Panthers.com caught up with Gross this week to talk about what coming back means, what he sees from this year’s team, and how he keeps himself busy back home.
Q: Having called this team’s games a couple of times this year (Gross also called the Cardinals game in Week 2), what are you seeing as they build this thing?
Gross: “I’m seeing that there’s not self-implosion happening, and I don’t have a million stats for you for the past few seasons, but it just as being a Panther fan, in years past, there would be something that would happen, the turnover, the dropped pass, the fumble, the big play allowed, and with this team, I see that there’s belief in the ability to win.
“I see that the identity that Dave (Canales) talks about with this thing starting to become player-led, and they’re trusting our process. It seems like it’s resulting in success on the field, finding ways to do that. I just can’t tell you how impressed I was in that Atlanta game with Bryce Young)’s toughness, man. Being a guy that’s had plenty of ankle injuries, to see that ankle get rolled up on again and again and then get up and not only win the game, but set a franchise record for passing, that’s just incredible. Like, you can’t overstate how momentous that was, I think, for him in his development. So, it seems like things are moving in the right direction.”