As the first pick in this year’s NFL draft, Bryce Young will probably get a chance to start for the Panthers this season. However, it may not be right away.
General manager Scott Fitterer said the team will take it easy with Young, and the coaching staff will decide when he’s ready to take over as the starter.
“We’re going to rely on our coaches—Jim Caldwell, Frank Reich, Thomas Brown—to decide when it’s right,” Fitterer said, via ProFootballTalk. “We don’t have a timeline. We’re not saying, ‘Hey, this guy’s gonna start the first game or we’re not going to play him at all this year.’ When the time is right or we felt like he’s got enough of a mastery of the offense where he can go out and operate this and be successful, that’s when he’ll be out there.”
