{"id":251685,"date":"2025-10-20T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=251685"},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:46:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:46:02","slug":"breaking-latest-panthers-bryce-young-injury-could-force-trade-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/10\/20\/breaking-latest-panthers-bryce-young-injury-could-force-trade-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Latest Panthers Injury Could Force Trade Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With quarterback Bryce Young expected to miss time due to an injury, the Carolina Panthers could trade for Cleveland Browns backup Shedeur Sanders this 2025 campaign. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/panthers\/news\/carolina-panthers-dreadful-news-qb-bryce-young\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to the breaking news<\/a>, the Panthers will likely lose Young for a few weeks and it&#8217;s a huge blow to the team&#8217;s offense that was looking like possible legit contender winning three straight games, especially in their upset win over the Dallas Cowboys. However, they&#8217;re going to be without Young and the rest of the schedule doesn&#8217;t look to be in their favor. This means the Panthers should trade for an adequate signal-caller since <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/09\/19\/carolina-panthers-moving-on-pissed-quarterback-bryce-young-embrace-andy-daltons-prayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">veteran backup Andy Dalton<\/a> is too old and probably isn&#8217;t the most ideal starter.<\/p>\n<p>While Sanders is waiting for an opportunity to start for the Browns over rooke Dillon Gabriel, the team has been reluctant to give him a chance. Originally selected in the fifth round of the this year&#8217;s draft, the former Colorado product is more than capable to start as a solid quarterback for a team that needs an emergency. Sanders got some playing time during the preseason, but under the right circumstances in Carolina, he could be become a reliable option to lean on if Dalton doesn&#8217;t live up to the expectations. The rookie should provide a new fresh breath of air since the Browns don&#8217;t look to be too committed on Sanders, so either way, he should be on the trade block and these teams should be interested.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_247431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247431\" style=\"width: 818px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-247431\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Shedeur-Sanders-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Shedeur Sanders\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Shedeur-Sanders-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Shedeur-Sanders-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Shedeur-Sanders-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Shedeur-Sanders-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Shedeur-Sanders-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Shedeur-Sanders-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Shedeur-Sanders-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-247431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sep 14, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) after the game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&amp;T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Breaking: Bryce Young Injury Could Force Trade for Shedeur Sanders<\/h2>\n<h3>Other Possible Suitors<\/h3>\n<h4>Baltimore Ravens<\/h4>\n<p>While there may be some animosity as it was rumored that Shedeur Sanders turned down the opportunity to<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/08\/25\/lamar-jackson-2025-fantasy-football-outlook\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"> backup Lamar Jackson.<\/a> However, it became true that Sanders wanted to get a starting job elsewhere and it hasn&#8217;t been paying dividends for him. With that, the Ravens could use another adequate signal-caller and may have to make a deal with the Browns. It wouldn&#8217;t be the first time that Cleveland pulls off an inner division trade and Sanders could be open to sitting on the bench to learn from Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>He might not last long apart of this offense, but the team lost Jackson due to an injury and veteran Cooper Rush hasn&#8217;t been able to reel in at least a win. Even though they have Tyler Huntley waiting for a decent chance, he could share the workload with Sanders.<\/p>\n<h4>Houston Texans<\/h4>\n<p>Meanwhile, it&#8217;s hard to imagine that the Houston Texans will keep <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/27\/texans-cj-stroud-year-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">CJ Stroud<\/a> around as he hasn&#8217;t been as consistent since his breakout rookie year. At 2-3, the season isn&#8217;t necessarily over, but when you have teams like the Colts and Jaguars, Stroud probably won&#8217;t be able to keep up with Daniel Jones on fire and Trevor Lawrence most likely turning things around.<\/p>\n<p>This could open the door for Sanders to find his role at least as a backup before he establishes himself as a potential starter for this offense.<\/p>\n<h4>Los Angeles Rams<\/h4>\n<p>However, the Los Angeles Rams could soon begin their search for their new franchise quarterback. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/02\/26\/nfl-announces-matthew-stafford-update-tom-brady-raiders\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Veteran Matthew Stafford<\/a> is still playing his best football, but he is aging and could hang up the cleats at least after two more seasons. Sanders won&#8217;t be a starter anytime soon for Los Angeles, but when you have a coach like Sean McVay, he could turn into a reliable quarterback in the NFL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Panthers could trade for a new quarterback after losing Bryce Young to a devastating injury this past game. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4795,"featured_media":251687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,10,30,14,34,6431],"tags":[7723,9487,7739,9350,7360,1056,7473,404,7661,7638,32477],"class_list":["post-251685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-ravens","category-panthers","category-texans","category-rams","category-nfl-teams","tag-baltimore-ravens-news","tag-bryce-young","tag-carolina-panthers-news","tag-cj-stroud","tag-houston-texans-news","tag-lamar-jackson","tag-los-angeles-rams-news","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-panthers-featured","tag-ravens-featured","tag-shedeur-sanders"],"modified_by":"Anthony Palacios","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251685"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251726,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251685\/revisions\/251726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}