Analyzing Andy Dalton's Start Over Bryce Young in NFL

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00:00Andy Dalton gets the job.

00:07There's so many different starting points we could have here, fellas.

00:10I'll just go to you first, LeeCee.

00:12The decision to actually bench Bryce Young through two weeks, what'd you make of it?

00:16I thought it was good. And again, I'm a Bryce Young backer.

00:19I thought he was deserving of being the top pick a couple years ago, but has not looked like that.

00:23Pocket presence, the poise, the confidence in the scheme, completely lacking.

00:28Donnie and Kev, the numbers back it up, 55% completion percentage, no touchdowns, three interceptions.

00:34He's taking sacks, doesn't know where to go with the football, Donnie.

00:37Again, I'm hoping that this is a re-run.

00:40Allow Andy Dalton to play one, two, or three games.

00:43Allow Bryce Young to see from the sidelines.

00:46Allow him to regain his confidence and then implement him in the middle of the regular season.

00:51If he doesn't perform then, Donnie, then you have to move on.

00:54Then he's not the franchise guy.

00:56Professionalism about being a professional in just a moment, but also keep in mind, it's about that locker room.

01:01It's not just the quarterback's team here.

01:03There's 55 guys in there that say, I'm going to show up tomorrow.

01:06We have no chance to win because you're playing this quarterback.

01:08What happens if this was me as a quarterback and I just kept getting blitzed and blitzed and blitzed

01:12and I couldn't even catch it, you know, just running straight down the sideline?

01:15But also, looking at Andy Dalton, it's not as if he's 24 years old.

01:20You benched your franchise guy to go to a guy who's never going to be your franchise guy.

01:25So, again, I know that this Panther stuff.

01:28So I think benching him as well is a good decision.

01:33Because I think Carolina needs to be honest with themselves finally.

01:38They are in the worst spot that this league has to offer by a lot.

01:42There is arguably zero blue chip talents on this roster.

01:46You would argue Derrick Brown.

01:48Well, he tore his ACL. He's not playing this year.

01:50We'll see what the player is when he comes back.

01:52You can like J.C. Horn all you want.

01:54But he's not taking off the way some of the other younger corner halves immediately.

01:57Sauce Gardeners and Derrick Stingley's of the world.

01:59I like J.C. Horn just fine.

02:01But, again, I don't know if we're sold that he's going to be an all-pro, pro-bowl level guy.

02:05The offensive line, nothing to speak of.

02:07Jonathan Brooks hasn't made an NFL debut.

02:10The wide receiver room, again, people keep lying to themselves.

02:14Oh, we fixed this wide receiver room.

02:15No, you did not.

02:16You got the second best wide receiver out of Pittsburgh.

02:19Adam Thielen is very old at this point here and was a No. 3 hang-on in Minnesota.

02:24And Xavier Leguette was the 5th, 6th, 7th wide receiver drafted this past year.

02:30It is a nightmare situation.

02:32So you do not need to let the kid go out there and bury himself.

02:36What Carolina did is unique.

02:39It is different.

02:40It is willing to take a risk.

02:43Where I think they will inevitably mess this up is follow suit with what everybody else believes.

02:49We benched him.

02:50We're done with him.

02:51We'll trade him.

02:53And we'll wipe our hands with this situation.

02:55Why?

02:56I do not understand why Carolina needs to rush away from the Bryce Young era.

03:03What is the rush?

03:05I agree with you.

03:06I think potentially he could be that guy.

03:08I'll draw two situations out, okay?

03:10Number one is we saw this with Trevor Lawrence and Urban Meyer, right?

03:13Urban Meyer was not the coach to really get the most out of Trevor Lawrence.

03:17He lasted half a season.

03:19And Trevor Lawrence suffered.

03:20Once Doug Peterson came there, he elevated his game.

03:23He took the team to a playoff win over L.A.

03:26And now Trevor Lawrence is one of the higher paid quarterbacks in the league, right?

03:31And a starting quarterback that is much better now than where he was when he first came into the league.

03:37I don't know if Bryce Young was sort of handcuffed by Frank Reich's system last year.

03:43Frank Reich openly came out and said, I want him to run my scheme.

03:48I want him to understand and run it my way.

03:51As opposed to developing a game plan around Bryce Young's strengths.

03:55And I think that's where NFL coaches get hard-headed sometimes, Donnie, right?

04:00It's got to be my way or no way.

04:02If you're drafting a guy and you know he's not good on their center,

04:05why put him on their center?

04:06Put him in the shotgun the way he was in college.

04:08So I think that hampered him.

04:10The problem that I see with Bryce Young now, forget the stats,

04:14it's him in the pocket, him in terms of the huddle.

04:17He doesn't even look like he wants to be there, Donnie.

04:20Here's the issue, too.

04:22Number one overall pick.

04:23It's not like it's his fifth year, right?

04:25Oh, we got to make an option on him.

04:26Here's also the key.

04:27It's a guaranteed contract, number one overall.

04:29So if you are the Carolina Panthers, why are you in a rush anyway?

04:32Now, I think he's going to be back under center this year.

04:34You have to do that.

04:35Otherwise, it's going to be completely shot.

04:37But to the point of let's trade him for a conditional seventh round pick

04:42when we're going to get crushed on the cap with doing that.

04:44And what's the point of that anyway?

04:46You might as well just keep him there for two, three, four years.

04:48Even if he's not your quarter, you already paid him the money.

04:51And if it works out, if it doesn't, so be it.

04:54Can I just say one more thing?

04:55I agree.

04:56In terms of talent, I know the cupboard is bare, right?

04:59But there's slightly, and listen to my words,

05:02slightly more talent from an offensive than New England, right?

05:06I mean, I'm just saying.

05:08Stevenson is like so much better than.

05:11But I'm talking in terms of weapons on the outside, right?

05:13They're comparable.

05:15They're comparable.

05:16Okay, so what's the point then that you're making?

05:18Well, my point, I'm just saying in terms of,

05:20my point is I agree with you the weapons aren't there

05:23in terms of his development.

05:24But he still hasn't shown the right looks in trying to go with the football.

05:28He hasn't, he doesn't, he always stares down receivers, number one.

05:32And when the pocket is there, he doesn't step up and extend plays.

05:36He takes sacks.

05:37He's bad.

05:38He's really bad.

05:39He stares down the defenders.

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