The Panthers were the worst performance team last season with quarterback Bryce Young, who led the team to a last placed offensive rating.
Young was the number one overall pick for Carolina in 2023 but performed poorly as the Panthers went 2-15.
New head coach at the Panthers, Dave Canales told reporters at the NFL Combine that Young was not a lost cause and that he doesn’t need fixing.
“No plan to fix Bryce Young,” Canales said of the 2023 No. 1 overall pick. “I think for me, it’s about building an offense that we can be proud of, something that is tough, something that is smart, that takes care of the football, number one. We’ve got to create more explosives, and then of course, we have to minimize damage with exotic pressures and things like that.
“So I think just elevating the whole group and really asking Bryce to just do his part.”
Young threw for only 11 touchdowns last season and went for ten interceptions as the Panthers struggled offensively.
Canales has experience lifting broken quarterbacks with excellent work in Geno Smith and Baker Mayfield.
“I really respect Bryce and the road that has taken him to here, and I want to be able to present something to him that’s tangible, that’s specific and says ‘Hey, here’s some things that we can really dive into and improve on, and here’s things that you’re doing great,'” Canales said. “So we’ll have a great plan when he comes back to us in a couple weeks.”
The former Clemson Tide quarterback threw for 2,877 yards at 59.8% completion rate.
