Mark the quiet of Philadelphia Eagles fans, impressed by 3rd quarter drive that showed Panthers O-line, Bryce, Idzik’s offense can grind with anyone. Yeah, Eagles with 35 yards rushing (222 total), no Jalen Hurts and 5 sacks of Tanner McKee, wasn’t much to cheer.
Lions, Eagles are perennial playoff teams Panthers will need to beat regularly with a division winner schedule, so its been an effective 3-2 so far. Panthers TE Tommy Tremble caught *2* TD passes in Philly, so NFL is on notice- HC Canales and OC Idzik are definitely not gonna be like any version of Carolina in a while. Evero’s 3-4 defense has done an outstanding job on three top NFL running backs, but its good tackling in secondary you can *see* might impress too.
Bryce Young has clearly arrived- Agreed?
Watching another good pass-rushing team be evaded as often as Young (20/39/281 yds./2TDs) got loose Sunday was instructive- not enough respect for his weaving out of traffic, and not accounting for his willingness to take off for yardage. All the jerseys seem to swarm around, then he pops! out of pack- mobile and always looking downfield for playmakers. The ball is getting to receivers fine by most metrics.
I noticed he actually checks his rear-view situation when coming to a defender- from behind tacklers don’t get big hits on him, he understands when to get down on a scramble.
While some will laud the QBs play as making him extra-worthy of a new contract, the Panthers standard has always been to pay for those who produce, and GM Dan Morgan doesn’t figure to stiff Bryce while keeping contract negotiations ($40M? $46M? Prescott $$?) waiting a little.
He’s still too short (sez ‘them’), and gets a lot of passes blocked at line. How many? He’s almost same size as Drew Brees = Not 6 ft., and every color commentator (ie- HOF defensive end, JJ Watt) says, you can’t get there, get your hands up is the deal. So that means defense isn’t getting to QB, right?
Panthers welcomed are willing to pound the rock with Chuba Hubbard (28/120 yd/TD), and it turns out, Young has a better fastball than in past. The offensive line was together for all 79 snaps. THAT’S a Unit.
Post-Heisman expectations for Young were impossible to fulfill until lots of talent arrived too. He’s at 60 percent completion rate now, averaging >270 yards/2 TDs a game. MVP talk is premature, but in Charlotte, yep, he’s That Guy. Gshork 10/19/26
About those quiet Philly fans- The Carolina Panthers 14 play-91 yard, 7:43 off the clock march, from their nine yard line to a final 1-yard shot by Hubbard (#6 of year), included two outstanding plays, from Coker and Hubbard. Coker (6/97 yds.) snagged-ran for 32 yards out of the slot on third down-eight play, Hubbard broke a 19-yd. run on fourth-less than a yard. T-Mac had 6/86 yd. day
Nothing lucky about the production, and by all accounts, jamming it the length of the field for 19-7 lead is exactly the ticket to take out usual over-loud Iggles crowd. It was fourth loss in a row for Philadelphia. Tampa Bay is coming up, Panthers are -3 favorites at home, O/U of 44.5 indicates there’s not great anticipation of Bucs putting up big points. -3 sounds like a gift, especially if current broken thumb keeps Tampa Bay’s QB1 Baker Mayfield out of the game.
