Bryce Young on his Week 8 status | Carolina Panthers

Bryce Young on his Week 8 status | Carolina Panthers

Bryce, how are you feeling just starting this off? Yeah, I feel blessed. Um, you know, feel good. Uh, making progress and I’m excited. How’s your ankle? Good, good. Um, yeah, it’s been uh yeah, making progress. Um, each day been been feeling better. So, um, you know, we’re we’re all processoriented here. All process driven. Coach says that. Um, you know, it’s it’s what we believe in. So, been been keeping the same process. Canal said that you wanted to push it after the game. to push the recovery and efforts to to play this deep. What has that process been like and that rehab process been like? Yeah, just just trusting the training staff and doing everything uh in my power um you know to continue to to get better. Um have a amazing training staff. They’ve been doing a great job and um you know been putting me to work and you know for me I want to do everything I can. Um you know I’m super grateful to be able to play this game to have this opportunity opportunity to um be a part of this locker room. um you know, anytime that uh there’s opportunity to go out there and play with with my guys, I want to do everything I can to do that. Uh that’s always going to be the mindset. So, um just just being diligent in the training room. What happened on that play? Um I think it just got got stepped on um as as rolling out when you like see the replay. Um you know, it’s sports. It’s that’s not up for me to up for me to decide. I’m I’m not a ref. Things happen quickly. Um, you know, it’s again it’s it’s football. You know your body better than anybody. How would you say the way you’re progressing? Again, we’re just taking it day by day. Um, you know, I’m I’m just uh, you know, trying to progress, trying to go better, uh, be better each day. Um, it’s definitely been progress and, um, again, I I I’m going to give give all my trust and faith in the in the training staff and continue to do my part to do whatever it takes. Do you feel like y’all are going to take this thing right up to the the morning of? Again, that’s that’s not my call. Um, you know, obviously there’s it’s not just about me. You know, this is the team. Um, you know, at the end of the day, whatever uh you know, I I want the Panthers to win. That that’s always the goal. So, obviously there’s there’s other moving parts. There’s other stuff that has to happen. Um, the organization is, you know, going to do whatever is best for for that. Uh, but again, for me, my my task is to uh stay locked in, make sure that I’m doing keeping the same process, and do everything I can in the training room to try to get back. And that’s what I’m focused on. Is it something that when it happened, you knew, okay, this is this is bad? Uh, felt it walking off. Um, you know, felt it walking off, going to the sideline and, um, you know, obviously was it was frustrating not being able to come back. Um, you know, again, you just want to be out there with your guys. You want to go out there and battle. Um, but I was, I mean, I was super super proud of the team just how they finished us finishing on our terms. Um, you know, finishing taking these, you know, a hard fought win. Um, I’m I’m, you know, we won. That’s what mattered. I was super grateful and proud to be a part of that. Um, and you know, now again, just want to do everything I can to be back. Bryce, kind of going off that, you know, as a competitor, it always sucks out there, especially the team is playing so well right now. Is it even harder kind of being on the sidelines? Uh, no. Uh, there’s nothing about about the play again, regardless of what’s going on. Um, I’m grateful to be a part of this team. I’m grateful um, you know, for for this building. So, there’s never been a a time that I I didn’t want to play a lot or didn’t not want to play. Whatever it is, every day is an opportunity. coach says that all the time. Uh, you know, today is the best day. It’s the only one we got. That that’s always his message. So, um, you know, regardless of of anything, it’s just, uh, you know, want to do whatever I can to help the team. Bryce, obviously mobility is a big part of your game. Um, say you’re 70%. On game day, does are you a bit concerned about, oh, well, if I can’t make this cut here or whatever, um, does that play into your desire to want to play on Sunday? Yeah, I haven’t haven’t again, we’re just taking it day by day, so haven’t really gotten that far yet, but um again, if I can if I can play, uh you know, I want to play. I I’ll be out there. Again, I of course do what’s best for the team and um I’m going to make sure that, you know, I trust in the the training staff, but if there’s there’s there’s any way that I can, I always want to. Again, that’s a competitor in me. Um the what I what I get to do for a living is a blessing. It’s honor. I don’t take it for granted. So, uh if I’m able to, then, you know, I definitely want to. Is there a fine line pushing it like knowing that all right 100% the next nine games. That’s for sure. Yeah. Um you know I I walk by faith and uh I I know I know football. I know what I can do with my with my day with my recovery. Um and then I leave it to the experts in the training room to to make those calls. I trust them. Um you know they’re they’re going to see the big picture. They’re going to um you know make the the the best decision. Um, and for me, uh, all it is is, you know, what can I what can I be executing there in the training