Carolina fans expecting to see Bryce Young on the field for the Panthers' 2023 season opener might be disappointed.
GM Scott Fitterer said the team has not yet decided when the 2023 first overall pick will make his Panthers debut, per Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio.
"We're going to rely on our coaches—Jim Caldwell, Frank Reich, Thomas Brown—to decide when it's right," Fitterer said. "We don't have a timeline. We're not saying, 'Hey, this guy's gonna start the first game or we're not going to play him at all this year.' When the time is right or we felt like he's got enough of a mastery of the offense where he can go out and operate this and be successful, that's when he'll be out there.