It's common at sporting events, especially football, to see teams acknowledge the beginning of the fourth quarter. That's when games can be won. But doing right longer is less about locking in when the clock ticks to the fourth, and more about maintaining the same intensity that carries throughout the game.
"It's not a, 'All right, now it's coming to an end or now it's the time.' It's just like, we talk about finishing opportunities all the time," Young said. "There's an opportunity to find the finish line, and we always pride ourselves in sprinting through any finish line we can find."
There are some quarterbacks who are all fire. That's exciting to watch as a fan and can definitely help spark a team. The danger, however, is that a fire can be doused. Canales' program foundation is built on consistency, day in and day out, game in and game out, play in and play out. To "finish" in the fourth quarter means having the mental discipline to "focus and refocus" no matter what and be the same person in the lunchroom as you are in the huddle of a game-winning drive.
Perhaps that's why Young has started to prove himself as the QB to employ it with the Panthers.