Earlier than veteran quarterback Andy Dalton guided the Carolina Panthers to a formidable 36-22 win on the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, The Athletic’s Dianna Russini reported that the Panthers’ relationship with benched second-year signal-caller Bryce Younger was “over.”
Dan Graziano of ESPN appeared to echo Russini’s take lower than 24 hours after Dalton completed 26-of-37 passes for 319 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions in opposition to the Raiders.
“In a single week, Dalton made this appear to be a legitimately good NFL offense, whereas with Younger, it was completely the worst,” Graziano stated. “If Dalton retains taking part in effectively and Carolina really wins some video games, how can the teaching workers look the remainder of the roster within the eyes and say it’s going again to Younger simply because he is the future? He is not — not anymore. Barring an damage to Dalton, I say there’s a greater probability that Younger will get traded earlier than the deadline (or within the offseason) than he begins once more for the Panthers.”
This season’s commerce deadline arrives on Nov. 5.
Younger was reportedly “p—-d” to be taught he’d been benched following Carolina’s 26-3 Week 2 house loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. On Saturday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter revealed that “a number of groups” had “expressed an curiosity in buying and selling for” Younger.
“Sources across the league consider it is just a matter of time earlier than Carolina completes a deal involving the second-year quarterback — with the more than likely time coming in some unspecified time in the future within the offseason,” Schefter stated.
Whereas Graziano identified that “there’s ample proof that the Panthers underneath David Tepper’s possession do not know what they’re doing,” The Athletic’s Mike Sando famous on Monday that he’s “not shopping for the concept that” Tepper primarily pressured first-year head coach Dave Canales to take a seat Younger final week. In line with ESPN stats, Younger started Monday ranked final within the NFL amongst certified gamers with an 8.9 adjusted QBR and a 44.1 passer score. He recorded no landing passes and three interceptions earlier than he was relegated to backup duties.
“Younger was the highest choose within the draft and admittedly was repeating too most of the identical errors and did not seem like growing,” Graziano added. “Benching him was not an objectively unhealthy determination. It is simply that the timing of it makes it troublesome to see how the Panthers can return to him.”
That final level suggests the Panthers may maintain Younger inactive on gamedays to keep away from the kind of damage that would affect his commerce worth forward of the upcoming offseason. Some groups may pass on Younger because of his lack of measurement and poor play throughout his 18 profession regular-season begins, however all it takes is one membership to wish to take a flier on him as quickly as March 2025 for the 23-year-old to obtain a wanted reset away from Carolina.
