Carolina's QB Plan for Preseason Opener vs. Jets

Bryce Young will take the field Saturday evening at Bank of America Stadium for his first game as a Carolina Panther. How much he plays against the New York Jets is to be determined, but we'll see him for a series or two.

"I don't know," head coach Frank Reich said Thursday when asked how many drives Young will get. "We're just going to play it by feel. We're at a different stage than other teams. Other teams won't play their starters in preseason. We've talked as a team from the very beginning and said hey, we're going to play in the preseason. We talked to the guys about that up front and just so everybody understand what's ahead of us. It's necessary for us to do that. New schemes, new coaching staff, young team. Plus, we start the year off with two division opponents, so we got to get ready to go."

Could he play up to as much as a quarter? Possibly. But as Reich stated, it's hard to tell how things will go. Is the defense on the field for 12 minutes and the offense only gets one full series in the opening quarter? Who knows. What Reich did make clear though is that they will give 2022 third-round draft pick Matt Corral a ton of reps while the veteran Andy Dalton is unlikely to play.

"There's a chance that [Andy] Dalton does not play this game. We'll take it game-by-game. We want to give Matt [Corral] a really good look, give him an opportunity. I feel like he's progressed well in training camp and just needs the reps. And obviously Andy's played a lot of football in this league and has practiced well. Again, I'm not going to pin myself down into a corner on any one thing, but I think the general inclination for this game, which could change, but for right now, I'm not thinking Andy will play this game."

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