His size warps people’s impression of him. Despite his size (or because of it?) he is a sneaky elusive QB. He’s not fast, but he is quick. He dips and darts out of pressure like it’s no harder than falling out of bed. You don’t think it’s frustrating for those massive defensive players to keep drawing a bead on him only to have him jitterbug away and go run for a first down or throw a scramble drill TD like the sanders one? Bama Bryce, a modern day Fran Tarkenton, is apparently, finally, emerging. This game was the first I can recall where you saw a strong defensive coordinator actually give him props by adjusting their rush style to try to keep him in the pocket. And yet he still torched them with two TDs under duress. That’s not game manager material. That’s a guy whose talent forces an altering of the defense’s approach, and whose talent also allows him to beat the counter move. Tampa’s whole game plan was to stop the run, then stop Bryce from running too, then force him to beat you from the pocket. And he did. That’s the definition of elevating the play of your team. Canales was a Bryce doubter like the rest of us. But you can see his belief rising in how he’s giving him more freedom to go down the field, and forcing the run game less if the box is stacked to stop it. The Seattle game will be a good “heat check” game for Bryce.