Bryce Young featured on this month's GQ magazine

[TheSpecialJuan]

https://www.gq.com/story/bryce-young-carolina-panthers-quarterback-mental-health

[jfra78]

Can't believe he is doing anything other than studying the playbook, working out, and practice.  How dare he have a life outside of football.

[PanthersATL]

Selected excerpts:

Quote

During this most recent season (his second in the league), Young made strides by doubling his win total, upping his touchdown-to-interception ratio, and shoring up some rookie fumble issues. Most notably, he went from being sacked 62 times in 2023 to just 29 last year, something that eased the physical burden of the job.

Being a competitor, I feel like we're always taught to be our toughest critics. I'm always hard on myself. For me, it's just finding that balance and making sure that I'm doing everything on the field and holding myself to the highest standard. To be the player that I want to be for myself—and for the team—but also doing it in a way that's sustainable and healthy.

I try my best to compartmentalize. I'll do that a lot with location too. So stuff that's physical and stuff that happens at the stadium. The stadium, that's me. That's the quarterback, that’s work, that's all in. I try to leave everything at the stadium. Leave work at work. When I do leave, that's where I try to separate myself.

The last three games of your season, you had seven touchdowns and no interceptions; two of the games were overtime wins. Ending the season on that note, what did it do for your mental health?

I think it was great for us as a unit, just as something to build off going into the offseason. [This is] the first time we'll be with the same staff, same system, a lot of continuity on the offensive side of the ball. Now it's that balance of feeling the confidence and seeing the build, but also knowing that we still have work to do. I still have stuff to improve on. We all still have stuff to improve on!

 

Edited 14 hours ago by PanthersATL

[frankw]

Bryce Young is quite blessed in his overall perception and treatment from the media when you compare and contrast to other first overall picks that have experienced such lows and highs. I'm hoping to see him come out swinging in camp and preseason with the rest of the starters.

[Captain Morgan]

[Aussie Tank]

12 minutes ago, frankw said:

Bryce Young is quite blessed in his overall perception and treatment from the media when you compare and contrast to other first overall picks that have experienced such lows and highs. I'm hoping to see him come out swinging in camp and preseason with the rest of the starters.

Because the media has the script 

[frankw]

22 minutes ago, Aussie Tank said:

Because the media has the script 

Well a public endorsement from the winningest coach in modern college football certainly would help drive that script going forward.

[Butterflyj30]

Congrats to Bryce!!