For Panthers fans it’s a narrative that sounds all too familiar. He’s a big guy, a quarterback with obvious talent and a canon for an arm but critics aren’t buying in. Despite early success, turnovers have been a problem, injuries have been persistent and there’s the big question, is he smart enough to run a pro offense? This was the narrative surrounding future four time Super Bowl winner and MVP Terry Bradshaw not just for the few seasons of his career but even after he had won his first championship.
The narrative that Bradshaw was a country bumpkin without enough upstairs to manage his own play calls haunted the quarterback throughout his entire playing career and well afterwards.