Jay Glazer: Four NFL teams inquired about trading for Carolina Panthers QB Bryce Young
The Carolina Panthers made the move to bench 2023 first overall pick Bryce Young going into Week 3 of the NFL season. Despite this, he still is a part of the team’s plans moving forward.
As NFL insider Jay Glazer shared on The Inside Scoop, four different teams actually contacted the Panthers about Young’s availability and in each case, they were told that he’s not available for trades.
“Everybody thinks his future is over,” Jay Glazer said. “Carolina insists it’s not. They kind of almost want to take one step back so he could take steps forward and they insisted on this. There’s four teams who actually called the Panthers this week, trying to inquire to see if they could trade for Bryce Young, and all four teams were told emphatically by Carolina, ‘We are not trading him. We do still think there’s a future here.'”
In two games this season, Carolina is 0-2 and Bryce Young has struggled mightily. He’s completing just 55.4 percent of passes for 245 yards and three interceptions. Now, amid those struggles, Carolina is turning the keys to the offense over to the veteran Andy Dalton.
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That came after a rookie season that also saw Bryce Young struggle to transition from the college game to the NFL. In now 18 career starts, he’s averaging just 173.4 yards passing per game and has 11 touchdowns to 13 interceptions. During that same time, the Panthers have won two games.
“When he plays again this year or if he starts again this year is kind of up to Bryce Young,” Glazer said. “They want him to learn from Andy Dalton now and see him make strides.”
Glazer did not share what four teams contacted the Panthers about the availability of Bryce Young or what they were willing to offer. Still, it’s telling what teams thought about Young in the lead-up to the 2023 NFL Draft that there is interest despite his struggles.
Randy Moss calls out Carolina Panthers for failing Bryce Young
In the wake of the Panthers benching Bryce Young, former NFL star Randy Moss was critical of the team for failing their young quarterback.
“You talk about the development — I remember hearing Tom Brady talk last week or a couple weeks ago talk about the development of these new generational quarterbacks [and] I think the Carolina Panthers failed this young man. He’s had three coaches in 18 games, so where is the development coming at as the franchise player, the first overall pick,” Moss said.
“One thing that I will say is I just remember being in this league where the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders were the laughingstock of the NFL. And then it came with the Cleveland Browns. Right now, the laughingstock of the NFL is the Carolina Panthers and it’s not because of how they’re playing, it’s everything from ownership all the way down.”