What you want to know: Is Panthers QB Bryce Young ready for big bounce-back in Year 2?
New York TimesCHARLOTTE, N.C. — I’m dating myself here, but I remember covering an August game at the Georgia Dome in the Falcons’ pre-Michael Vick days and writing a column about how the NFL preseason was a rip-off and disservice to fans. GO DEEPER Panthers stock report: Who's up, who's down and who fell victim to the BoA Stadium turf The Carolina Panthers distributed 71,205 tickets for last weekend’s 15-12 exhibition loss to the New York Jets. Canales said this week he’s open to getting the first-teamers work in Saturday’s preseason finale at Buffalo, depending on the health and strength of the various position groups. But Canales’ track record of success with quarterbacks and some of the wrinkles he’s put in for Young can’t be ignored — neither can the improved personnel along the line and at receiver. Canales said after Saturday’s exhibition against the Jets he’d like to see Smith-Marsette get more deep-ball opportunities.