Bryce Young Benched. Steve Smith Sr. Explains Why

[@sudukemsn]

Thank you for seeing the benching as a positive. The mainstream media are killing the Panthers for this decision. They're too narrowminded to see that this will actually save Bryce's career

[@PrestonGarhvey]

It's just clickbait journalism. That's how you sell views by being negative.

[@kingoftsedeq1392]

True but it's still annoying as hell

[@austenkeithly5629]

Will save his career if he keeps the right mindset and trying to improve, if he takes it the wrong way (they're saying hes pissed about the decision) it can get ugly real quick. Fingers crossed he looks at it in a positive light.

[@sudukemsn]

@@austenkeithly5629 💯

[@quasistellar]

That doesn't even make sense for the media to be down on the Panthers for benching Bryce. By any objective measure, he needed to be benched. The only reason to keep him on the field would be to tank, but that would be pretty damaging to more than just Bryce Young.

[@bouji_]

I agree with Steve. Continuing to start Bryce is counterproductive at this point since he wasn't learning anything.

[@metpach]

The Carolina Panthers are broken in all areas of football, not just the quarterback. If you leave that quarterback out there, you're also not going to be able to find what else is wrong with the roster. I suspect it's more than just the quarterback. The entire offense is not executing and they're playing terribly.

[@surfershaper]

Have you missed something? The guy will not step up into a perfect pocket and can not accurately hit open receivers. You can't let 21+ other professional starters waste their season waiting for their qb to make a play. @@metpach

[@300BLK_SM1]

Excellent take by Steve on the Bryce situation! Canales did what was best for the team but ultimately what was best for Bryce. Hopefully Bryce will take a step back, embrace this experience, learn, grow and come back better than ever. It is extremely difficult for a Quarterback to be drafted number one overall and be thrusted into the starting position. Give these kids time to learn and get comfortable especially when you’re viewed and expected to be a leader of men. He came into an awful situation in Carolina which only got worse, I believe he will benefit greatly from this. Excited to witness his growth when he returns, it’s not over for him in Carolina.

[@gemgodds8433]

Its so refreshing to hear Steve's comments about Bryce. He's never stuck in a echo chamber of a popular opinion. I agree with everything he says!

[@brokenbracket]

Bryce is trash. I partially blame Smitty for his interview with Bryce basically saying he wanted Bryce to be the #1 pick. Steve Smith also said Jonathan Mingo was the real deal... Only 459yds in 17 games. Averaging roughly 27yds per game, averaging less than 43% catch per targets (meaning he's only catching just under 43% of targets coming his way), ZERO touchdowns. He has more fumbles than touchdowns. Granted, he's averaging just over 13yds per reception this year, but he's only caught 3 balls in 2 games. We currently have Diontae Johnson, Adam Thielen, two developmental receivers, and an aging vet in David Moore. In my opinion, Steve Smith is part of the reason Bryce sucks. Stop whispering in David Tepper's ear Smitty. I love you 89, but you're not a roster builder. You might like a guy, but that doesn't necessarily mean that guy fits into the narrative of building a roster for a specific scheme.

[@Spoofaged]

That dawg knows ball 😂

[@dadshirt6681]

@@brokenbracket damn near everyone with a serious opinion had bryce number 1 stop this

[@dadshirt6681]

@@brokenbracket oh and btw he said mingo was a multi year project

[@naazjs]

@@brokenbracket I don’t put it on Smitty. The organization needs to trust their scouts/gm and not look to a past player for draft advice.

[@kendallshimabukuro6250]

Baker Mayfield & Sam Darnold.. both went through the Panthers and had their "second chance" there, but like you guys said, maybe it was the best thing for them because they're looking pretty good now. Derek Carr is looking pretty good in New Orleans. I hope the Panthers and the fans can take a step back and see this as, "We're going back one season, using Andy Dalton to do what he was brought to Carolina to do: mentor Bryce and shoulder the role of a veteran QB on the field." Andy knew he was brought in for that, Bryce did too, but the coaching staff and GM last year decided to keep Bryce in when it was apparent last season in Week 3 at Seattle, with the same OL and offense Bryce had, Andy could do WAY better. That should have been the sign that Bryce needed to sit and to let Andy serve as a teacher and mentor to develop Bryce into the most effective version of himself that would emerge when Bryce was ready. Bryce isn't ready. Doesn't mean he's done at this point but it will be if we keep messing with the fruit before it's ripe to the point where it's ruined and rotting because we busted it open and then left it to "ripen".

[@derricklockhart9650]

My man. We appreciate you showing love to our Armed Services, Steve. Hey, absolutely nothing wrong with jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft. It's all in the training. Semper Fi! God Bless!

