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Official announcement from Joe Person coming soon, but he’s backkkkk.

S/o to Bryce from the MVP himself.

PBWR - 28th
RBWR - 27th

That's the worst average ranking of all OLs (27.5), ahead of the Cardinals at 26.

Our pressure rate is 47.5%, worst in the league.

Our running game has been okay (8th in stuff rate, 3rd in yards before contact), but I think that mostly comes from scheming some runs, and the 27th rank RBWR is closer to the truth for the actual OL performance.

So, whether you want to definitively say we're the worst or not, I think it's pretty clear we're bottom 5.

Desperately need our Ts back and Hunt to play like a 100 million dollar player.

Does anyone else think it's fascinating that Bryce and Cam are completely opposite in almost every way? Both fun as heck to watch though.

I might have missed it but I didn't see where people were talking about this today.

CGD has fallen off a bit but I love watching Bryce, especially on a bye week.

By all means we could still get BTA, but I’m feeling unusually optimistic. Because it’s games like these that the Panthers are so good at. Games where it feels like there’s no way in hell we should be winning this and will surely be a 17-40 loss for the boys and yet often times the boys manage to pull something out. Hoping the same happens here. KEEP POUNDING!

Whew

 A couple of key injuries to defensive starters come as a high-flying offense led by quarterback Jared Goff invades Bank of America Stadium.

That should sound familiar to the Carolina Panthers, who Wednesday, four days before the 2016 top overall pick and the Detroit Lions’ top-10 offense come to Charlotte for a “Sunday Night Football” matchup.

Less than ideal timing, for sure.

The Panthers faced similar circumstances in Week 13 last year, when Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams traveled across the country as 10-point favorites to face an undermanned defense missing four starters — Horn, linebackers Christian Rozeboom and Claudin Cherelus and safety Tre’von Moehrig, who was suspended for the game.

The defense did its part, ending Stafford’s NFL-record streak of 28 touchdown passes without an interception by picking him off twice, including one that Jackson returned for a 48-yard touchdown.

But quarterback Bryce Young also met the moment, completing 15 of 20 passes for 203 yards to lead the Panthers to a 31-28 upset. Young, a No. 1 pick like Stafford and Goff, threw a pair of fourth-down TDs to Jalen Coker and Tetairoa McMillan in the second half and finished with his career-high passer rating (147.1).

On Sunday, with starters missing on both sides of the ball for the Panthers, Young has another chance to put the team on his shoulders.

“He always goes out and when we need him most, he always shows up. I think that’s something that’s evident in how his game is,” Panthers tight end Tommy Tremble said. “You look at his resume over the last few years. And every time there’s a big moment, he shows up every single time.”

Young is off to the best start of his four-year career. He’s the first quarterback in team history to lead the league in passing yards (939) through three games. He’s completed an NFL-leading 11 passes of 25 yards or longer and is tied for fifth with seven passing touchdowns.