Week 3 will mark the first time in Bryce Young‘s career that he sits for a reason other than injury. The Panthers are relying on Andy Dalton under center for the time being, a move which has led to questions about Young’s future with the team. 
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The 2023 first overall pick is in place as the Panthers’ backup, and no consideration is currently being given to a trade. Carolina’s return in any Young swap would of course fall well short of the price which was paid to acquire the No. 1 selection last spring, giving the organization incentive to keep him in the fold for now. If a trade were to be worked out, though, Young would appear to be on board.
ESPN’s David Newton reports the 23-year-old is “open to anything” regarding his future, whether that consists of a continued stay in Charlotte or a deal sending him to a new team. Young’s value is low as things stand based on his underwhelming production to date (59.3% completion percentage, 11:13 touchdown-to interception ratio, 5.4 yards per attempt average, 70.9 passer rating), but he is attached to a rookie contract through 2026. For his part, the former Heisman winner has publicly stated a commitment to remaining in Carolina.
“I’m a day-by-day kind of person,” Young said (via Newton). “I’ve talked about that consistently. Big picture stuff, that’s out of my hands. That’s organizational stuff, for the people upstairs. I’m super grateful to be part of the team, with our organization. I want to help in every way I can.”
The Panthers were shut out during the final two games of 2023, and they have scored just 13 points through two weeks this season. Dalton and rookie head coach Dave Canales will be tasked with delivering an improved showing on offense with a unit which saw additions made up front and at the skill positions this offseason. Dalton – who made one start last year when Young was injured – is a pending free agent, and his value will be affected by his performances in the QB1 gig.
How the Panthers proceed with Young will remain a talking point during the 2024 campaign, one which was projected to be founded on Canales’ work in developing him. A trade would be surprising given the lack of a market which presumably exists for him, but Young himself could benefit from (and perhaps even welcome) a change of scenery.
Panthers aren’t trading him. They can’t bite the bullet this early. But his best shot is here. Other teams will give up more quickly than the panthers. He needs to step back, learn, and develop because he will get another shot with them.
Agree. The only thing worse than his performance with the Panthers would be for them to trade him to another team where he excels. He’s a sunk cost, at least for another year or two.
Any other team, I’d probably be inclined to agree with you- but for all parties involved, Carolina should trade him now. The situation is way too volatile there. I’m not saying Young is going to be a star, or even a competent NFL QB; but Carolina will ruin any chance the guy has of ever developing into anything. The meddling ownership and unrealistic expectations are a HUGE problem there.
You trade him, you at least give him a chance. I think they could probably get a 3rd rounder for him right now, too. It’s nowhere near what they invested, but it’s something. You wait, it’ll either be a 7th rounder after year three or nothing at all. That really doesn’t benefit the franchise either.
There is no bigger mess, nor a franchise more inept than the Panthers. The blame for that lays squarely on the ownership.
The Commanders look like the GD NY Yankees compared to the Panthers!
Lots of NFL people say that you learn faster taking first team reps and playing, than just watching and getting second/scout team reps. If the organization has time and is no rush to be competitive, then waiting for Young to develop at a slower pace is fine. If ownership and the fan base are ready to start playing competitive football sooner than later, letting Young take his lumps and learn on the job is better. It seems that they are in no hurry to compete, hence the move to Daulton.
I don’t watch college and I’ve only seen maybe 30 seconds of highlights of him…can anyone explain why he’s SUPPOSED to be a good QB?
Strong arm? Fast runner? What exactly?
Or was he just the QB1 of the best team in college and scouts couldn’t tell the difference?
He was really good in college. Big plays in and out of structure, read the field very well, handled himself in and out of structure well, didn’t collapse under pressure or turn the ball over much. So a lot of it was about feel for the position rather than physical tools. The question is how much of this is him being physically overmatched by the NFL to the point that he can’t translate his strengths to the pros and how much of it is his circumstances creating bad habits, messing with his head, and putting him in a position to fail. I don’t think it’s all one or the other, but it does sure seem like his physical limitations are going to make it very, very hard for him to be a strong NFL QB.
