(Photo : Grant Halverson/Getty Images) CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – (L-R) C.J. Stroud (#7) of the Houston Texans shakes arms with Bryce Young (#9) of the Carolina Panthers previous to a sport at Bank of America Stadium on October 29, 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The 2023 NFL draft went down between two nice school quarterbacks. It was CJ Stroud vs Bryce Young.
The Carolina Panthers determined to go for Young, they usually had an attention-grabbing purpose for selecting him.
“Bryce is the guy we want our players looking at, knowing this is the guy that can get it done for us. We can win with this guy,” basic supervisor Scott Fitterer mentioned when requested to clarify their choice.
He added that they regarded on the “social part” of Young, saying they discovered to know concerning the particular person, too, not simply the participant.
Ten weeks on, would Carolina followers say Fitterer’s guts have been appropriate? The Panthers administration itself is now not a believer. The workforce fired their head coach, Frank Reich, and rumors have it that Fitterer may very well be subsequent.
Many level to the Panthers’ dismal document ever since he took over in 2021, and he fumbled the 2023 draft by drafting Young over CJ Stroud, who landed with the Houston Texans.
They are each nonetheless rookies, however there are three causes Panthers camp and followers really feel envious of the Texans.
1. CJ Stroud vs Bryce Young stats
Let us be the hated Excel man’s advocate and say numbers do not lie. Stroud’s statistics are higher than that of Young in virtually all departments. He is placing up among the finest rookie seasons in NFL historical past.
Young has been extra correct within the first half of the season, however by way of coated yards, Stroud’s 2,270 is approach higher than the Panthers’ QB’s 1,375. The latter additionally owns the Pass TD, 14 vs 8, and the passer ranking, 102.9 in opposition to 77.1.
These statistics might not examine to what achieved QBs do day-in and day-out, however they communicate loads about Stroud’s readiness for the skilled league.
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2. Stroud has extra moments
It will not be straightforward to remove the highlight from veteran QBs, however Stroud managed to do this in Week 9 with a game-winning landing cross in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 9.
The play even earned the response of firebrand commentators Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith.
Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield thought he had already iced the sport with a 10-play, 61-yard drive that led to a 14-yard landing cross to Cade Otton. The rating was 37-33 for Tampa Bay with beneath a minute to go.
However, two-time Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year Stroud had different issues in thoughts.
The rookie orchestrated a six-play, 75-yard drive and focused Tank Dell, who rushed to a 15-yard landing, incomes their workforce six factors to tug off a 39-37 victory.
3. Better match with workforce
The system might be the opposite purpose why Stroud is having a greater season than Young.
Some gamers are so gifted that they influence the sport instantly, however others excel as a result of they’re with a workforce that makes use of their expertise extra successfully.
Stroud is a younger, gifted man, and it helps that coach DeMeco Ryans is giving him the license to be taught on the job. Ryans even in contrast Stroud to NBA MVP Stephen Curry for the high-volume throws he does every sport.
“I love CJ’s attitude about him continuing to shoot like Curry, and that’s the only way you continue to get better,” Ryans informed reporters final week.
“You learn from your mistakes, and you continue to attack it, and that’s how I want CJ to approach the game. I want him to approach the game with an ‘attack first’ mindset, and we’re not going to hold back just because he made mistakes.”
Stroud additionally has rising quarterback coach Jerrod Johnson, who as soon as labored with Kevin O’Connell and Kirk Cousins on the Minnesota Vikings.
For Young’s half, it doesn’t assist that there was a change within the teaching employees in his rookie yr. The offensive line protects Stroud, however the Panthers barely do it for Young.
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