Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales didn’t give us a definitive answer as to who’ll be starting under center in Week 9. He was, however, willing to give his thoughts on the performance of his Week 8 starter Bryce Young.
Canales spoke with reporters following his team’s 28-14 loss to the Denver Broncos—where Young was, well, mostly underwhelming. In his first start since Week 2, the 2023 No. 1 overall pick completed 24 of his 37 throws for 224 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
So, how did he look according to Canales?
“I thought he had some excellent drives, I thought he had some excellent throws in there,” he said. “I think the offense will be the first to tell you—there were some things all across the board, in the run game and the pass game. We’re just asking Bryce to do his one part of it, and I thought he did a pretty good of that today.”
The Panthers finished the afternoon having converted on five of their 14 third-down tries with 16 first downs and 284 total yards. That’s not too shabby against a Broncos defense that allowed the fewest yards per game coming into the weekend.
Young, who was without the offense’s top two receivers in Diontae Johnson and Adam Thielen, recorded 224 net yards—the most allowed by Denver all season.
