Breaking: Panthers Double Down on Bryce Young as…
The Carolina Panthers are going with Bryce Young as their starting quarterback for the second week in a row.
This will be his second chance this season against the New Orleans Saints, who still have a quarterback question of their own, when the teams meet Sunday afternoon in Charlotte.
“I’m excited for Bryce to have the opportunity to build off some of the things he did last week,” Panthers coach Dave Canales said this week. “Certainly some things to work on.”
Quarterback Andy Dalton, who had replaced Young as the starter in Week 3, was a full participant in Wednesday’s practice eight days after he suffered a minor thumb injury in an automobile accident.
The Saints (2-6) are only a game ahead of the Panthers (1-7) — who dropped a 28-14 decision at Denver last week — at the bottom of the NFC South standings. New Orleans has lost six straight games, one more than Carolina.
“What we have to focus on is how do we play better football against Carolina this week,” Saints coach Dennis Allen said.
There have been changes for the Saints since their 47-10 thumping of the Panthers in the Sept. 8 season opener. Quarterback Derek Carr’s oblique injury led to rookie Spencer Rattler taking over as the starting quarterback Oct. 13. Carr threw for three touchdowns in the first meeting.
Carr could be back from the injury and play against the Panthers. He went through his first practice on Wednesday since getting hurt on Oct. 7 in a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
“(It depends) how he looks out there and in practice and how he throws the football and how he feels doing that,” Allen said. “My expectations is that Derek is going to be ready to go.”
Carr will get more repetitions before the weekend.
“The real test is seeing how I would feel afterwards,” Carr said. “I feel good. Now stack some days together and, hopefully, play this week.”
