Panthers QB Bryce Young talks about his career day from Week 18 win

A confident Bryce Young talked about his five-touchdown performance from the Panthers’ 44-38 win over the Falcons on Sunday.

The story of Bryce Young’s second NFL campaign has been all about confidence. And after starting 2024 with very little of it, the 23-year-old quarterback just ended the season with more than we’ve ever seen out of him.

Young led his Carolina Panthers to a 44-38 overtime win over the host Atlanta Falcons on Sunday afternoon. He completed 25 of his 34 attempts for 251 yards and three touchdowns and added 24 more yards and two more scores on the ground.

The second of Young’s three touchdown throws ended up in the hands of tight end Tommy Tremble, who reeled in a 12-yard pass on a fourth-and-1 early in the second half. But before the ball even hit those hands, Young had the confidence in Tremble (and in himself) to do this . . .

Young was asked about the Steph Curry-esque celebration after the victory.

“It was definitely not planned,” he replied. “It was just confidence in Tommy. I knew he was open. So when I threw it, I knew he was gonna catch it.”

Head coach Dave Canales, following a disastrous two-game start to the season, decided to bench Young in favor of Andy Dalton. But after a car accident caused a sprained thumb for the 14th-year veteran, Young got his second chance in Week 8—and he never gave it away.

Dating back to his return to the starting lineup, Young has completed 61.8 percent of his throws for 2,104 yards, 15 touchdowns and six interceptions. He paced the Panthers to a relatively respectable 4-6 mark over those 10 outings, which included near-upsets of the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Young then talked about being able to finish this emergent season on a high note.

“Just super blessed,” he stated. “All glory goes to God. I’m super grateful to do it with this team. Everyone was so resilient today. Everyone understood we were playing for ourselves.

“Coach talked about finish all week. This was such a great opportunity for us as a team to finish, to go in and just prove what we could do.”

Well, it seems as though Young has certainly proved what he himself can do.

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