Let's podcast alongside Joe Jillio. I'm Joe Ovius inside Eford Studios in downtown

Raleigh. Thanks to Empire Properties. And thanks to Copiers Plus, check them out online at

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document management, get your stuff into the cloud. Although, Joe, before we start, I did want to

circle back to our friends at Empire Properties. Should I call our folks at Empire Properties to get

you want to like a handle on the, on the wall so that you don't fall in the studio and hurt yourself

you're fragile dude careful being i was writing it happened in slow motion it was a real

senior moment my first one it was nice oh your first one my first senior moment sure of course

you okay i am sore but I am still, I'm actually

hurting more from whatever happened with the Panthers yesterday with their decision. That

hurts me more. Why does that hurt you more? Because I was right for once? No, no, no, not that

you're right, but, well, you weren't really advocating for them to bench him, but just. So here's where I was surprised and not surprised. I was surprised. I was genuinely surprised because it did seem like Dave Canales was like, this is my mantra. This is my quarterback. This is why I'm here. I'm going to fix this kid. This is what I'm doing. He's our quarterback. Yeah. And obviously in a post-game situation, you're going to have a belief to that.

Well, here's Dave Canales on Sunday. And then we'll give you Dave Canales on Monday. And then I'll tell you where I was surprised and where I wasn't surprised.

Did you, Dave, ever consider subbing in Andy Dalton for Bryce Young, given the offensive inefficiency?

Bryce is our quarterback. I'd love to see this thing. Just continue to take the next steps offensively right now.

Will he start next week? Bryce is our quarterback. We're going to just continue to shore up and fix the things we need to fundamentally from a scheme standpoint,

all those things. These are all valuable reps. These are all valuable games. We'll learn a lot from

this game and hopefully we'll take another step this week. So when he was asked directly by

Joe Persson of the athletic, hey, this upcoming week, are you considering Andy Dalton? No,

Bryce is our quarterback, straight up.

Get to Monday. The news breaks from the NFL insiders before Dave Canales has a chance to talk to

the media. He opens things up by saying, hey, look, by all, by now you all know what the deal is.

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