Quarterback Bryce Younger reportedly is feeling quite upset about being benched by first-year head coach Dave Canales this week. That has some satisfied it is solely a matter of time earlier than the Carolina Panthers commerce the primary decide of the 2023 NFL Draft.
For a bit printed Thursday, Bill Barnwell of ESPN defined why Younger “in all probability” does not have a lot commerce worth for causes that go past his poor play and his 2-16 career record as an NFL starter.
“Canales stated Wednesday buying and selling Younger is ‘not something we’re really considering,‘” Barnwell wrote, “and the Panthers have no leverage in dealing him. There are possible a handful of groups that may cross him off their backup record due to his top and excessive struggles on the NFL stage.”
Scouts and analysts repeatedly sounded alarms relating to Younger’s skill to make the soar from school to the professionals after he measured in at 5-foot-10 1/8 and weighed 204 kilos on the 2023 scouting mix. In response to Mike Sando of The Athletic, at the very least one evaluator from a crew stated at the moment that he was “as scared as everyone else” about drafting Younger as a result of the Alabama product “is actually my dimension.”
Shortly after Younger accomplished a rough rookie season with Carolina, former signal-caller and one-time Most Useful Participant Boomer Esiason stated that the 23-year-old regarded “like he ought to still be in high school or enjoying behind the perfect offensive line in school at Alabama as a result of he isn’t bodily able to play within the NFL.” That was earlier than Younger entered Week 3 of the continued marketing campaign ranked final within the league amongst certified gamers with a 9.1 adjusted QBR and a 44.1 passer ranking, per ESPN stats.
“My guess is Younger could be price a late day three (draft) decide,” Barnwell added. “Maybe the Panthers might land a conditional decide that rises in worth if he takes common snaps for his new crew.”
Some groups could move on Younger due to how he badly flopped throughout his first two video games enjoying beneath Canales, an offensive guru who beforehand had success working with undersized quarterbacks. How Young responds to his benching past this week might additionally impression his commerce worth heading into the winter.
Historical past exhibits some quarterback-needy membership will ultimately take a flier on Younger. If ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler is true concerning the Panthers and Younger not having the ability to “coexist” following this previous Monday’s occasions, nonetheless, Carolina could must take no matter it could get for the quarterback’s companies earlier than subsequent yr’s draft.
