The Carolina Panthers made the playoffs this season for the first time since the 2017 campaign.
Bryce Young led the Carolina Panthers to the playoffs this season for the first time since the 2017 campaign.
The Panthers won the NFC South and competed well against the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card game, losing only by three points.
Carolina should be proud of the season it had because no one thought Young and Co. would make the playoffs. While Young and his teammates were pleased with the success they had, the QB said no one is satisfied.
Young finished the 2025 season with 3,011 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns, 11 interceptions, 216 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
During his end-of-the-season press conference, Panthers President of Football Operations and General Manager Dan Morgan was asked to speak about Young's 2025 campaign. Morgan said he liked what he saw from Young.
"I would say if you look at Bryce on a day-to-day basis out there, his work ethic, his ability to command the huddle out there, take control of the line of scrimmage, make the proper checks, make the proper protection calls, and then really having that translate into Sunday or Saturday or whenever we play," Morgan said.
"I just felt like he had a lot more command out there this year. Really just kind of like coming into his own and getting better every week. You know, just attacking every day. That's really all you can ask for just from any player, let alone your quarterback."
Young was the first overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. He has 8,291 passing yards, 49 passing touchdowns, 30 interceptions, 718 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns in a Carolina uniform.
The Panthers can sign Young to an extension this offseason. It's unknown if that will happen, but Morgan did tell reporters that he will pick up the fifth-year option on Young's contract.
"Yeah, just to hit on Bryce, we're going pick up his fifth-year option," Morgan said. "I think Bryce has shown flashes of greatness this year against high-level competition. I think just as a team, we weren't as consistent as we wanted to be on a game-to-game basis, but I think that's part of what happens when you have a young team.
"You have a young team that is building continuity and kind of figuring themselves out. So I think Bryce did a great job this year, and just really excited about moving forward and him still developing chemistry with our receivers and just the pieces around him that we add."
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