I feel the same way after two games this season. At the end of the day, his game changing turnovers that keep happening due to his physical limitations continue to outweigh his positives. Take the first drive of the game yesterday. Sure, there aren’t many QBs that could have eluded the free rusher, but 30 of 32 starters probably hold on to the ball. A questionable penalty bailed him out from having three picks in the first game including a Will Levis esque pick six.
Ultimately this just isn’t the situation for him to succeed. We need someone who can drag this team into contention at that position and Bryce seems to play his best when the pressure is lowest. Late game comeback attempts, games where the team has been eliminated from the playoffs, etc. He might have a Sam Darnold type career path in another system where everything is perfect but I’m not confident it’s in the best interest of either party for him to continue in Carolina with another contract.
The real issue with this team though is the historically inept drafting on defense over the last 5+ years. In the defensive two-deep, only 3 of the 22 players were drafted by the Panthers before this spring’s draft. Hard to compete in this league if you can’t build out your team through the draft. Even one of those guys is Jaycee Horn who saw Patrick Surtain, Micah Parsons and Rashawn Slater go right after him.
We haven’t even lost yet! When I looked we have more 1st downs, more yards rushing, more yards passing, more time of possession. Two turnovers are the difference.