[@JamesPalmerTV]

Thank you! I loved the jump. Incredible experience.

[@darshivid]

Steve is right more than any other of these sports casters out here.

[@S.G.Thomas15]

Ya, but I’m not sure he was right about Mingo

[@WTFProductions912]

Yeah how did he do on Baker?

[@Cjhilly]

Lol what are you talking about? He was the MAIN One glazing Bryce 💀

[@davidscrews8479]

And it's harder that Jerry passed away 😢

[@emoney3912]

These sportscasters never played the sport. Outside of the ones that did of course but even with them it depends on the position they’ve played and their takes other positions

[@trechasin]

The Panthers have been hard to watch since prime Cam

[@terrencetate4160]

It started to get worse when Jerry Richardson had to sell the team

[@rayfordmassey4408]

We should have drafted CJ and I don't care what yall say..Young needs to have great players around him to be good. CJ makes other players great

[@austinlane2777]

I agree %100 with this thought process on Bryce and I think the same thing happened to Trey Lance getting handed the keys to the kingdom way too early

[@MrPhilbautista]

Nah. Trey was given more time than Brock to watch a vet (Jimmy G) at work and still couldn't figure it out. He was over valued from the start. Trey got to sit and learn, was given all the best toys, and is now gone. Dunno how it works out for Bryce but his situation is way worse than Trey's. He was thrown into the fire right away without getting to learn from anyone and all the toys (CMC, DJ Moore, etc) were taken away before he even got there. Good luck, kid.

[@austinlane2777]

@@MrPhilbautista he was still given the keys way too early at 22 years old needed a Jordan Love type of situation to succeed

[@BraedonStorey]

7:49 LOVE that Steve calls people out on their BS. Sitting there actin dumb 🙄😂

[@EnlistedBombin]

89 Smith my ALL TIME FAV Panther!

[@michaelnc4450]

I haven't heard you in a long time, since theDrive w\Josh Graham WSJS... excellent post! Have a great rest of the week!

[@markheltman6015]

why was everyone told that bryce young was such an elite processor if he can't process the game at the NFL level? The pitch in the draft was "this guy is the most mentally ready to be an NFL qb." Just wasn't true. Bryce don't have it.

[@x416xmusic]

This

[@ServerportV2.0]

He was mentally ready until he was sacked a league high and went thru 2 different head coaches in his ROOKIE year

[@jacobgoodman704]

Ima be real bro I don’t think he can see it. How can you see the middle of the field being sub 6’ when everyone on your o line is well over 6’? He has no elite physical attributes that the other short successful nfl qbs have. Bad pick. Let’s move on…

[@videogames9829]

He plays scared, and has zero confidence in his game. While he's not fully to blame, since he went to a trash team, he has yet to show the ability that a first overall pick should warrant. Malik Willis is playing better than this guy. let that sink in.

[@willbrady4097]

for the Panthers Cam is the exception

[@pjg179]

The only carolina panthers opinion i value...wit Cam and Luke

[@problemchild6695]

Agreed!!

[@anon7684]

Luke??

[@pjg179]

@@anon7684 he doesn't do interviews and I have to see if he's still on the team as staff. Good one for the edit.

[@anon7684]

@@pjg179 he does do interviews...

[@shawnhume4704]

I trust Canales💯

[@Bambino_60]

Why

[@jimimakk4146]

What other choice do you have

[@Cjhilly]

😂 Trust a 1 year play caller who has never won an NFL game, that blatantly lied to your face less than 3 days ago? 🤔 Makes sense…

[@rickyyi1203]

As a Bucs fan, don’t trust him

[@Krazed2k]

@@rickyyi1203why?

[@Clivetinker]

This is just bizarro world. If Steve Smith was playing with Bryce, he would've murdered him before the end of game 2.

[@michaelbean2665]

Finally some good content! Thanks Brother Steve Smith!

[@caseypamplin6384]

You gotta advertise this page on your other page more. I didn’t know this existed! Love me some Agent 89.

[@gstation7960]

Bears should do the same with CW till they fix the oline before they break another qb. But Moore told everyone these qbs are not better than Fields 🤷‍♂️. Moore already looks like hes done.

[@willg1083]

The Bears aren’t nearly as bad as the panthers. Bears just need to sort the o line a little.

[@dylanrutherford4425]

Agent89! Best panther ever!🙏💓

[@justinjobe3807]

Perfectly said about Bryce. Need more conversations that mention the positives from this whole situation. I don’t think he’s done in Carolina. At least I hope not.