That and his O line can’t keep him upright. His college teammates didn’t have to hold back the more consistently high-caliber rushers coming after him in the NFL.
Maybe last year but not this year. That’s what the talking heads would tell you but that’s an old story. Watch the games this year…he saw ghosts.
I agree with this assessment of his college play. I watched a lot of Bama games and he was an excellent decision maker and an accurate passer, moved around enough to avoid pressure. He may have been the best QB in that draft, but that still doesn’t mean he was ready to be QB1 day 1.
We’ve seen with QB’s like Tannehill and Darnold that who’s coaching them matters.
Wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world for him to sit the rest of this season and observe.
It took Tom Brady five years to break QB 90 rating and he won his first MVP in year eight. Sometimes it takes time. Oh, and helps to have a talented team and coherent ownership as part of it all…
He has 30 seconds of highlights?
15 more than you and I arty! What’s it take to get some justice around here?
Arty! Haha
1: best team in college? bruh…
2: ‘Bama isn’t known for a high rate of successful QB transitions to the NFL
3: Saban is a self-important douchebag
It’s easy to be the best when you’re surrounded by 5-star players playing against 3-star and 4-star players. When the competition was leveled at the NFL, he had no highlights, hence the benching.
It’s no different than Mac Jones winning at Bama, but flopping in the pros.
Nobody but Lincoln Reilly churns out QBs nowadays, but as far as Saban, 6 National Championships during his tenure isn’t too shabby, not to mention 77 former players currently in the NFL.
Lincoln’s 3 Heisman winners are nothing but average pro QB’s. Mayfield, Kyler, and Caleb.
He was never ready to play in his rookie year. They had ZERO talent on offense and yet they played him and obviously he failed. They spent so much on the OL but they relied on Dionte Johnson and Dave Canales to help him evolve. This team gave so many bad contracts to guys that did not deserve it. I think he should’ve stayed on the sideline all last year, observe the schemes/coverages/game speed and read the defenses and learn. I still think he can be a good QB, but his time is not right now. If he gets traded, I can see a team like Miami trying to trade for him. They have playmakers, if Tua isn’t playing, he can start over there similar to what happened to Baker Mayfield. The verdict is still out on him, but playing him more and more will ultimately lead to this franchise more disarray.
He doesn’t want to stay?
Does anyone really strive to play for Carolina at this point?
Hence the Panthers re-setting the OG market w/ their $100m FA’s. Gotta pay top dollar and still be sub .500.
Oh, I agree. My comment was made in jest
The headline of this post seems like a bit of a reach compared to what has actually been said.
Got to imagine at this point getting sent to Siberia would be and upgrade over the Panthers.
The dude sucks, got benched…..now he wants traded….so he can suck somewhere else
Who on earth would want to trade FOR him?
The dolphins would probably roll the dice
Even McDaniels can’t rescue this one
Josh McDaniels? I don’t think that anyone expects him to…
I mean Mike! The miami HC 🙂
He should be fined for wearing Capris on the sidelines. No real man wears Capris that is for soccer players.
Perform better and it wouldn’t be a concern. Some A-1 athletes out of college get it right away – not many – and many need to watch and learn. Bryce is one of the latter. This is not to say he will never get it…he’s got the talent just needs to watch and learn.
bro gunna get traded and become a franchise qb for another team lmao
He is small enough he could get some plastic surgery and be good in HS. Mini Me played on a team of mostly NFL players. Of course he looked good. There are just as or more talented QBs that have failed in the NFL. Success in college is meaningless.
Free Bryce
He could easily be an MVP in the UFL. Birmingham had a former MVP who impressed NFL coaches enough to get a practice squad invite 🙂
He’s just not that good of an athlete…if you need proof (I don’t think you do…) watch the highlights from last night a 40 almost 41 year old is quicker, faster and throw the ball a lot harder than a 23 year old.
