Bryce Young was not able to finish Sunday’s win for the Panthers and now he is unlikely to suit up for Week 8.
Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Young is expected to miss next Sunday’s game against the Bills with a high-ankle sprain.
While the return timetable for such an injury is usually 2-to-4 weeks, it’s currently unclear how long Young will be out.
Andy Dalton, who came on to relieve Young in Sunday’s victory over the Jets, is now in line to start against Buffalo.
In his third season, Young has completed 62 percent of his throws for 1,288 yards with 11 touchdowns and five interceptions so far this season. He’s also rushed for 69 yards with a TD.
Dalton is in his third season with Carolina, having started at least one game each year. He completed 4-of-7 passes for 60 yards against the Jets on Sunday.
Panthers head coach Dave Canales had a brief update on quarterback Bryce Young’s condition after Sunday’s 13-6 win over the Jets.
Canales said that Young left the game in the third quarter with a right ankle injury he suffered on a sack. Andy Dalton finished out the game and Canales said that the team would have a better idea of what the future holds once they are back home.
“We’re taking all the information and we’re gonna look at him when we get home some more,” Canales said at his press conference.
Young was 15-of-25 for 138 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game. The Panthers, who improved to 4-3, host the Bills next weekend.
The Panthers earned their first victory on the road Sunday, but celebrations will be a bit muted until they get an update on quarterback Bryce Young’s condition.
Young left the 13-6 win over the Jets in the third quarter after injuring his ankle. The injury came on a sack by Jets defensive lineman Jowon Briggs and Young went into the locker room during the ensuing Jets possession.
Andy Dalton closed out the game at quarterback for Carolina and failed to lead the team to any more points, but that was OK thanks to the play of cornerback Jaycee Horn and the defense. Horn intercepted Jets quarterback Tyrod Taylor twice after Young’s departure and the Panthers picked up six sacks of Taylor and Justin Fields over the course of the afternoon.
Fields was benched at the start of the second half after going 6-of-12 for 46 yards in the first half. The move came after head coach Aaron Glenn rebuffed questions about benching Fields during last Sunday’s 13-11 loss to the Broncos and he’ll face postgame questions about the long-term plans at quarterback after this one.
Taylor got a cheer when he entered the game, but three points and two picks didn’t make much of an argument that he’s going to move the needle for the NFL’s only winless team. The defense was an issue earlier in the season, but losing back-to-back games while allowing 26 total points makes it clear that the offense is the current issue for Glenn and his staff to figure out.
Week 8 brings a trip to Cincinnati and the Jets will then have a bye week before embarking on the second half of the season. The Panthers have now won four of their last five games and they’ll try to remain unbeaten at home when the Bills pay them a visit next Sunday.
It looks like the Jets will be without cornerback Sauce Gardner for the rest of Sunday’s game against the Panthers.
Gardner went to the locker room to be evaluated for a concussion during the fourth quarter. If he is placed into the concussion protocol, he will need to clear all stages of it in order to play in Week 8 against the Bengals.
Gardner’s injury came with the Panthers leading 13-3 and driving the ball. A Jamien Sherwood sack forced a Panthers punt that will give the Jets the ball with just under nine minutes left to play.
Quarterback Tyrod Taylor will be piloting the comeback effort after replacing an ineffective Justin Fields at the start of the second half.
The Jets changed quarterbacks by choice in the second half of Sunday’s game at MetLife Stadium and the Panthers look like they may be forced into making a change as well.
Bryce Young went into the locker room with members of the team’s medical staff during a Jets possession in the third quarter. The Jets got the ball when the Panthers punted following a Jowon Briggs sack of Young on third down.
Andy Dalton is the Panthers’ backup quarterback.
The Panthers announced that Young is questionable with an ankle injury. He is 15-of-25 for 138 yards and a touchdown on Sunday.
The Jets benched Justin Fields to kick off the second half, but Tyrod Taylor has not been able to lead them to any points and they trail the Panthers 13-3 near the end of the third quarter.
