We have ourselves the first big receipt of the offseason, folks.
Craig Carton of FOX Sports 1 just laid out quite the proclamation on Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young. He stated, on Friday morning’s episode of The Carton Show, that last year’s No. 1 overall pick will never be a success at the pro level.
“Bryce Young is not an NFL quarterback,” he said. “And I’m not saying he’s not a good kid or a great athlete, clearly he is. But Bryce Young, at 5-foot-2, can never be a successful quarterback in the NFL.”
Yikes.
Young didn’t have a great rookie season. He averaged under 180 passing yards per game, tossed just 11 touchdowns to 10 interceptions and was sacked the second-most times in the entire league.
But if you, probably like Carton, only read those numbers and never actually watched a Panthers game in 2023, then you’re missing a ton of context.
The 22-year-old had to deal with a reported mutiny in the ranks of his coaching staff, a group of wideouts who consistently had trouble gaining separation and an offensive line that fielded six different starters at left guard and seven different starters at right guard.
Carton went on.
“As great as he was in college, as smart as he is, as athletic as he is, he’s not an NFL quarterback,” he added. “He’s like a third-down specialty back or maybe, maybe a slot receiver on third-and-2. He’s not an NFL quarterback. He will never have great success in the NFL, and he was one of the worst picks a team has ever made in the history of the NFL while picking No. 1.”
The longtime talking head, who then suggested we keep this tape in mind, ended his speech by claiming that he’s never been more right about anything in his 32-year career.
Noted, sir.
