CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bryce Young was fed up. Shouting, cursing, spit-coming-out-of-the-mouth fed up.
The Carolina Panthers had just lost 16-13 at the Chicago Bears in a Thursday night game and fallen to 1-8. The rookie quarterback felt the team was playing not to lose rather than playing to win.
So, in the bowels of Soldier Field, the top pick of the 2023 draft had a moment unlike any other during Carolina's NFL-worst 2-15 season.
His usual stone-faced expression was replaced by fiery-eyed passion, the result of not being able to elevate the play of those around him as he had done his entire career.