Given a second chance to resuscitate his young career, Bryce Young produced something equally as rare during Week 9 of the NFL season — a victory for the Carolina Panthers. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NFL draft, who was benched earlier this season after just 18 career starts, led Carolina on a game-winning drive to beat New Orleans 23-22. After the Panthers took over with 3:26 left in the fourth quarter trailing 22-17, Young threw a pair of incompletions before he found Xavier Legette for 26 yards. On the next play, Young threw the ball high downfield, inducing a pass interference penalty that moved the ball 16 yards from the end zone. Less common is the benched starter who returns to earn full favor within an organization that had lost enough confidence to initially sit him.

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Persons: Bryce Young, —, Young, Xavier Legette, Chuba Hubbard, Legette, Andy Dalton, C.J ., Fox’s Jay Glazer, Glazer, Dalton, — doesn’t, Anthony Richardson, Tennessee, Will Levis, Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield Organizations: NFL, Carolina Panthers, Young, New Orleans, Panthers, Carolina, Houston, Texans, Denver, —, Indianapolis, New York Jets Locations: Carolina, Alabama, C.J . Stroud, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Cleveland