Bryce Young has started the last seven games at quarterback for the Panthers and he’ll end the year with 10 straight starts as long as he stays healthy.
Panthers head coach Dave Canales has resisted calling Young the starter for the rest of the season over that run, but that changed on Friday. Canales said that Young will remain in the role through the end of the campaign and explained why last week’s four-turnover performance against the Cowboys helped lead to the announcement.
“Watching him in game was what was so impressive,” Canales said, via Alex Zietlow of the Charlotte Observer. “To see him just continue to stay in there, to have his footwork exactly where he needed to be to throw to No. 1 in progression and really still see the field. I could not go past Monday without letting him know that. I’ve been around football for 15 years and see where games like that can really pile up on a guy. To watch him handle it and to be composed and to talk with his teammates and keep working with the issues, I thought was so impressive and I wanted to make sure he knew that. That was great and that’s exactly what it looks like to play quarterback.”
Young is 177-of-296 for 1,791 yards, eight touchdowns and nine interceptions this season.
