CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- There were times during the Carolina Panthers’ recent rookie camp when protection failed and you got a glimpse of what quarterback Bryce Young does best: break down the defense, improvise and make what coaches call “off-schedule’’ plays.
Offensive coordinator Thomas Brown doesn’t want the No. 1 overall pick of the draft to stop doing that in his spread-formation system, which is a mix of what he brought from his time as an assistant under Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay and what Panthers coach Frank Reich used when he coached the Indianapolis Colts.