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Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Answers, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! We’re coming off a confusing last two weeks of Panthers football, so the questions you’ve been asking have been all over the place. Personally, I love it. We’re certainly having a better time this season than in years past. So let’s dive into all your questions and have some conversations! Comment down below with your answers to some of this week’s questions!
TLGPanthersFan: Bad or Mid QBs can have really good games that make you turn your head. Been watching football long enough to have seen it plenty of times. So do you think this is an actual turn around or are we gonna see old Bryce against the Niners?
Its hard to say whether last week was a turnaround by Bryce Young or simply a high in what has been a peaks and valleys career. It is interesting that Bryce Young started to truly come alive after the week 11 bye last year, where this season in week 11 he threw for an all time Panthers passing record in a game. So maybe we just have to wait until week 10 going forward?
Kidding aside, I give props to Bryce Young for playing with some confidence and swagger, and Dave Canales definitely dialed up some intermediate passing looks for Bryce that he was consistently missing on all season. So I want to think that its a combination of a turn around for Bryce and Dave getting on the same page with him at the same time. I think a prime time Monday Night game against another wild card contender in the NFC should shed more light on this.
@WTMealey: Question:Given our youth and inexperience at HC/GM what is your expectation for the next 2-3 years? What does Canales/Morgan need to continue to do or change to make us more likely to be on the higher end of those wins?
I know we’ve been all over the place about the near future for the Panthers the last few weeks, and most of that hinges on whether Bryce Young should be here in the next 2-3 seasons. Given what we saw last week, my expectations right now would be to continue loading up the barracks with smart free agency spending and continuing to build thought the Draft. The Panthers seemed to have landed a heck of a rookie class this year, so building around the nucleus they are developing makes a lot of sense. Now, if they pull the plug on Bryce Young completely, a lot of resources will likely be devoted to finding his successor.
Canales needs to continue developing his playbook and scheme around the young players he has, and continuing to evolve as it goes. One thing I have liked from Dave is he seems to handle adjustments very well during a game, so the next step is not having to make so many adjustments on a regular basis. The opening game...
