Carolina Panthers Crisis: Derrick Brown Out for Season & QB Development Failures

a disastrous week one for the Carolina Panthers has just got significantly worse Panthers star D lmen Derek Brown has suffered a potentially season ending knee injury in the team's loss to the New Orleans Saints he's currently undergoing more tests to determine the severity Derek Brown is arguably Carolina's best player and he just signed a 4-year 96 million contract this off season so it appears that the Carolina Panthers are going to have a season just like last year if not even worse now Carolina Panthers fans had a ton of optimism going into this season this being because of a revamped oine some offensive additions in Xavier Legette and deont Johnson and a brand new head coach who is set to make a new culture in Carolina however if anything it appears that the Panthers could be even worse than last season so where did the Panthers move forward after this they have lost their best player on their entire team after getting beat by a very mediocre team in week one by 37 points so the expectation for the Carolina Panthers this season has completely changed just after one game a lot of fans even believe that the Panthers won't even win a single game this season while that probably isn't true it is safe to say that the Carolina Panthers will definitely not be favored in any game this entire season so potentially the Carolina Panthers are staring down at picking first in the NFL draft in 2025 if that were to happen who would be the pick for the Carolina Panthers obviously if the Panthers do end up going 0 and 17 or just having the first overall pick that would mean that Bryce young has not developed the way that the Carolina Panthers thought he would when coming out of Alabama Bryce young was an absolute Baller in 2021 Bryce young won the Heisman Trophy along with the college player of the year award he was an absolute beast in college at Alabama and an absolute nightmare to opposing defenses so how come that ability and skill has not translated to the NFL well while at Alabama BR young had some absolutely lethal weapons on offense some of them being Jameson Williams jir Gibbs and John meie so the Casual fan might believe that Bryce young just got carried by some Star Elite offensive players while he is at Alabama however this is very far from the truth Bryce young was a very great passer to Alabama he was very great at alluding Defenders and extending plays and he was one of the best if not the best player in all of college football so why hasn't this success transl ated over to the Carolina Panthers in the NFL well first let's look at some quarterbacks who have played for the Carolina Panthers in the last few seasons and look at them now on their current teams first we are going to be beginning with quarterback Sam darnold now Sam darnold was the third overall pick in the 2018 draft to the New York Jets however after just three seasons he was traded to the Carolina Panthers for a handful of draft picks now being traded from one poverty franchise to another definitely did not help Sam darnold's career while with the Panthers he had 16 touchdowns and 16 interceptions in two seasons before they moved on to Baker Mayfield a lot of panthers fans were excited about this pickup because Baker Mayfield was considerably better than quarterback Sam darnold Baker Mayfield had led the Cleveland Browns to their first playoff win and who knows how many seasons however Baker Mayfield did not find that same success with the Carolina Panthers only having six touchdowns alongside with six interceptions in his L season with the Panthers okay so the Panthers got two quarterbacks who weren't great but you know they didn't have really high expectations to begin with with the Panthers so let's draft the best player in college football Bryce young to save our franchise Bryce young had 11 touchdowns to go alongside with 10 interceptions in his rookie season in the Panthers season opener this past Sunday he had zero touchdowns to go with two interceptions so what do all this information that I just gave you mean does it mean that the Panthers just can't find the right guy at quarterback or does it mean something different in Sam darnold's Viking debut he threw for 206 yards two touchdowns and an interception while that is not the most appe feeling stat line he did start the game 10 for 10 and he looked like a very great passer this game and a overall great quarterback this came to the surprise of many because we thought that Sam darnold was an absolute bum this entire time however if you look at the teams he's been on the New York Jets and the Carolina Panthers they never gave him an o line they never surrounded him with talent and that's exactly what the Minnesota Vikings have on their offense all right so Sam darnold might be a pretty decent quarterback but let's move on to Baker Mayfield after moving on from the Carolina Panthers and having a short stint with the LA Rams Baker Mayfield is now Tampa Bay franchise quarterback last season with the Bucks Baker Mayfield threw for over 4,000 yards had 28 touchdowns and only 10 interceptions to go along with that he got the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a playoff win beating the Super Bowl runner up in the prior season and Baker Mayfield's 2024 season opener he threw for almost 300 yards four touchdowns zero interceptions while having a 146.4 passer rating so one could assume that Sam darnold and Baker Mayfield are actually pretty decent quarterbacks so could this also mean that if Bryce young were to be on a more competent team that he also would be a very good quarterback it appears that when you give your quarterback help on offense that being with a good running back good receivers and a good o line the quarterback is also pretty good now for the last few seasons the Carolina Panthers have been where quarterbacks go to die this is because they have very mediocre coaching a very mediocre o line and very very mediocre offensive players I say all of this to say that when the Panthers are picking first in the 2025 NFL draft do they need to pick a quarterback if I were the Carolina Panthers I definitely would not if you look at the recent history bringing in a quarterback isn't just going to solve your offensive problems if I were the Panthers and I had the first pick I would a 100% trade back and acquire more draft picks the Panthers need an upgrade on the o line and an upgrade at all skill positions on the offense if they could get Bryce young some actual help and Surround him with a competent offense I believe that BR young will also be a very good quarterback for them I do not believe that you just draft another rookie quarterback with your first pick and let this whole situation unfold like it has for the last four seasons so with all of this being said I do not believe that the Carolina Panthers are trending in a positive direction at all as long as David terer is running things the Carolina Panthers will not be good at all for the rest of his tenure so if you are unfortunate enough to be a Carolina Panthers fan I am very very sorry for you because it is not going to get better anytime soon if you have watched all the way to this point please leave a like Please Subscribe please leave your thoughts in the comments down below these videos take a lot of time and effort and I appreciate all the support that you guys give me now let's hope that the Carolina Panthers will be able to turn this thing around within the next few seasons I will see all of you guys in the next one peace out