00:00Again, a lot of this is going to hinge on the quarterback, fair or not.
00:03Josh, you know it's a quarterback league.
00:04I thought, honestly, Young made his greatest strides at the end of last season.
00:09And the question is going to have to be, is it real or a mirage going into this season?
00:16Well, I think this is a conversation about support, where Bryce Young was taken the number one pick in the draft in 2023.
00:23C.J. Stroud was taken number two.
00:25And as we all saw, C.J. Stroud had one of the greatest rookie seasons we had ever seen until what Jaden Daniels did this past year as a rookie.
00:34And when you look at the support that C.J. had his rookie season, and it's just interesting that these two are from the same part of Southern California,
00:41and they're actually practicing against each other today because joint practices are between the Panthers and the Texans.
00:48Bryce didn't have any support. Bryce didn't have the right coaching staff.
00:51There were coaches trying to pull at the play-calling duties, and he didn't have weapons, and the O-line was terrible.
00:57Well, then you'd start to get that Dave Canales energy in there.
01:00And Dave Canales' background is working with Russell Wilson, Baker Mayfield, getting Geno Smith's career back on track.
01:06And he did a lot of the same things.
01:09You guys just threw up a graphic with Bryce Young.
01:12The final 10 games of the season, Bryce Young was one of the 10 best quarterbacks in the NFL.
01:17Over the final three games of the season, he had 10 total touchdowns, no turnovers.
01:23You could make a case, the final three games of the season, Bryce Young was the best quarterback in the NFL.
01:27And a lot of that had to do with the O-line in place.
01:30That was one of the strengths of the Panthers when it was a weakness his rookie year.
01:33And the coaching staff putting him in a position to be successful.
01:37And for the first time in Bryce's pro career, going into year three, he's not going to have to learn a new offense going into a season.
01:45And that O-line I just mentioned is completely intact.
01:48And on top of it, they add a top 10 pick at wide receiver to support Bryce and Tedaroa McMillan out of Arizona.
01:56And a 1,000-yard rusher to go with the 1,000-yard rusher they already have.
02:00They added Rico Dabble from the Cowboys to go along with Chuba Hubbard.
02:04So this year, you mentioned it's a quarterback league.
02:07Carolina's success is going to be dependent on the quarterback.
02:10There's no excuse for why Bryce Young can't look the way he did over the final 10 games.
02:16Where, again, was terrific and nearly beat both of the teams that were in the Super Bowl last year.
02:21The Eagles and the Chiefs came just a couple plays away from winning both those games.
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