[@kingpete3160]

I agree ☝️ 💯 percent with Steve I don’t know 🤷🏾‍♂️ why everyone else has a different opinion I agree everything Steve said about Bryce

[@JoshuaSmith-px4cn]

Hell yeah my legendary panther has a pod!! Let’s go agent 89 ! Big fan man

[@mattjenkins207]

If Bryce is as mentally strong and good as a qb as everybody thinks then he will come back as a warrior and win his job back remember back in the day when qbs sat for a year or even 2 come on now

[@maxwell_proper]

Excellent take on Bryce! Smitty still repping my city of Baltimore with all that Raven gear in the background. Love it!

[@Timothy.365]

Bro! I said the exact same thing! Dude isn’t ready…right now! Because there’s no way in camp last year and this year he was the best qb! He needs to get stronger and work on his craft! The owners want to display new toys especially when they gave up so much, but it’s fools gold.

[@jasonlowery5001]

Best analysis I've seen on the Bryce situation so far

[@Brian-sh2gi]

Thank you, Smitty. This is the best analysis of the Bryce Young situation yet.

[@SLRMEDIATV81]

TRUST THE PROCESS

[@uthamanj]

Thank you for that constructive analysis Steve Smith Sr. Hearing mainstream media ppl on ESPN and bum clowns like Ryan Leaf has been exhausting and irritating. They act like Bryce getting benched automatically means the Panthers are giving up on him, they destroyed him, they need to trade him.

[@Tm24-k]

This was well said about Bryce 🙌🏽. The fact that everyone jumps to the worst and be so negative about him is annoying. This is definitely a growth and development decision.

[@rjh4440]

Heed the call brought us here

[@triarencethagamemasters481]

😂

[@JamesPalmerTV]

Welcome! Them boys are outstanding. Love those guys.

[@IAmImprintJones]

RIP to Cut To It, BUT the panther faithful are definitely here for 89 by The franchise GOAT and future hall of famer Agent 89 with that Yoda mentality of real world perspective but optimistic philosophy that even HELPED ME understand Bryce with his benching situation so this is much appreciated Sr. Bryce is an absolute talent that legit needs time to understand the process, his brain is just trying to understand the game differently. To paraphrase Smith Sr not everyone at his age dealing with all the hype and more importantly the on field leading responsibility of a 30 year old organization from competing at a college level to PRO ATHLETES AND GROWN MEN is going to handle the transition well that NEEDS to be addressed more like 89 stated knowing the value of how great Jordan love or brock purdy is having not started their ENTIRE full first years but let's give him his flowers for the poise under pressure he's dealt with the last season especially given the current state of this team at an all time low. And with an offensive genius like Canales with that Superman level of positivity things hopefully will turn around for the franchise for the fans to keep believing in because we that bleed these colors want to see this team get back to those winning seasons from 2013-15 and 2017 with the legacy of talent we've had 🙏🏾🙏🏾🖤💙.

[@williamchillward]

Great take Steve 89 on Bryce young

[@finnmacdiarmid3250]

There’s nobody I trust more when it comes to The Panthers than the toughest and hardest working Panther of all time. 89 forever 🤘. Gotta have faith in this town and team more than ever right now.

[@iwearpolo1]

Goat

[@tdogshow]

Couldn't agree more with 89, although... SOME draft picks come in balling, CJ Stroud made a huge difference for the Texans.

[@megastegma]

Steven smith is one of my favorite analyst. Glad to see him continue to be great after the nfl

[@PaPaSmurfONYA]

I would love to hear Steve go in depth about Tank a little more

[@rjh4440]

"The dog dont have a gameplan" 😂😂

[@Earthling247]

Not a surprise that a qb who's not ready gets benched. Coach him up, he may get it together.

[@kendrickpeterson6346]

Big Panther here. Nobody in my circle wanted Bryce 🫡

[@bigrod997]

Is cut to it podcast over?

[@ThatOneRightThere]

Steve's the only one making sense out here. Never shoots out a hot take for clicks, just states it how it really is.

[@bengalsfandom623]

Ja'Marr has a $50 Million insurance policy in case of injury Ja'Marr was offered a $30M signing bonus (almost 2 yrs worth if money for Travis Kelce)... but Ja'Marr wants $40M ($7M more than Baker Mayfield) Honestly Bengals should be like the Chiefs who let Tyreek, Willie Gay, Sneed get their big contracts elsewhere. Bengals should put their money in OL & DL and have a more balanced offense. We should be the best landing spot for new QBs and skill players but let them know from jump that Bengals aren't signing no more stars on these ridiculous contracts that handicap the entire team. Rather have a great team and cycle through QBs & WRs every 4-5 years... but never use the tag unless it's the one where players can seek a trade

[@HypnotistKY]

What happened to cut it up? I believe that was the name of it?

