Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! Following a huge upset victory over the Green Bay Packers last week, the Panthers quickly fell back down to Earth with a disappointing home loss to the 1 win New Orleans Saints on Sunday. I know I am not alone with many Panthers fans in that while this game stung, this was in no way a huge surprise to me. As Jon Delong pointed out last week, the Panthers were on a positive streak, which seemed to be covering
up a major problem; Bryce Young and the passing attack hasn’t been playing even average as of late. I for one have defended Bryce Young and tried to make sense of the situation, searching for optimism. What I watched on Sunday has me reconsidering that position. Between poor decisions by Bryce Young when he was forced to pass, and a clear aversion to throwing the ball by Dave Canales and the offensive play calling, I don’t know how this gets fixed in the short term. This was the game where it would have made sense to entirely open the passing game, but Bryce couldn’t capitalize on the opportunities he did have and it seemed Canales didn’t trust him to until it was absolutely necessary either. I’m sure most of the questions I’m going to get this week will surround Bryce Young and the coaching decisions, so I’m going to stop there.
You all know the drill, comment down below with all your questions, whether they be Panthers related, football related, or even completely off topic! I’ll have answers to them later on this week.
