{"id":225922,"date":"2025-04-01T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=225922"},"modified":"2025-04-01T06:35:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:35:42","slug":"panthers-duo-receives-praise-from-chiefs-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/04\/01\/panthers-duo-receives-praise-from-chiefs-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers Duo Receives Praise From Chiefs Legends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though the Carolina Panthers finished the 2024 season with an underwhelming 5-12 record, the future is bright for this organization. Following a slow start to the year, quarterback Bryce Young and head coach Dave Canales finished the campaign on a high note, and their impressive turnaround drew praise from one of the game’s top coaches. During the league’s annual meeting, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid spoke about<\/a> Canales and his impressive job of getting the most out of his young quarterback.<\/p>\n

“I thought he did a good job of reading the kid, where he was,” Reid said. “You know his progress, I think they probably accelerated it. The fact that he backed it up, let him take a step back, and then the kid took a step forward when he came back. That’s brilliance on his part.”<\/p>\n

“A tough thing to do. That’s a tough, tough thing. To sit down a first-round pick, and it’s really tough bringing him back. And then the kid responded, so it was a great move.”<\/p>\n

Andy Reid Throws Praise on Panthers Bryce Young, Dave Canales<\/h2>\n

When the Panthers hired Dave Canales, his top priority was finding a way to turn Bryce Young into a franchise quarterback. The 2023 first-overall pick struggled as a rookie, but nobody could accurately evaluate the Alabama product. The 2023 Carolina Panthers had the league’s worst supporting cast, so nobody could say if Young’s poor production was a result of his poor play or the disastrous environment.<\/p>\n

After hiring Canales and bringing in guys like veteran Diontae Johnson<\/a> and first-round pick Xavier Legette<\/a>, Young had the chance to succeed in 2024. However, he started the year in disastrous fashion, leading two blowout losses before eventually losing the starting job to veteran Andy Dalton<\/a>. For a while, that seemed to be the end of his Panthers career, as Dalton looked adequate under center.<\/p>\n

However, a car crashed forced Dave Canales to return to Bryce Young, and the first-overall pick looked like a new player after his benching. Over the final 10 games of the season, Young completed 61.8% of his passes for 2,104 yards, 15 touchdowns, and six interceptions and kept improving as the season progressed.<\/p>\n

It’s too early to say Bryce Young is a legitimate franchise quarterback, but Dave Canales has given Panthers fans the most hope they’ve had since early 2018. Ideally, these two will grow together and lead a team that can compete against the NFL’s premier competition.<\/p>\n

Main Photo: Jim Dedmon – Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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