The Carolina Panthers say quarterback Bryce Young’s status is “day-to-day” after he suffered an ankle injury in Sunday’s win against the New York Jets.
The No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft left Sunday’s game against the New York Jets with an ankle injury. Young was tripped up by Jets defensive lineman Jowon Briggs late in the third quarter when trying to escape the rush and did not return after that point.
Multiple reports circulated on Monday morning about an MRI that showed Young suffered a high ankle sprain and would miss Sunday’s game against Buffalo.
However, Panthers coach Dave Canales did not give a timeline for Young’s return or confirm he would miss the Buffalo game. During Monday’s media availability, Canales said coaches and the medical team would work with him to make progress.
“We’re going to go day-to-day on that right now,” Canales said. “[We’ll] really look at him each day, test the ankle in different ways to see if we can’t get him back out there on Wednesady in some way, shape or form. We’re going to just take it that way. I saw him this morning and talked to him and he’s like ‘let’s push this thing, let’s see what we got’ so we’re going to try to take that approach with it and go from there.”
Young completed 15 of 25 passes for 138 yards in a 13-6 victory at New York. He scrambled around and threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Legette to give Carolina the lead late in the first half. When he went to the locker room, he appeared to walk with a slight limp.
If Young can’t go on Sunday, Andy Dalton would be in line to start. Dalton completed four of seven passes for 60 yards in the second half against the Jets.
Young has a 11-5 touchdown-to-interception ratio in seven games and a 61.6 completion percentage for the season.
The Panthers have won three in a row and four of their last five games after an 0-2 start. They’re in second place in the NFC South division behind Tampa Bay.