After much hot air was passed in the offseason about building around Bryce Young and Dave Canales being a quarterback whisperer, we were promptly treated with a different and colder reality in the Carolina Panthers Week 1 loss to the New Orleans Saints.
About the only unequivocal bright side is that the Saints walked away with an inflated ego that will surely get punctured somewhere down the line.
In our efforts to differentiate ourselves from the Saints fanbase we are maintaining a strict policy of not over reacting to Week 1 football. How many times have we seen Sam Darnold, the All Pro, in Week 1 before getting stuck with the Sam Darnold “What was that throw?