect if you're Bryce Young, you know, to overcome some of these physical, you know, limitations that he's got, man. So I don't know. It's going to be, it's going to be awfully tough and it's going to be a long year. I think for Carolina, even despite just one game in, I think we can convincingly say it's going to be a long year for Carolina. So we shall see. Give it a try and may your game day be delicious with best foods, real manneys. Shop at your local Walmart, Kroger or grocery store and add some extra deliciousness to your game day dishes this football season.
Matt and James share their thoughts on a rough outing for Bryce Young and the Panthers in Week 1. Is there any hope for improvement here?
Whether it's the biggest stars in the league or new rookies bursting on the scene, you won't get better wideout information anywhere else. Along the way, they'll break down the biggest stories in the NFL and offer up a few big-picture fantasy football thoughts.
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