Panthers’ David Tepper prioritizing protecting QB Bryce Young, improving offense in final weeks of lost season

Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper will soon be on his third head coach in roughly 16 months. But in the final six weeks of this lost season, the mandate is clear: employ a more effective offense and, above all else, protect rookie quarterback Bryce Young.

Sources who spoke to CBS Sports said those are the crucial elements in the final month-plus of the season before Tepper launches earnestly into another head-coaching search where he will look to land a big fish.

“It’s not sustainable that he could make it through the season,” said one source of the hits Young has taken so far this year.

“The hits were taking a toll [on Tepper,]” another source said.

Young has already been sacked 40 times this season, second-most of any quarterback in the league and far outpacing all rookie quarterbacks. He is on pace to be sacked 64 times this season. That’d be the fourth-most sacks taken by any quarterback in NFL history with David Carr’s staggering 76 in 2002 leading the way.

Carolina’s offensive line regressed this year to what could be deemed the worst in the league. There’s a glaring lack of speed at wide receiver, and there’s been a season-long plague for pass-catchers to create separation.

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Author : Jonathan Jones

Publish date : 2023-12-02 15:00:03

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