What every NFC team must solve to remain (or return) to fantasy football and real-life relevancy

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Carolina Panthers – How to salvage Bryce Young

The Bryce Young experience can really only go up from what we got during his rookie year. Young was 29th in EPA per play and success rate among quarterbacks who took 320 snaps last season, besting only Zach Wilson in both categories. Step one to get him on the right track was overhauling the coaching staff, which former Buccaneers play-caller Dave Canales will now lead as the head coach. Harold Goodwin will serve as the assistant head coach and run game coordinator. There is a clear need to beef up the pass-catching corps but the offensive line and run game was also a disaster in Young’s rookie year. Given that Adam Thielen gave them some competency last year and there are some young players at wideout, I wonder if they try to fix the line and ground game first.

Again, this is a tall task, but they couldn’t go in many wrong directions.

Atlanta Falcons – The quarterback plan

Plenty of things went wrong for the 2023 Falcons but it’s hard not to think the entire season was doomed from the beginning because they operated on the mere hope of what Desmond Ridder would become. There needs to be a plan in place that comes with some tangible proof of concept or real evidence their next quarterback can be the guy for at least a few seasons. The Falcons have good young players on offense who aren’t being maximized. I like the coaching staff’s lingo whenever they talk about the Bijan Robinson-Drake London-Kyle Pitts group of players on the roster. But it’s time for talk and pedigree to turn into action. That won’t happen unless a legitimate starting quarterback is on the Falcons roster come Week 1.

New Orleans Saints – How to get more out of the talent on offense

The Saints offense was one of the least enjoyable units to watch back on film this past year. A change at coordinator seemed inevitable from about mid-October on and that’s what we got this month. The Saints hired Klint…

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Publish date : 2024-02-23 16:57:46

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