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Since Bryce Young returned from being benched in Week 8 2024, Dave Canales and the Panthers are 8-2 when coming off a loss by double digit points.
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Kaye's Take: I think it's important to point out how bad the talent was on defense in 2024 when the defense gave up the most rushing yards in a season since 1980.
But it's also worth pointing out if you take away the 8 occurrences of 200 or more rushing yards in 2024 (which occurred when Derrick Brown was limited to just one game), they're still tied for the most over the past two years as notable talent has been added to the mix.
Most fans have urged for Ejiro Evero to play rookies, and well, he has since the second quarter of last season, perhaps those young players have played their part in the execution department failures. There have been notable injuries, too.
Bryce Young was less efficient on a down-to-down basis yesterday than he was in the game where David Tepper infamously threw a drink on someone
Bryce dropped from 9th in EPA/dropback to 16th after the Bucs loss. Shows how early we are in the season that he could move that much off of one bad game.
NFL EPA leaderboards through Week 7 SNF @Unexpected_Pts
QB efficiency with min 150 dropbacks.
- Allen still on top
- Michael Penix and Sam Darnold rising
- Huge drop for Bryce Young
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NFL EPA leaderboards through Week 7 SNF @Unexpected_Pts
QB efficiency with min 150 dropbacks.
- Allen still on top
- Michael Penix and Sam Darnold rising
- Huge drop for Bryce Young
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Bryce Young's EPA/pass of -0.71 was the worst for a QB in week 7 (heading into SNF/MNF).
His downfield throw (10+) rate plummeted: from 35% in Wks 1-6 to 19% vs. TB.
He also took more sacks (5)- on a pressure rate similar to the one he typically sees & a relatively low blitz rate (26%).
He also saw zone coverage on 94% of snaps.
I think the 3 are likely related.
I think the fact that the Bucs were getting home with 4, led to a situation where he didn't have as much time to wait for the downfield windows to open late (he usually holds the ball a half second longer vs. zone.)
He had to get the ball out fast (2.42s) and the chunk plays suffered, as a result.
Data: @SumerSports
Bryce Young has been really good this season attacking 2 high on throws of 10+ yds.
But- as of halftime- he has not done that vs. TB.
Data: SumerLive/ @SumerSports
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16. Bryce Young was sacked 5 times on 33 dropbacks today (15.2%).
Before this week, he hadn’t had a single game above a 6.7% sack rate in 2026.
In fact, you’d have to go back to Week 15 of 2024 for the last time he had a sack rate that high.
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There have been three matchups between NFC South teams this season. The home team has lost each one by at least 21 points:
Week 2: Falcons lost 34-3 vs Panthers
Week 4: Saints lost 45-24 vs Falcons
Week 7: Panthers lost 43-13 vs Bucs
Today was Dave Canales 40th career regular season game as head coach of the Panthers. It was the 12th time during his tenure that Carolina has lost by 16 or more points.
Yikes
In Week 7, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers held Bryce Young to the 2nd worst EPA/dropback of his entire career, per @SumerSports
Baker had the fewest completions for a Bucs QB in a win *this century* and yet they somehow managed to score 43 points
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This is wild: The Bucs are just the second team this CENTURY with 30 points at the half with five or fewer completions.
2026 Buccaneers vs Panthers
2002 Chiefs vs Rams (Trent Green had 10 completions all game)
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Bryce Young has been really good this season attacking 2 high on throws of 10+ yds.
But- as of halftime- he has not done that vs. TB.
Data: SumerLive/ @SumerSports
This is the 2nd time in three home games the Panthers have given up over 30 points in the first half
