Young completed 31-of-45 passes for 448 yards and three touchdowns Sunday, leading the Panthers to a dramatic 30-27 overtime win at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
And as head coach Dave Canales surveyed it, it was the broad-based quality of the attack that he was encouraged by. Nine different players caught passes. Tetairoa McMillan had 130 yards and two touchdowns, Xavier Legette had 83 yards and a touchdown, and Jalen Coker had 55 yards and a crucial two-point conversion. Coupled with Rico Dowdle hitting 100 yards from scrimmage with his 55 receiving yards, and the contributions of the rest of the group, it was a well-rounded day for Young.
"It's really just my dream and vision for our group, is you try to create a focal point," Canales said. "And TMac has been unbelievable in terms of how he's made himself available, dealing with different looks, different challenging coverages, and that's where everybody else gets opportunities and matchups, and Xavier had a couple of great places where the matchup and the ball should have gone, and Bryce took advantage of those.
"And you love to see the tight ends getting involved, and Jalen making a couple of plays as well because the field starts to tilt when TMac plays as well as he has been, and then today just felt like a balanced, a balanced deal where Bryce had options and different places to go."