WEBVTT - Mac & Bone Hour 2: What's Behind Bryce's Improvement? 0:00:20.579 --> 0:00:23.100 The speed, the twitch, the quickness, right? The stop start, 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:23.900 the herky-jerkiness. 0:00:24.180 --> 0:00:26.540 He can just freeze a defensive end, stop an unblocked 0:00:26.579 --> 0:00:28.300 linebacker while he's on a scramble drill, and it just 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:30.940 breaks defensive structure, right? He just pulls too many guys 0:00:30.980 --> 0:00:33.229 out of too many places by just flitting in and 0:00:33.270 --> 0:00:33.839 out of spots. 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:35.270 And then he can make these throws. 0:00:35.590 --> 0:00:38.510 Disconnected from the ground, hips facing the wrong way, arm 0:00:38.570 --> 0:00:40.470 angles at different spots because he's such a loosey, such 0:00:40.490 --> 0:00:42.850 a lithe body. Now you're seeing that really start to 0:00:42.870 --> 0:00:45.490 impact between the 20s. They're, you know, in the RPO game, right? 0:00:45.530 --> 0:00:47.570 They're running, like, Mike McDaniel RPO stuff with him and 0:00:47.610 --> 0:00:49.770 basically saying, like, we just think that you can get 0:00:49.790 --> 0:00:52.540 the ball Out of the mesh point and into the 0:00:52.620 --> 0:00:55.020 throw so fast that we can take advantage of very 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:58.090 small windows. And it's working wonderfully for them. What they've 0:00:58.130 --> 0:01:01.310 gotten him to figure out, to learn, to improve upon 0:01:01.370 --> 0:01:04.500 from a Drew Brees, find the windows between the off 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:07.000 the line perspective. It is one of the bigger turnarounds 0:01:07.220 --> 0:01:09.020 of a quarterbacking talent. 0:01:09.060 --> 0:01:13.850 It's a complete 180. That is Ben Solak, the national 0:01:13.870 --> 0:01:16.510 media bone, like us trying to figure out where our 0:01:16.569 --> 0:01:19.830 remote went. The national media has spent the last few days. 0:01:20.330 --> 0:01:23.070 How has Bryce Young gotten better? What is he doing better? 0:01:23.350 --> 0:01:27.290 And we must have our local version of that conversation 0:01:27.330 --> 0:01:30.230 right now. That's Ben Solak talking about some of the 0:01:30.290 --> 0:01:33.510 things he is noticing from Bryce Young that have made 0:01:33.569 --> 0:01:37.890 him better. We have also had a major development in 0:01:37.970 --> 0:01:41.649 remote gates. the bone man, the light bulb went on 0:01:41.690 --> 0:01:44.949 for somebody, somebody's brain in this studio. And the bone 0:01:44.970 --> 0:01:47.720 man said, how about our guy, Donald, who is in 0:01:47.780 --> 0:01:50.960 charge of all things in the building. And I'll be 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:55.180 damned if Donald just didn't bring in a spare version 0:01:55.620 --> 0:01:59.380 of the exact same remote. The remote is back in 0:01:59.420 --> 0:02:02.260 the studio, baby smoke. You were off the hook. I 0:02:02.300 --> 0:02:05.320 can stop acting like a jackass. I mean, it's beautiful bone. 0:02:05.420 --> 0:02:07.420 And he brought up a point Mac that needs to 0:02:07.460 --> 0:02:10.300 be made. He said, uh, You know, there's a TV 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:12.600 station in the building. There's plenty of remote controls. And 0:02:12.820 --> 0:02:13.959 I said, you know. 0:02:13.820 --> 0:02:14.240 What, Donald? 0:02:14.260 --> 0:02:16.150 Great point. Didn't think about that. He found one in 0:02:16.210 --> 0:02:19.070 about 30 seconds. Didn't think about that. That's beautiful. So 0:02:19.090 --> 0:02:21.710 we're back, baby. That whole one hour. Now, you know 0:02:21.730 --> 0:02:22.450 what I mean? 0:02:22.590 --> 0:02:25.610 You declared something during the break that that is now 0:02:25.690 --> 0:02:27.109 your remote that you're going to take home and bring 0:02:27.180 --> 0:02:27.440 it back. 0:02:27.630 --> 0:02:29.780 I thought about it, but that would really be selfish. 