Luke warm endorsement of Bryce

Interesting statement by Tillis:


Brandt Tilis didn’t offer up any new nuggets on if or when the Carolina Panthers could offer a contract extension to quarterback Bryce Young.

But Tilis, the team’s executive VP of football operations, was pleased with his evaluation of Young last summer, when he called the No. 1 pick from 2023 “an ascending player.”

“Nothing’s changed. I got the eval right. He was ascending. So, nailed that. I was happy about that,” Tilis said with a little smile Tuesday during a Zoom with reporters.

“But we haven’t had any discussions with his agent about a contract. And any that we would have, we would just keep internal anyway. It’s still the same. Still evaluating and just curious to see where it all goes and very excited about Bryce and all that he brings to us.”

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7144268...act-talks/


Just my wild guess...if the right QB falls to the Panthers they might just look to add more competition to the room.

Interesting statement, Indeed...

I think you mentioned it here previously (???) but I would not be at all surprised to see the Panthers draft another QB to go along with Kenny Pickett.  I haven't really 'followed' Pickett since he was drafted, although it seems like he did OK early on - IIRC. He may turn out to be something like Sam Darnold. I'd like to see us draft Cole Payton (ND State). Other than the fact that he's a lefty, I think he has "the right stuff". Would be interesting, especially because we still have a ?? at OT on the "blind side". Might put more pressure on T-Mo, but I'd trust him more than Icky when/if he gets back.  Plus it would give us another reason to (maybe) draft another OT..???