It’s no secret that the 2023 Carolina Panthers are off to a slow start under Frank Reich. The team has won just one of the twelve games that he has coached so far dating back to the preseason…
I feel like it’s unfair to heap all the blame onto Reich when Young has not been good so far. IMO GM should be far more under fire for scouting these two QBs and coming away with Young being the easy choice. Seems like rumors coming up to the draft is at least some FOs saw Stroud very highly (iirc that was why HOU’s owner barged in and forced them to draft him at the last minute is because teams like Tenn were considering trading up to grab him at 3). Now, I haven’t been watching a lot of Panthers games this year so maybe there are other signs of bad coaching and management, but it feels like most topics about the Panthers stem from lack of talent.
Lol the owner had to demand his FO to draft Stroud because they weren’t going to otherwise? That’s a new one for me. Nonetheless, Young was pretty widely regarded as the most NFL-ready QB. Only concern was his size, which doesn’t really seem to be an issue right now considering he’s targeting the middle of the field better than the other thirds. Stroud was seen as more boom or bust with concerns as to whether he could put the mental game together to effectively utilize his physical tools.
I feel like it’s unfair to heap all the blame onto Reich when Young has not been good so far. IMO GM should be far more under fire for scouting these two QBs and coming away with Young being the easy choice. Seems like rumors coming up to the draft is at least some FOs saw Stroud very highly (iirc that was why HOU’s owner barged in and forced them to draft him at the last minute is because teams like Tenn were considering trading up to grab him at 3). Now, I haven’t been watching a lot of Panthers games this year so maybe there are other signs of bad coaching and management, but it feels like most topics about the Panthers stem from lack of talent.
Lol the owner had to demand his FO to draft Stroud because they weren’t going to otherwise? That’s a new one for me. Nonetheless, Young was pretty widely regarded as the most NFL-ready QB. Only concern was his size, which doesn’t really seem to be an issue right now considering he’s targeting the middle of the field better than the other thirds. Stroud was seen as more boom or bust with concerns as to whether he could put the mental game together to effectively utilize his physical tools.