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:31.740 But that would be funny, wouldn't it? If we literally 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:33.299 packed it up in one of our backpacks and it 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:35.989 was only used from 6 to 10. Oh, man. 0:02:36.020 --> 0:02:38.380 They have to choose what channel they want by 10 a.m., 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:38.980 so I'm back and put. 0:02:38.940 --> 0:02:41.720 It on for them. I would just like to urge KB, 0:02:41.810 --> 0:02:44.010 watch Smoke. When Smoke gets to play with the remote, 0:02:44.030 --> 0:02:46.150 it's like one of your kids, KB, when they get 0:02:46.190 --> 0:02:48.350 to play with something, there's some things you've got to 0:02:48.389 --> 0:02:51.190 watch them with. Watch Smoke as he plays with that 0:02:51.230 --> 0:02:53.950 remote control, KB. Okay? And take it away from him 0:02:53.970 --> 0:02:55.530 if it needs to be taken away. 0:02:55.590 --> 0:02:57.990 I'm also suspicious of Fitty also because he was here 0:02:58.030 --> 0:03:01.740 overnight that night, and he's been very quiet on the 0:03:01.780 --> 0:03:04.040 search front and the help front. 0:03:04.180 --> 0:03:07.820 That's true. He knows something. Do you think his sweetie 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.060 at home needed a new remote and Fitty was the 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:12.400 knight in shining armor and just stole it from the 0:03:12.419 --> 0:03:16.390 station for her? Yes. All right, back to Bryce anyway. 0:03:16.870 --> 0:03:18.690 People are blaming Tampa Tammy. I mean, it was a 0:03:18.710 --> 0:03:21.590 whole thing going on. Beth Troutman was apparently upset that 0:03:21.650 --> 0:03:23.870 I blamed her. I'm going to have to smooth that over. 0:03:23.889 --> 0:03:25.960 It was a whole thing. But we got a remote back. 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:29.619 And we got Bryce Young playing some amazing freaking football. 0:03:29.900 --> 0:03:33.080 Let's get one more clip bone before from the same podcast, 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.140 Amita Kimes podcast. That's where Solak was talking. And this 0:03:36.220 --> 0:03:39.580 is Mina talking about what she really loved watching Bryce 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:40.260 the other night. 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:42.660 I want to talk about Young and what we've seen 0:03:42.690 --> 0:03:45.290 from him this season because you talk about calmness. I 0:03:45.330 --> 0:03:47.730 think that's where I'd want to start. Bryce has been 0:03:47.850 --> 0:03:49.190 under a lot of pressure in the early part of 0:03:49.210 --> 0:03:53.809 the season. But watching him when he's under pressure, there's 0:03:53.830 --> 0:03:57.030 like zero panic. I think that's what strikes me. I 0:03:57.030 --> 0:03:58.190 have a lot of numbers and there's stuff I want 0:03:58.210 --> 0:04:00.130 to talk about, but I think that's what strikes me 0:04:00.180 --> 0:04:04.220 the most, Ben, is the lack of panic under pressure, 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:08.480 the willingness and ability to execute the offense, which is 0:04:08.500 --> 0:04:10.820 also very good. There's some fun things happening there that 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.440 I want to talk about. And then the touch and 0:04:13.460 --> 0:04:17.680 the accuracy, particularly over the middle of the field. And 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.770 I looked this up afterwards between the numbers. According to 0:04:20.790 --> 0:04:24.960 True Media, Bryce has a 72% precision pass rate, which 0:04:25.020 --> 0:04:26.480 is the best in the NFL. And that's what it 0:04:26.500 --> 0:04:29.010 looks like. Like, doesn't it just feel like every ball 0:04:29.070 --> 0:04:32.330 between the numbers is right on the money, just so catchable? 0:04:33.390 --> 0:04:35.349 Was that you or Ben Solak doing that? That was me. Oh, 0:04:35.410 --> 0:04:38.039 I thought Ben Solak has a similar. That was Bone Solak. 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:41.060 What do you think, Bone? She brings up great points. 0:04:41.100 --> 0:04:43.220 The over-the-middle passing that people told us he was too 0:04:43.260 --> 0:04:47.180 small to do. The under-pressure poise that has gone up 0:04:47.660 --> 0:04:50.980 another level. Solak brought up the quick release. It really 0:04:51.020 --> 0:04:53.790 is impressive on those RPOs, Bone. the way he gets 0:04:53.830 --> 0:04:58.670 it out so fast. What are you seeing that you're like, 0:04:58.750 --> 0:05:00.600 Bryce is better at that right there? 