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This time a year ago, Bryce Young was all the rage in NFL Draft circles and the Carolina Panthers were swooning at the opportunity to draft the Alabama quarterback. Fast forward 12 months, and some of the shine has come off the former No. 1 overall pick after a rough rookie season. Young’s first year in the league came with plenty of challenges as he completed just under 60% of his throws and threw nearly as many interceptions (10) as he did touchdowns (11). Making matters worse is that the club won just two of his 16 starts.
When you lump those numbers in with the Panthers trading tremendous capital to move up to No. 1 to select Young and the success of NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year C.J. Stroud, who was the No. 2 overall pick, it exacerbates the quarterback’s struggles. While some of that can certainly fall on Young’s shoulders, it wasn’t all on him, as his teammate Adam Thielen told NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football” on Wednesday.
“Yeah, well, I’ll say this: I mean, I think everything was stacked against him last year, unfortunately,” Thielen said, via NFL.com. “And I’m not gonna get into detail as to why that was, but I’m just really excited for him to have a fresh start, an ability to have a good coaching staff that’s gonna put a good plan together to help him be successful, and also to put people around him to help him be successful.”
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Author : Tyler Sullivan
Publish date : 2024-03-28 13:33:36
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