Carolina's greatest player of all time explains why they couldn't leave Bryce Young on the field.
made a big, bold surprise move on Monday, benching their struggling second-year quarterback Bryce Young just two games into the season. Sending a former number one overall pick to the sidelines after just 18 starts has never been done before in the NFL, but Young's historically bad performance to start the season gave them little choice.
Everyone has weighed in on their take, and most seem to agree it needed to be done The greatest player in franchise history says that the Panthers made the right call. Here's Hall of Famer and former Carolina"If you throw a young man into to the swimming pool and he's drowning a little bit, you don't remove him from the pool and throw him into the ocean."Smith has it right.
As for what comes next, head coach Dave Canales claims the team is not looking to trade Young. Assuming that's true, Young should get another chance to start later this season. For now, Andy Dalton has the ball.
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