0:05:00.700 --> 0:05:02.720 I have a theory on what's working, and it's a 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:05.520 weird theory to have, but hear me out. I think 0:05:05.580 --> 0:05:09.120 because he's under so much pressure, because the offensive line, Mac, 0:05:09.140 --> 0:05:12.580 has had some issues, Bryce has actually benefited from that 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:15.800 in terms of decision-making and having to get the ball 0:05:15.860 --> 0:05:18.580 out so fast. He doesn't have a lot of time, Mac, 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:21.520 to overthink stuff at all. He's just reacting. So it's 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.690 a weird thing to say that the pressure is actually 0:05:24.750 --> 0:05:27.950 making Bryce better because he's not really having to go 0:05:28.010 --> 0:05:30.570 through so many progressions. He's just firing that ball out. 0:05:31.150 --> 0:05:34.290 So I think the actual offensive-wide struggles, Bryce has benefited 0:05:34.310 --> 0:05:34.990 from that so far. 0:05:35.110 --> 0:05:36.010 Yeah. 0:05:36.050 --> 0:05:38.090 In a weird kind of way. I'm not saying it's ideal, 0:05:38.150 --> 0:05:40.029 but I think that he's just– he has to be 0:05:40.070 --> 0:05:41.630 so fast right now that it's helping him out a 0:05:41.670 --> 0:05:46.110 little bit. When he– you know, Canales has talked about it. 0:05:46.190 --> 0:05:48.410 In chaos, he seems to thrive. We saw it going 0:05:48.430 --> 0:05:51.830 back to Alabama. I did see– and J.T. O'Sullivan talked 0:05:51.850 --> 0:05:55.190 about it this week on the QB School Bryce episode. 0:05:56.310 --> 0:05:58.190 There were times where you saw him go, like, through 0:05:58.230 --> 0:06:01.780 three reads, too. Like– and by the way– like holding 0:06:01.820 --> 0:06:03.560 it to the last minute, boom. 0:06:03.940 --> 0:06:06.980 Boom, boom. I'm about to get drilled, but my third 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.820 re like, so he is, he's going through, he's doing 0:06:10.350 --> 0:06:13.210 a bit of everything. I think the one thing I 0:06:13.230 --> 0:06:15.770 want that, that I want to point out statistically bone 0:06:16.370 --> 0:06:18.610 is just how much more he is getting the ball 0:06:18.610 --> 0:06:21.839 10 yards or more downfield. He had been, you know, 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:25.190 he had, again, thrown it well on deep balls last year, 0:06:25.230 --> 0:06:28.550 but just not that often. His intermediate passing last year 0:06:28.870 --> 0:06:32.289 was maybe his biggest weakness. It was horrible last year, statistically. 0:06:32.910 --> 0:06:35.790 This year, Bone, he has 35 completions of 10 or 0:06:35.810 --> 0:06:38.609 more air yards. That is an average of about nine 0:06:38.630 --> 0:06:41.060 a game. He averaged four a game last year. That's it. 0:06:41.630 --> 0:06:43.860 He has more than doubled it. And then you look 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:47.120 at his intermediate passing. Intermediate is considered 10 yards to 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.760 19 yards downfield. 65%, 9.5 yards an attempt, 3 TDs, 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.660 0 interceptions, 122 rating. Last year, Bone, in intermediate passing, 45%, 0:06:52.660 --> 0:06:54.260 7.4 yards an attempt, 6 TDs and 8 interceptions, a 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.349 58 rating. That is crazy. His rating has gone up 0:06:56.350 --> 0:07:16.740 64 points on intermediate passing from last year. That's more 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:17.240 than doubled. 0:07:17.500 --> 0:07:18.059 I mean, the. 