Panthers’ Bryce Young leads all QBs in this clutch stat over the last 2 weeks . . .

This is why the Panthers selected Bryce Young with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NFL draft:

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young has activated his clutch gene.

Sunday’s outing against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers did not result in a win for Young, but it did end with some more encouraging results. The second-year passer, for the second straight week, masterfully played the role of point guard in the face of constant pressure—throwing for a season-high 298 yards and a touchdown.

The 26-23 loss also yielded four “big-time throws” from Young.

“Big-time throws,” a signature stat devised by Pro Football Focus, is a way to gauge how a quarterback can “throw a receiver open.” As described by PFF themselves, it’s a “pass with excellent ball location and timing, generally thrown further down the field and/or into a tighter window.”

So, Week 13’s four big-time throws from Young, coupled with his five from the Week 12 defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs, have given us this tidbit . . .

Behind Young sits Minnesota’s Sam Darnold (eight), Indianapolis’ Anthony Richardson (six), Tennessee’s Will Levis (six) and Chicago’s Caleb Williams (six).

And unless Cleveland’s Jameis Winston completes eight big-time throws or Denver’s Bo Nix completes nine tonight, Young will walk away from the last two weeks as the league leader in this stat.

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