The triumphant Week 3 performance of Carolina Panthers quarterback Andy Dalton now feels like it happened ages ago.
Week 7 brought the fourth straight loss for the 36-year-old passer and the Panthers, who were thumped in a 40-7 defeat by the host Washington Commanders on Sunday. Dalton turned in the worst outing of his campaign in the blowout, passing for a season-low 93 yards and two interceptions.
Head coach Dave Canales was asked about Dalton’s performance after the game.
“It just wasn’t good enough,” Canales said. “That’s true, and he knows that. And so, that’s something, that again, we just gotta be honest about our ‘Tell the Truth Monday’ and look at the things that we can do better from an execution standpoint.”
Dalton has disappointed since the Week 3 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, where he passed for 319 yards and three touchdowns. In the four starts since, he’s averaged 167.5 passing yards per game with four scores and six picks.
So with the 14th-year veteran continuing to struggle and his team at 1-6, will Canales look to go back to Bryce Young to see what the 23-year-old can do?
“Right now, it’s just hypothetical,” replied Canales, who said he’s committed to Dalton for the Week 8 matchup in Denver. “We gotta just get prepared, we gotta look at this film, get ready for the Broncos right now and Andy will be playing next week.”
Young appeared in Carolina’s final series of this afternoon’s loss. He completed two passes for a combined loss of four yards.