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:20.740 Performance against the Lions in that range is out of 0:07:20.780 --> 0:07:23.720 this world. I mean, to be 14 for 15 on 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:27.400 intermediate routes in one game, he's up there, Mac. I mean, 0:07:27.420 --> 0:07:30.180 it's no wonder he's getting, you know, at least talked 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.700 about up there with the best in the game because 0:07:32.740 --> 0:07:35.180 his numbers are up there with Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.300 Brock Purdy. Like, he has now– he's gone such a 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:42.140 level above where when we think of Bryce where he is– 0:07:42.460 --> 0:07:44.540 in the pecking order of quarterbacks, Matt, we were just 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:47.600 hoping that he would be 12 to 15 and hang 0:07:47.660 --> 0:07:50.080 out there and let everything around him develop and win 0:07:50.100 --> 0:07:53.460 some football games. Hell, I said if he becomes Alex Smith, 0:07:53.930 --> 0:07:56.420 Kansas City like Alex Smith, where he just wins a 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:58.090 lot of games, he's good, but he wins a lot 0:07:58.130 --> 0:07:59.310 of games, I. 0:07:59.290 --> 0:07:59.910 Would take that. 0:07:59.950 --> 0:08:02.090 But his numbers right now and a lot of these metrics, 0:08:02.470 --> 0:08:04.390 they're up there with those guys that are the best 0:08:04.430 --> 0:08:06.690 in the game through a month in the season. But 0:08:06.730 --> 0:08:08.989 the fact that he's even up there at all is 0:08:09.290 --> 0:08:13.870 a great benefit to– perseverance for Bryce as a quarterback. 0:08:14.410 --> 0:08:16.570 So there's a lot of credit that goes to Bryce individually, 0:08:16.990 --> 0:08:18.880 but they did a hell of a job, Mac, to 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:23.960 rebuild him. mentally since two years ago, whether it's Canales, Inzik, 0:08:24.420 --> 0:08:27.260 Bevel's presence, whatever it may be, they have done a 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:31.710 tremendous job in restoring his confidence for him to believe 0:08:32.090 --> 0:08:35.069 that he's one of those best in the game right now. 0:08:35.090 --> 0:08:36.990 You can see the confidence wasn't there for a long time. 0:08:37.030 --> 0:08:39.610 He's under control. Like we talked about earlier in the week, 0:08:39.650 --> 0:08:41.730 he's dictating the game now. He's not reacting to the game. 0:08:41.790 --> 0:08:44.449 Even when he's under pressure, he's dictating. Oh, you're over there? 0:08:44.470 --> 0:08:46.090 I'm going to make a little move here, a little 0:08:46.130 --> 0:08:47.980 move over there, and boom, I'm going to hit TMAC 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:52.200 for 14. Like it's just even the most pressured quarterback 0:08:52.260 --> 0:08:56.280 and Sumer sports has it at 40, 53%, 53% over 0:08:56.360 --> 0:09:01.080 half his dropbacks have been pressured and he leads in yards. 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:05.220 He is third in touchdowns and he's up here in 0:09:05.340 --> 0:09:09.199 so many categories. What do you guys like? What specifically 0:09:09.220 --> 0:09:12.500 has Bryce gotten better at? Why is Bryce playing at 0:09:12.540 --> 0:09:15.730 this level? What are your theories and thoughts on that 0:09:15.770 --> 0:09:21.770 as we celebrate Bryce Young playing the best of his career? 704-5709-610. 0:09:22.150 --> 0:09:24.679 This texter says, Bryce was always capable of doing this. 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:28.200 I think it's about supporting cast and play caller. That 0:09:28.260 --> 0:09:32.199 stuff has improved. Yeah, and I don't want to give 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:34.620 all the credit to Idzik because I'm sure Canales Bone 0:09:34.980 --> 0:09:38.120 was a part of coming up with the general game 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:41.050 plan for the season for Bryce. Canales made a comment 0:09:41.550 --> 0:09:46.890 in training camp. said, through our time with Bryce, we 0:09:46.929 --> 0:09:49.250 have now been able to craft an offense that is 0:09:49.309 --> 0:09:52.570 Bryce's offense. What does he do well, and how do 0:09:52.590 --> 0:09:54.670 we get the most out of him? So I think 0:09:55.309 --> 0:09:57.550 Bryce is more comfortable in the NFL. The game has 0:09:57.570 --> 0:10:00.260 slowed down, Boney, even when he's under pressure. But I 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.579 also think the staff over there in