Yes, the rookie quarterback has been under constant pressure all season, sacked 26 times and hit 53 times in his seven NFL starts. “I turned the ball over three times and two of them turned into 14 points, and that's how you lose a game,” Young said. The last part is certainly true for Thursday night when the Panthers visit the Chicago Bears.
(Atlanta, GA) The Minnesota Vikings will have Jaren Hall starting under center for the first time in his NFL career when the Vikings visit the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. The rookie
C.J. Stroud didn’t let last week’s tough loss to the previously winless Panthers get to him. The rookie quarterback took lessons from that defeat that he’ll use Sunday when he leads the Houston Texans against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “As the year goes on, I feel like it gets a little harder,” Stroud said.
October began with so much promise for the Indianapolis Colts. Two straight wins put them atop the AFC South, running back Jonathan Taylor was about to be activated from injured reserve, rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson cleared the concussion protocol, and four of their next five games were at home. “Everybody talks about toughness," quarterback Gardner Minshew said after Sunday's 38-27 loss to New Orleans.
Panthers rookie QB Bryce Young led Carolina to a gutsy first win of the season, outshining second overall pick, CJ Stroud, in a 15-13 home victory on Sunday.