Early win nice, but Bryce Young has moved on
Bryce Young didn’t get a win in his rookie year until Week 8, and famously recovered in the second half last year after his early benching.
So beating the Falcons last week was obviously something everyone enjoyed, but he said the fact that it was the earliest on the calendar he’s gotten one had no added significance.
“It’s a week-to-week league, and we’ve already flushed last week,” Young said. “The only thing we look back on is figuring out we can how we can grow and improve. It’s all about the Patriots this week; we’re 0-0, we want to be 1-0 this week. That’s all that matters, so that’s really the mindset.”
After early turnovers put them in a hole the first two weeks, the Panthers were able to play cleanly on offense against the Falcons. They finished with 30 rush attempts (including the game-sealing kneeldown by Andy Dalton) and 24 passes, of which Young completed 16 for 121 yards.
“Again, it was good, just feeling like we could kind of dictate some things,” Young said. “All phases of the ball really helped with that, and now for us again, we’ve got to be able to look at the film, see what we can do to replicate it, see what we can do to improve and get better at stuff.
“It’s a new week, new opponent, it’s going to take everything. So, regardless of how it felt last week, we have to earn the right to be in a good spot for this week. We’ve always had confidence. We always had a belief within the building. We know what we’re capable of; again, it’s just on us to execute.”