Idzik has been 0:10:02.660 --> 0:10:06.300 freaking amazing. But I think they now know. how to 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:09.270 call things, how to run an offense with Bryce. And 0:10:09.309 --> 0:10:12.270 you brought it up yesterday. Guys are making plays for 0:10:12.309 --> 0:10:14.309 him that they were just not making. Like, go back 0:10:14.350 --> 0:10:17.170 to his rookie year. DJ Chark dropping two deep balls 0:10:17.210 --> 0:10:20.860 in Jacksonville. Like, Xavier Lee get two years ago, dropping, 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:23.800 you know, the game-winning touchdown potentially against the Eagles. 0:10:23.820 --> 0:10:25.080 Remember, there was one in the end zone that hit 0:10:25.140 --> 0:10:26.100 Ian Thomas in the face. 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:29.699 Yeah, serious. Yeah. Like, and you said it yesterday, and 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:32.720 you're so right. Like, Mechie just made a play. Tremaine just– 0:10:32.870 --> 0:10:35.870 guys are just– the tight ends are now making– Everybody 0:10:35.910 --> 0:10:39.890 just seems to be making plays for Bryce. But I 0:10:39.929 --> 0:10:41.890 think that happens, Bo, when you believe in your quarter. 0:10:41.910 --> 0:10:43.839 You know what I mean? Like, I think there's a 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:48.740 symbiotic relationship. Like, oh, I believe in this guy. Oh, look, 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:50.300 he just got that ball. I got to get this. 0:10:50.500 --> 0:10:51.790 You know what I mean? I think there's an element 0:10:51.809 --> 0:10:54.490 of that, maybe. Also, Dave Canales needs a ton of credit, Matt. 0:10:54.550 --> 0:10:54.950 It's not. 0:10:55.610 --> 0:10:59.800 A coincidence that a quarterback has gotten better under Dave Canales. 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:03.740 Why did he get hired here? The revival of Geno 0:11:03.760 --> 0:11:07.040 Smith in Seattle while Dave Canales was there. Baker Mayfield 0:11:07.710 --> 0:11:10.270 becoming the star he was supposed to be in Tampa 0:11:10.570 --> 0:11:14.069 while Dave Canales was there. Bryce Young emerging into what 0:11:14.130 --> 0:11:16.640 he's supposed to be. It's not a coincidence. All these 0:11:16.700 --> 0:11:20.140 things just don't happen in Dave Canales' presence. He's not 0:11:20.660 --> 0:11:22.920 Forrest Gump. He just doesn't happen to be on the 0:11:22.980 --> 0:11:26.660 scene and things happen. Dave Canales is doing stuff behind 0:11:26.700 --> 0:11:29.140 the scenes with Bryce. He did it with Geno. He 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:31.500 did it with Baker. He's got a feel, whether it's 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:34.520 the mental side, the physical side, whatever it is, Dave 0:11:34.540 --> 0:11:37.469 Canales just connects with quarterbacks, and it's working again here. 0:11:37.670 --> 0:11:39.990 This is why he got hired was for Bryce Young, 0:11:40.350 --> 0:11:40.890 and it's working. 0:11:40.990 --> 0:11:45.060 Dude, the method he used, the benching, I mean, there 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.210 was a method to his madness all along. Sit him down, 0:11:47.230 --> 0:11:49.050 let him take a break, keep coaching him up behind 0:11:49.090 --> 0:11:51.350 the scenes. Don't say a word about the kid in public. 0:11:51.370 --> 0:11:53.450 Remember that whole thing? Remember that whole thing where you 0:11:53.510 --> 0:11:55.550 and I were like, oh, is Canales done with him? 0:11:55.730 --> 0:11:58.380 He won't even talk about Bryce. But he just didn't want, 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:01.120 he told us, you know, that you're following training camp. 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.180 I didn't want any extra pressure. There was already going 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:04.860 to be pressure on when he came back. He said, 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:06.679 the last thing I want to do is just engage 0:12:06.700 --> 0:12:09.850 in conversation about him. So he basically acted like he didn't. 0:12:09.870 --> 0:12:10.410 You know what I mean? 0:12:10.630 --> 0:12:10.809 Yeah. 0:12:10.830 --> 0:12:12.030 It was very weird. Impressors. 