[@tonyxiong7513]

The only time I watch these videos is when Steve “The Great” Smith is on.

[@IronBr33d]

I believe in our panthers, and I believe in coach our players and I still fully believe in Bryce

[@lavandermaro1401]

I honestly think the same thing what Steve said...Me and my boyfriend has a healthy argument with Bryce benching he's mad about everything but i told him if i am Dave Canales that believes what Bryce can do and want to salvage this young man's talent i would do the same thing...Dave literally save Bryce from being feed to the wolves...Bryce is mentally rattled since last year

[@jvanek8512]

Weird how society is now. In no way would I ever think of any person in their 20s as a kid. In the past and in even today in some cultures you'd be married, have a profession , fight in war etc in your 20s and would not be looked at as some young naive kid, but I guess when they did that healthcare law some years ago and said people 26 can stay on their parents health insurance I guess they made the 20s the new 10s

[@JoeyWoodpine69]

Settle down there kiddo. Everything will be ok

[@killaB215]

You are a wise man. It’s the nature of society of a whole. Everything is backwards

[@josephswearington7556]

Growing pains, people experience this in everyday life. You can’t be coddled all the time allow people to grow & make mistakes.

[@tankdathomie]

Smitty funny man. 35:20 had me rolling 😂😂😂

[@Truthteller9199]

Steve should get into coaching in Carolina

[@feroxk.9266]

it seems like Bryce Young and many of the young QB's never learned to look past the first option available or how to adjust a o-line to discover defensive disguises. Veterans will teach that.

[@diamondhickspharmd2808]

Steve called it lol

[@JOSHUA8CS]

We have 900 people explaining how it happened but no one trying to reach out n help before he gets benched 😢

[@djtrackmatic6315]

My Bears should’ve kept Fields and got MHJ with the rest of the haul 🥺

[@joshbrewington4831]

"Perticurrleee" lmao i love Steve 😂

[@007slashbond]

As usual. Smitty has the pulse of the panthers. Buzz: There are no plans to trade bryce.

[@dixienormus8406]

The thing with bryce is this year i havnt seen 1 sign that he can be a nfl qb much less worthy of where he was drafted.

[@Bill-ou7zp]

Like what the Patriots did with Drake Maye. Put him behind the starter for a year before throwing him in

[@levi8781]

Thank goodness they gave Steve Smiths channel back. Don’t understand why those 2 random dudes just took over and changed the name?

[@ryantann]

What happened to cut to it?

[@levi8781]

@@ryantann have no idea tbh

[@Dubz_moneymane]

My lawd everybody gotta podcast😂😂😂. I don’t stand a chance lmfao

[@KingLu-]

Nico 🤟🏽🤟🏽

[@berniecarver1474]

Is that Charles Barkley on Steves shirt?

[@IRONEDOUTW89]

Yes sir 😂

[@fiat_chase]

Love smitty !

[@BreezeFlowsFree]

I like the ski analogy bc Bryce whole college career was easy mode. Yes he’s talented, but I think he’s overrated considering the talent he had around him in college compared to the competition. His performance in the 2024 season is inexcusable. Hope he can turn it around.

[@Dan-tu8mr]

Sorry dude is not a NFL QB, unfortunately size has a lot to do with it. Bryce is Clauson 2.0, i can only hope history repeats and we draft Newton 2.0 next season. Trade Bryce while you can get a 3rd for him.

[@badmojo0777]

Bryce has ZERO physical traits to excel at the NFL Level. He might be decent one dya but NEVER worth the 1st overall pick, and for aguy touted as a fast processor he looks LOST, overwhelmed and a deeer in the headlights. Ive watched osme tape, week 2 the running game gave him 3rd and short all game long. He wa spressured a league low 4 times and he still shit his pants and made routine plays look hard. Bad Decisions all over the place. LET IT GO.

[@Sadaq666]

💯K subs 🥈

[@robertbarnett4208]

I don't care what Smitty says... He's the GOAT, so anything he says is the truth.

[@JayyManning]

What happened to the other cohost?

[@royalty843]

Remember to thank Teppers wife for her superb football IQ

[@madwilli3205]

Lmao they really brought up Wilson like they didnt give him 3 years, probowl WR and RB and brought ARod in for him to sit andnlearn behind. He just wasnt a good starting QB.