Why not let him go elsewhere? Seahawks and giants come to mind
Bite your tongue he needs to stay away from Seattle. Go to the Raiders seems like the perfect guy for Davis.
Hahahaha
Brady made the point recently that college football is no longer called “program” and they’ve abandoned treating their systems as such.
That has been detrimental to positions like QB because they’re not being taught they’re just expected to play (and win).
Then they’re drafted and expected to lead others on the field.
Personally, the days of long tenured QBs are gone. If you’re a high pick, you don’t get to learn at the NFL level; if you ever truly had the opportunity to learn at the college level.
You got to the NFL in pure talent; but you were never taught the skills that inherent with NFL success and longevity … and they don’t get the chance to learn from vets.
The list of Rookie & Sophomore QBs who have no business starting is almost laughable; regardless of their natural talent.
The only thing more laughable is the number of relatively recent Top Ten Drafted QBs who were expected to immediately live up to their draft capital then vilified as busts when the fact is they were setup for failure; only a few survive … rarely and/or barely
C.J. Stroud is one of the few recent QB’s to live up to their draft position, and immediately.
Stroud did that because his team spent three or four years intentionally being terrible as they built the roster from the ground up. Not many teams are willing to do that, and frankly, it’d make for a bad product if half the teams did so.
I agree with the post above, and I’d add that the QBs and players are actually the ones primarily responsible-well, actually, their agents. The players transfer after a year. A veteran starter is a guy that you’ve had for two years-which, much of the time, is 26 games. Colleges have altered their plans because they can’t plan on having the players for more than a year. The transfer and N.I.L. rules have made it such that players will transfer immediately if they’re not starting and making money (which, for most players, requires starting). The agents are the ones benefitting, as they make a ton while the players become more expendable and less skilled, and the programs themselves become more transitory and less skilled. At the end, the NFL recruitment pool suffers.
I don’t how true this is, but it does make me wonder if, ironically, it increases the value of the later round picks. The spotlight, high profile guys will all be the uber talented, inexperienced N.I.L. magnets who might only start for a year or two. The lower profile, experienced players won’t have as much attention. Does that make it more possible to find NFL level talent and experience in later rounds?
Cleveland gave them a big hand in rebuilding or building. You still have to draft right and teach.
No arguing with that.
Carolina isn’t going to be where Young does well, if he ever does. They threw him to the wolves last year, before he was ready, and before the team was ready. If he is to have any chance, it needs to be somewhere else.
“I’m a day-by-day kind of person,” Young said (via Newton). “I’ve talked about that consistently. Big picture stuff”
Wait what? Day to day and big picture are two completely different outlooks.
Can’t see too many teams hot to trot in acquiring young QB who has struggled terribly n has severe physical limitations in his game. Need to play to his strengths w/play-action n rolling em out of pocket. Got to get him passing lanes. Just don’t know that he’s got the arm strength to keep nfl defenses honest.
Keep him
The dolphins should at least ask how much. He’s better than Skylar Thompson and have much more talent on the offensive side of the ball.
I’m sure he’s open to it. Although if I was in Carolina’s front office, if Dalton plays well for 2-3 weeks, I would be trying to see if I could get Miami to overpay for Dalton.
How many times will these clueless GM’s continue to overdraft the QB position?! Chasing that position with 1st rd picks is completely insane. The wash out rate should send enough of a message to wait until at least the 3rd rd. Stop starting them week 1 as well. They’re never ready to play.
He has zero chance to succeed in Carolina, as that team is going to stink for decades with that owner/leadership.
A trade would require someone to be interested in him His performance to date showed absolutely nothing that would indicate he still has potential.
If you’re a SB contender and believe the young promising qb is the only thing holding you back, that’s when you make the move to the veteran bc you think you can win a championship.
But here you have year 1 of a new regime, a still-smoldering rebuild, and by game number 2 he’s already benched.
That means the new HC never did want him but gave him a gratuitous shot.
Let him go, you’ll be applauded for your seriousness and decisiveness at least
If Andy Dalton changed his last name to Manning he’d be a first ballot hall of famer.