0:12:12.070 --> 0:12:15.610 But there was a method to his madness. Panther Cliff 0:12:15.630 --> 0:12:17.730 had a question. He says he hasn't slowed down the 0:12:17.770 --> 0:12:20.949 tape yet. But is Bryce not patting the ball as 0:12:21.010 --> 0:12:25.120 much anymore? And that's cutting down some time on the release. Yeah, 0:12:25.140 --> 0:12:25.660 I wonder about that. 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:26.260 We'd have to go. 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:29.599 We'd have to ask a guy like Jake DeLome, something 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:31.080 of that nature, maybe later on the show. 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:33.020 Yeah, we can definitely ask him. But I'm looking forward 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:34.920 to asking all these questions to Jake. Like, what do 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.820 you notice as a quarterback? And he's on at 925. 0:12:37.809 --> 0:12:42.790 That is different. 704-570-9610. People are bringing up the Daryl 0:12:42.809 --> 0:12:46.370 Bevel effect. That definitely is something that, again, I don't 0:12:46.390 --> 0:12:49.270 know exactly what he's doing. You know what I mean? 0:12:50.100 --> 0:12:52.420 But just bringing in someone who has been there, and 0:12:52.460 --> 0:12:55.610 you bring up the point that he was... If we're 0:12:56.070 --> 0:12:59.110 going to say Canales has worked magic with smaller quarterbacks, 0:12:59.170 --> 0:13:03.829 including Russell Wilson, Darryl Bevel was there with Russ. Four 0:13:03.910 --> 0:13:06.450 people have said the same text here. Now, this could. 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:09.079 This could get you a little fired up here, but 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:12.420 four people have said it's a contract year. That's why 0:13:12.460 --> 0:13:14.960 Bryce is playing better. One guy's worried about it. He 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.880 did say Bryce fan. So y'all think he's working harder? 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:19.940 He did say Bryce fan, but is it because it's 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:22.319 a contract year? I would say that's not Bryce's. That's 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:23.700 not the way Bryce operates. 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:26.000 But at the quarterback position, I'm trying to figure out 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:28.830 what would he be doing differently in a contract year? 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:33.130 Studying more? Because to your point, you don't think Bryce Young, 0:13:33.170 --> 0:13:35.630 while people were calling him a bust, was just working 0:13:35.650 --> 0:13:39.939 his ass off behind the scenes? A thousand percent. He's 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:43.350 not a slacker. That kid's not a slacker. You know? 0:13:44.050 --> 0:13:47.410 I also don't think he's... I don't understand what he 0:13:47.429 --> 0:13:49.870 would be doing more of just because it's a contract year. 0:13:49.890 --> 0:13:53.469 I think he's just more comfort, more confidence. I also 0:13:53.490 --> 0:13:54.510 don't see Bryce as a. 0:13:54.510 --> 0:13:57.860 Better situation? I think Bryce is a football success guy. 0:13:57.910 --> 0:13:59.680 Not that money doesn't matter to Bryce. 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:00.020 Yeah. 0:14:00.179 --> 0:14:02.480 But I don't know if he's motivated by that. I 0:14:02.500 --> 0:14:04.460 don't think that's what his motivation would be. I think 0:14:04.500 --> 0:14:06.880 he knows, regardless of what happens, I will have money 0:14:06.900 --> 0:14:07.620 for the rest of my life. 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:11.699 Yes. So, yeah, I don't view that either. We have 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:18.490 found bone. We have found our first negative individual bone, man. Bebop! No! 0:14:19.070 --> 0:14:21.010 But I don't know if he's texting, and if he is, 0:14:21.070 --> 0:14:24.170 I'm not reading him. We'll save his text until we 0:14:24.190 --> 0:14:26.410 get to the Drake May portion of the show, where 0:14:26.450 --> 0:14:28.690 Drake May is questioning the moon landing. That's where Bebop 0:14:28.730 --> 0:14:29.290 comes in handy. 