Panthers No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young beginning to show poise, moxie as rookie season winds down
Associated PressCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers are beginning to see some of the poise and moxie they were hoping for this season out of No. Although the Panthers lost 33-30 when they weren’t able to spike the ball at the Green Bay 31 before time expired, it was still a game where Young took a significant step forward. Against Atlanta, Young led the Panthers on a 90-yard drive over the final 7:35 to set up Eddy Pineiro’s winning field goal as time expired. Green Bay had allowed the QBs it had faced in the previous two weeks — New York’s Tommy DeVito and Tampa Bay’s Baker Mayfield — to win NFC offensive player of the week honors. STOCK DOWN Pineiro pushed his career field goal rate to 89% — he’s exactly 89 of 100 — on Sunday which makes him the third-most accurate field goal kicker in NFL history behind Baltimore’s Justin Tucker and Atlanta’s Younghoe Koo now that he has enough kicks to qualify.