And all the people on offense who saw that growth — and that side of the ball is back largely intact — saw Young develop a little more personality along the way.
"Press Conference Bryce" or "TV Bryce" might present one way, but teammates have seen Locker Room Bryce, or as Dalton calls him simply, "the real Bryce."
For left tackle Ikem Ekwonu, there was a flashback to that Atlanta game at the end of last year when the Panthers trailed by a touchdown at the break of what would become a shootout and a five-touchdown coming-out party for his quarterback.
"I mean, most of the time when he speaks up, you listen," Ekwonu said, acknowledging the expectations of a quarterback. "But I think a message that really resonated with me, the last game of the season, and it was a little bit slow at first. When we came in at halftime, he was kind of just like, 'We don't have to talk about last year. Everything that we want to fix, we can do it right now. We've got one more opportunity to fix it.'
"And I feel like that game kind of just started going better and better for us, and we got the win."
Like Dalton, Ekwonu has been here throughout Young's career, so he's seen this part of his personality emerge. And like Dalton, he believes the performance is an integral component of that emergence.
"He's been growing in that aspect ever since his rookie year," Ekwonu said. "I think even early in his rookie year, we saw parts of that, but I'm sure there was some frustration that rookie year just because of the way it went.
"People don't get to see some of that Locker Room Bryce, you know, but I mean, he's definitely a guy that knows when to use his voice and when to rally the troops. And every time he speaks, everybody listens. He's just one of those types of guys, right? Locker Room Bryce is not what everybody sees."