[@bigdogpete43]

At least Carolina will move the ball now. Andy Dalton is an experienced pro who Bryce should have been playing behind all the time. But selling tickets was more important. The best receiver in this draft is Brock Bowers.

[@michaelisaac4439]

…….Brock bowers was a TE and was drafted by the raiders prior to the season starting

[@bigdogpete43]

@@michaelisaac4439 Gee i never knew lol.

[@michaelisaac4439]

@@bigdogpete43 I know

[@sudukemsn]

There should have at the very least been a qb competition to win the job... being handed the keys just sets these young guys up for failure

[@gregshoopman6369]

Why didn’t Marv have a catch after the first quarter

[@jimmcewen9351]

This had nothing to do with giving the keys to a young qb, this is about a new GM and coach who knew they were gonna move off this qb, and they couldn’t do that if they put him in a position to succeed. You’re very naive to look at what Canales did offensively in Tampa, and believe his system could look this bad over any one player.

[@mr.silverback8358]

Cause he sucks. Saved you an hour

[@kingwarriorsoldier8720]

BRICE IS NOT GOOD IN THE NFL...BOTTOM LINE...BUT ALSO THE CAROLINA PANTHERS WILL NOT WIN...THEY HAVE DONE TO MANY PLAYERS WRONG AND "KARMA" IS ON THE FIELD!

[@RodGRoy]

Steve please change the name of your channel. You have the name of someone who just discovered social media 😂😂

[@BryanD36]

🐐

[@samueldixon8421]

This little soft spoken radio voice Steve has isn’t entertaining in the slightest.

[@timothyhargrave4666]

You endorsed this guy 😒🌚

[@MiingoCrazy.]

MHJ said 🤬 im him lol

[@Qwizitis]

Jamaar asking for money then acting like a diva is the funniest thing 😂😂

[@natekunnen7021]

Heed the Call is better

[@TheDfenner84]

If smitty was in this offense with Bryce he would’ve been snapped by now 😂

[@charlesking678]

In Bryce defense. The supporting cast around him is horrible. The offense line, defense, no wr's. You can't ask a guy to make chicken salad out if chicken shit. His situation is one where most young qb's would fail

[@YasirBrown-xd9mh]

💟❤️‍🔥🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@LakeMinnetonka]

Guy on the right interrupts too much. Look like the goofy dude from The Hangover/Office

[@willbrady4097]

for those that are old enough Joe Montana didn't win a single game his roki year

[@jimmcewen9351]

Darnold and Mayfield looked like trash in Carolina, hope Bryce ends up with McVay, Morgan and Canales should’ve manned up and traded him before the summer

[@S.G.Thomas15]

⚫️🐈‍⬛🔵

[@thepimpernel6971]

Everyone is trying to cover for their earlier prognostications. Reality is Panthers are not that good. Young has suspect arm and physical limitations. The other teams are just going to bring heat on him. Drop him in a pit full of NFL line backers ,DE's and jailbreak blitzing safeties and corners. Not very sunny.

[@stephenbailey9969]

Bryce needs Canada or the UFL. Maybe he'll develop arm strength and grow six inches.

[@ManahManah77]

I'm sure your wife would appreciate you doing the same.

[@f9nestsvp]

😂😂😂

[@jcox2728]

My gut tells me Young is too gun shy to recover from this disaster of his career. Maybe if he were bigger, and could throw harder. But his physical attributes will not allow him to succeed at this level. He literally has to jump off the ground to throw over the line.

[@mattjenkins207]

Derek Carr will never win a Super Bowl

[@jcchambers7896]

The Carolina has been trash ass super cheeks since cam newtown retired and yall happy andy Dalton came in 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 just like that kyle allen guy yall said he was a franchise qb 😅😅😅😅 YALL LUCKY FOR STEVE SMITH bruh

[@georgeochoa632]

Cj stroud is not in the same ballpark as bryce as a processor , remember steve smith it's what u said

[@jalan6270]

He isn’t. CJ admitted that Houston made the offense so simple it was easier to digest than OSU’s. Bryce has learned multiple offenses within his first season. Not to mention the new offense and third head coach he had to get used to this year.

[@sudukemsn]

Oops

[@georgeochoa632]

@jalan6270 yes Bryce is a hall of famer in the making, it's all the panthers fault he sucks so bad

[@jalan6270]

@@georgeochoa632 it is the Panthers fault.

[@ksX-pk8su]

​@@jalan6270Lol CJ is an great processor. Timing, anticipation and great ball placement. Doesn't matter if you learn thousands of different systems but cannot execute any of them. At the end of the day it's all about can you play the game or not, and so far all things indicate that Bryce cannot. Time to admit that inste