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There weren’t many details available Monday morning on the ankle injury that forced Bryce Young out of Sunday’s win against the Jets.
“We’re evaluating for the right ankle,” Panthers head coach Dave Canales said via the team’s website after the Panthers’ 13-6 win. “So we’re taking all the information and we’re going to look at him when we get home some more, and see where we’re at.”
Young’s ankle was injured when he took his only sack of the day for a loss of 12 yards.
According to the Panthers’ website, Young left after Sunday’s game wearing a walking boot. The most detail I’ve seen about his condition came from Rico Dowdle postgame.
“I know he got the X-ray and stuff, but he said he’s going to be fine,” Dowdle said.
If Young cannot play next week, the team expects to start Andy Dalton, who took over for Young on Sunday and finished completing four of seven passes for 6 yards, with no touchdowns or interceptions.
“We’ll look at all that and see what the best version of us is,” Canales said. “But right now it’s running the football, and Andy can handle all those things and the pass game, the reps, the time on task with the group that we have, we’ve got to stay within the core of our system, and Andy’s fully involved in all that.
“So if he does play, that’ll be the mode.”
The Panthers face the Buffalo Bills at home this week, and the Bills are coming off a bye. We will update this post as more information on Young’s injury and his status for next Sunday’s matchup become available.
