NFL trade deadline: Bryce Young has taken steps forward. Here are 7 teams that should make a call on him

Week 8 had to showcase a pulse. Week 9 had to offer improvement.

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young checked both boxes with his come-from-behind 23-22 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.

Now the franchise has to process what that means for Young’s future on the doorstep of the NFL trade deadline — which is 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

As of late last week, the Panthers were not actively shopping Young. However, like a sizable portion of the roster, they hadn’t declared him off limits, either, opening at least the opportunity for prospective trade partners to put together an offer.

The challenge for the Panthers now is assessing Young’s small window of progress showcased in Week 9 against the Saints and projecting that forward. Clearly, Young looked more confident in his second game back since being benched following a rough Week 2 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. But Panthers head coach Dave Canales remained tempered with the result, describing Young’s performance as “solid” and declining to say whether Young would be the team’s Week 10 starter in Munich, Germany, against the New York Giants.

“He came up big in some critical moments and gave us an opportunity a couple of times,” Canales said. “Just proud of the step that he took again, taking all the things we’re asking him to do, getting us to the right plays at the right time. So, a great step.”

It felt like Canales was overly reserved in his comments about Young’s performance, offering a kind of “we’ll see” and “let me watch the tape” vibe that only underscores his trade availability. Rarely do head coaches slow roll an opportunity to excessively talk up a young quarterback in a news conference after a win, unless the situation calls for measurement or the staff still isn’t sold on the player. In this instance with Young, it might be a little of both.

Panthers head coach Dave Canales was measured in his praise of quarterback Bryce Young after Sunday’s victory against the…

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Publish date : 2024-11-04 05:37:46

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