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:32.400 Correct. 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:35.020 That's a great place for Bob to be today. 10 o'clock, Bobby. 0:14:35.020 --> 0:14:37.970 10 o'clock, yeah, you fire in. Welcome, welcome, Fitty, back 0:14:37.990 --> 0:14:40.130 to the big chair at 10 o'clock, Bob. But here 0:14:40.190 --> 0:14:44.570 is a text from VPISU91. He says, Mac— Sounds like 0:14:44.630 --> 0:14:47.770 a license plate. He says, Mac, I'm not a Bryce eater. 0:14:47.850 --> 0:14:51.790 I think he means hater. He says, I am Team Bryce, 0:14:52.270 --> 0:14:55.880 but we're 2-2 because I don't really care what individual 0:14:55.940 --> 0:15:00.720 player is doing right now. We need to get over. 500. 0:15:01.210 --> 0:15:04.450 I would argue that Bryce Young being our franchise quarterback, 0:15:05.470 --> 0:15:08.170 the record is the most important thing. I would argue 0:15:08.210 --> 0:15:11.030 the next most important thing is Bryce Young balling the 0:15:11.070 --> 0:15:11.450 hell out. 0:15:12.590 --> 0:15:12.770 Yeah. 0:15:13.210 --> 0:15:18.310 Because if you don't have a franchise quarterback, you screwed. 0:15:19.060 --> 0:15:21.320 So I would argue this is pretty damn– I don't 0:15:21.380 --> 0:15:25.290 disagree with you that, yeah, I would love to get 0:15:25.330 --> 0:15:29.109 healthy and get over 500. But if you want to 0:15:29.290 --> 0:15:31.610 act like this is not worth getting excited about as 0:15:31.650 --> 0:15:35.100 a Panther fan, you're doing it differently to me. And 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:39.610 that's fine. Clearly everybody fans differently. Why would you not– 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.000 I don't understand. Why would you not be excited for 0:15:43.050 --> 0:15:45.600 a team you root for to have a rising star 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:49.360 at quarterback? Yeah, I don't get it either. Well, I couldn't. 0:15:49.420 --> 0:15:51.220 I love the team, but I'm not sure about having 0:15:51.260 --> 0:15:52.400 a star quarterback around here. 0:15:52.660 --> 0:15:54.700 I guess he's saying it doesn't mean anything to him 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:58.660 because we're only 2-2. I got news for you. We 0:15:58.740 --> 0:16:02.500 wouldn't be 2-2 if Bryce wasn't playing this way. Yeah. Like, 0:16:02.540 --> 0:16:05.700 let's just call it what it is. We would be 1-3. 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:09.880 We would not have won on Sunday Night, Bone. If 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:12.480 Bryce did not play this way, we would have gotten 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:17.550 blown out. If Bryce just played against Cleveland through all 0:16:17.590 --> 0:16:20.550 that pressure and didn't rise up and give us a 0:16:20.570 --> 0:16:23.330 chance to win the game, we would have got blown 0:16:23.370 --> 0:16:24.120 out by the Browns. 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:27.420 No, I was going to say the same thing. He 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:29.440 kept them in that it was his worst game of 0:16:29.460 --> 0:16:32.140 the year, but his worst game is now pretty good. 0:16:32.540 --> 0:16:34.640 That's the thing about it. Bryce's worst games back before 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:38.000 were absolutely horrible. There's no doubt about it, but even 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:41.700 Bryce's bad game was pretty good. That's a step up. 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:45.360 You're right. It didn't devolve into, you know what I mean? 0:16:45.460 --> 0:16:47.620 One of those really bad Bryce games. He was able 0:16:47.660 --> 0:16:50.080 to still hang in there and make plays despite the 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:52.560 pressure to bite some of his mistakes that he made, 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:56.980 despite how the Browns were taking TMAC away as well. 0:16:57.700 --> 0:17:00.750 King McQueen says, you're giving Canales way too much credit. 