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Bryce Young received high praise from former teammate Adam Thielen.
Many thingsdidn’t go as planned in the Carolina Panthers’ Week One game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. There were turnovers, there were drops, and perhaps most glaringly, there were communication issues.
During the game, the Panthers were often too slow breaking the huddle.This has been an issue that has plagued the Panthers since the start of the offseason.
During thePanthers’ Fan Fest practice in August, the team experienced multiple procedural issues. Kassidy Hill ofPanthers.com detailed head coach DaveCanales’ unhappiness with the operation.
“Wegot to make sure that we, whetherit’s the cadence or wegoing early, whatever the thing is, wegot to talk through that,”thePanthers’ head coach said. “But it was very sloppy.”
The Panthers have specifically focused on fixing this issue this week.
Cleaning Up Communication
The Panthers understand that the most crucial aspect of a play is actually getting it off and executing it effectively. Too many times against the Jaguars, the clock ticked down too far, or the team broke the huddle too late.
Panthers offensive coordinator Brad Idzik focused on getting theoffense’s communication in check during practice this week. Kassidy Hill and Darin Gantt ofPanthers.com wrote about Idzik trying to correct the errors in their September 11 article.
“That’s the first thing we did this weekis challenge guys,”Idzik said. “Just talking about being urgentinto and out of the huddle, getting to the line of scrimmage so we can start to digest information as soon as possible, getting looks in the run game, getting our points rightand getting the communication echoed out up front.”
Idzik has stressed the “brevity of communication”as his key talking point this week.
“Brevity of communication. So, coupling the tempo of getting in and out of the huddle, the tempo of getting the play called is not adding fluff in our communication,”Idzik continued.
The team is addressing the issues from Week One while also preparing for Week Two.
Compartmentalizing Week One
Quarterback Bryce Young had a rough first game of the 2025 season, throwing multiple interceptions. However,he’s taking this as another learning experience and moving on to thePanthers’ Week Two opponent, the Arizona Cardinals.
Darin Gantt, in his September 10 article forPanthers.com, wrote about Young taking the lessons from Week One and moving on to the next game.
“We come in on Monday, we watch the film, we go in with a growth mindset,”Young said on Wednesday. “Watch every play, analyze everything, talk about it, and then we figure out what it is that we can take from there, learn from there. And then we have a deadline of coming back to a meeting, and nowwe’re on to the next team.”
Young’s backup quarterback, Andy Dalton, also emphasized the importance of moving on after analyzing the previousweek’s film.
“We literally watch the tape, then thetape’s over, we start watching the next teamwe’re playing,”Dalton said. “And to be honest, there was a shift in mood once we went from one to the next.”
With a lot to clean up and analyze from Week One, the Panthers will attempt to correct their glaring issues and get back on track against the Cardinals.