It appears the Carolina Panthers are having buyers or draft remorse.
Panthers owner David Tepper is adamant he is “totally confident” with his organization’s pick of Bryce Young over C.J. Stroud but he delivered some unknown news this week over that decision.
In a press conference where Tepper was expected to explain why he fired Frank Reich midseason, the owner decided to speak on the draft. He finally confirmed that the Panthers liked C.J. Stroud.
“Originally, we were going to go with the No. 2 pick, and we thought we’d get C.J.,” Tepper said. “We thought Texas was going to pick Bryce. Listen, we preferred Bryce. He was our No. 1 pick. We had a lot of conviction. The process was done the way the process was done.”
Tepper said the Panthers wanted to trade to No. 2, not the No. 1 pick, because they thought the Houston Texans wanted Bryce Young.
The Houston Texans have said they always wanted Stroud.
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Hindsight is 20-20. It is always easier to look at the result and critique the process as we see the way things are going now. If Young was playing better, we never hear this conversation from Tepper.
Tepper also said that the support for drafting Young was a unanimous decision between scouts and coaches.
“We are totally confident in that pick,” Tepper said regarding selecting Young. “I think the people that made that pick first would be totally confident in that.”
Young, the No. 1 pick, has struggled this season during the team’s 1-10 start. By comparison, Stroud, selected No. 2 by the Houston Texas, is thriving.
Stroud has now passed for 3,266 yards in leading the Texans to a 6-5 mark. Young, meanwhile, is sitting at 1,877 passing yards, nine touchdowns, and eight picks on the year.