0:17:01.170 --> 0:17:03.490 Bryce was going to be great here or somewhere else. 0:17:03.910 --> 0:17:06.590 He just needed someone to believe in him and allow 0:17:06.650 --> 0:17:10.390 him to cook. Why do so many in our fan 0:17:10.430 --> 0:17:14.790 base not want to give Canales credit for anything? He's 0:17:14.930 --> 0:17:17.040 almost just hanging out over there and along for the 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:21.619 ride as the team improves. It's interesting to me. 0:17:21.619 --> 0:17:24.520 There are some folks, Mac, that would complain about Dave 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:27.540 doing the play calling and the game management, and now 0:17:27.580 --> 0:17:31.670 Dave's not doing enough over there. Before, it was too much. 0:17:32.070 --> 0:17:34.310 Now Dave's not doing enough. It's almost like, Mac, some 0:17:34.350 --> 0:17:36.930 people are always mad at the coach. They're always upset 0:17:36.950 --> 0:17:38.930 with the coach, no matter what's going on. Good morning 0:17:38.970 --> 0:17:40.550 to Willie P also out there. 0:17:40.930 --> 0:17:43.360 But it's interesting, like Sean McVay, like, and I know 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:45.760 he's the play caller and that's probably a bad example. 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:48.240 I just, you understand what I'm saying though, Bone? It's 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:51.480 not a coincidence that the culture has completely changed since 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:54.580 Dave came in here. He's not over there. Like people 0:17:54.619 --> 0:17:56.850 lack bone. Like he's hanging out with the family while 0:17:56.890 --> 0:17:58.949 Brad does all the work. Brad and Daryl Bevel do 0:17:59.010 --> 0:18:02.360 all the work. Angelo Vero does the lake. I just 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:05.919 get the feeling bone. He is a culture builder and 0:18:05.940 --> 0:18:09.560 he's a great overseen coach. Play calling probably wasn't his 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:11.040 strong point. I didn't even think it was a strong 0:18:11.080 --> 0:18:14.760 point as an OC, um, with Tampa, but I just 0:18:14.820 --> 0:18:19.219 don't understand the desire to snatch credit away from Dave canals. 0:18:19.540 --> 0:18:21.780 It goes to the, to the text that, that we 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:24.609 got in KB got this week. Hey man, if it's 0:18:24.630 --> 0:18:26.750 going to get a head coaching job, how about we'd 0:18:26.810 --> 0:18:29.090 keep him, make him head coach and get rid of Canalis. 0:18:29.670 --> 0:18:32.890 Like it just feels like people think Dave is doing. 0:18:32.910 --> 0:18:35.090 It's just, is Dave just, do people just think he's 0:18:35.109 --> 0:18:38.350 the handsome, he's the handsome spokesmodel for the team. Just 0:18:38.390 --> 0:18:39.850 stand by Dave hanging out. 0:18:40.590 --> 0:18:43.130 Someone says people want to get mad at everything, whether 0:18:43.170 --> 0:18:46.250 it's quarterbacks or lost remotes in their place of business. 0:18:46.350 --> 0:18:51.080 Yeah. Did you see what Michael Bell sent in, Bone? 0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:53.620 What's that? Our guy. He sent in the clip from 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:56.960 Zoolander where the dudes start freaking out because they can't 0:18:56.980 --> 0:19:00.170 get the screen to come on. And he says, this 0:19:00.270 --> 0:19:05.740 is Mac with crying emojis. Yeah, I don't handle... things 0:19:05.780 --> 0:19:07.540 not working for me well. No, you don't. It's a 0:19:07.700 --> 0:19:12.260 serious flaw. And smoke caught the heat because of it. 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:15.180 You guys haven't seen, Mac can't get his password to work, Mac. 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:15.730 That is one guy. 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:22.050 That is one guy. I hate it when you can't 0:19:22.070 --> 0:19:26.290 get into something in the password realm. I've seen it 0:19:26.330 --> 0:19:30.090 for 20 years. And then sometimes they'll go, oh, I 0:19:30.109 --> 0:19:30.630 spelled it wrong. 0:19:30.650 --> 0:19:31.389