room? How diligent can I be? Um, and then I I’ll leave that stuff up to them. As you’re going through your own recovery process this week, have you been talking with Andy a little bit more differently in any kind of way as he could be getting ready to start as well? Is that line of communication any different right now? No, not at all. Um, we’re always in in communication. We’re always talking. Um, that that’s my dog. We’re always going back and forth um regardless of of the situations. um you know, always uh meeting room dynamics is always the same. Um you know, always always talking through through plays, seeing how we see things. So, I’m grateful that we have that relationship to where regardless that’s not going to change. We’ve talked to a lot of the players, too, and they’ve said that the offense doesn’t change whether it’s you or him under center. Um can you kind of just speak to that about like how you guys can both go in affect the same way? Yeah. Um again, it just speaks to speaks to the process. Um speaks to the pride that we take in the quarterback room. Um you know, we we want to do whatever it is for for the team. We have a great room. Uh we want to be the best version of ourselves to to put ourselves in situation that that standard doesn’t drop off, doesn’t change. You know, we’re we’re all chasing greatness every uh every single day. And again, that’s that’s the the the standard for for the team. Bryce, how much feedback or how much input do you have in terms of maybe lobbying to play? Is it you just give them the feedback and then they ultimately they’ll make the decision, but do you lobby at all? I know you want to play, but is it just this is how I feel and then they go from there? Yeah. Oh, just just being open and and and communicating um how I feel. They they they know that obviously I you know I want to do everything that it takes. Also, I respect the um again I respect the trainer. I respect the people that have degrees and and went to school for, you know, went to medical school. Um I I know how to compete. I know how to uh you know, want to be out there and will that and they know that and, you know, they’re going to make the the the decision at the end of the day. And either way, I’m going to be grateful to be part of the team. Have you experienced an injury like this before? Um I I know I missed a game my rookie year um for an ankle and to be 100% honest with you, I don’t even remember like the like you know you go in there and it’s like how does it feel compared to this and that and truthfully it wasn’t really something I thought of after. So I don’t really remember the comparative nature. I don’t um so I I’m I’m pretty like I’m pretty quick to forget things I think when it comes to that. So right now it’s it’s the task at hand. Again, I’m I’m trusting them. They’re doing a great job uh put me to work and I’m I’m grateful for that. So just trying to do everything I can to heal. As a quarterback being out there, you understand all that. I know you’re valable these two days. Yeah, I mean it’s part of the sport. Um, I’m I’m back there getting mental reps. I’m I’m locked in. I’m following along. I’m listening to calls. I’m making sure that I can get the most. And uh making sure I can get everything I can out of it. Um, of course, you’re you know, you can’t get the physical throws, but that that’s part of the sport. You know, sometimes, you know, if there’s a receiver that’s down that’s that’s not practicing full speed, you might not get a rep. Um, you know, we have different practice tempos, you might not always get a full speed rep. Um, but the, you know, we talk about the importance of visual uh visualization in the room a lot. Um, and I’m I’m doing everything I can to still take advantage of as much as possible. Yeah, that’s that’s definitely a doctor question. I I don’t uh Yeah, I’m not the person to ask for that. The other question I want to ask, have you tips? Uh, you know, we we we have uh we watch the film. You know, we we we trust in the process here. Um, and you know, we we have a ton of respect for them as a team, for them as a defense. We know it’s going to be a great challenge. Uh, this, you know, for the entire team, it’s just been about our process this week, giving ourselves the best chance to uh try to have success we want to have. Um, and you know, we we we trust in the intel from, you know, this this building and and the work that all the coaches do to to get through stuff. Bryce, can you Bryce, can you explain as a quarterback the difference between injuring your right ankle and injuring your left ankle? Um, yeah, there’s, you know, when you’re you’re pushing off and you’re um you’re you’re throwing from from different different spots. Um, I don’t I don’t really I really have a bad memory when it comes to stuff, so I don’t know if I really have what it is to compare, but um yeah, you’re you know, you’re you’re doing different things. You’re all facing whatever the left side. Um, but you know, it’s everyone in the league is dealing with something. you know, it’s it’s part of sports. Um it’s it’s on us for me. I’m doing everything I can to to push through. Um you know, I want to be out there. I’m a competitor and then I’m going to trust the staff. So, um again, I’m blessed. I’m I’m I’m grateful. There’s uh a lot of worse things that have happened throughout the league and I’m grateful for where I’m at. Uh and uh I’m excited moving forward. [Music]

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