Matt Leinart praises Bryce Young for making the most of his second chance in Carolina suggesting that most quarterbacks aren't ready to play right away.
, the book on his 2024 season appeared to have been written and closed when the 2nd year QB was benched following their week 2 loss vs the. Through those first 2 games, Young hadn’t thrown a touchdown pass, his quarterback rating was in the mid-40's, and he had been intercepted three times.
Since re-assuming the starting job, Young has a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 6-to-3 and has nearly doubled his quarterback rating from where it stood when he was initially benched. Leinart believes that Young, like many quarterbacks, may not have been ready to step in as the day-1 starter and watching from the sidelines was a blessing in disguise.
“A lot of these high draft picks get thrust into a situation where it's just like, dude, you're doomed for failure.” Leinart continued saying “they get drafted and they're expected to play week one and they're just not ready. Most of them aren't ready... Sometimes it's good to go in and just learn and back up and take the mental reps and just learn the game and learn the week-to-week preparation, understand how it all works.
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