Bryce Young Game Winning Drives

[KaseKlosed]

Bryce Young has recorded 4 game-winning drives through nine weeks, leading the Carolina Panthers to crucial victories in tight contests. The 12-play, 58-yard clock-killer versus the Packers in Week 9 (16-13 upset). This pace positions him as the team's most clutch performer in years, with a 68.4% success rate on go-ahead drivesalready surpassing many franchise benchmarks early in his career.

 

Young's early 2025 surge (top-5 league-wide in clutch EPA at 0.28 per dropback) not only outstrips the debuts of Newton (2 in 2011) and Delhomme (1 in 2003) but hints at him climbing this list quickly if the Panthers sustain their wildcard hunt. Data underscores his growth: no other Panther QB hit 4 GWDs before Week 10 in a season.

 

The energy fans pour into the stadium directly shapes Bryce Young’s performance positive support has been shown to elevate his fourth-quarter efficiency by 12%, strengthening team cohesion and execution under pressure. Criticizing or booing the starting quarterback fractures morale, disrupts focus, and undermines the very resilience needed in clutch moments. When fans stand firmly behind their QB and team, they become a true home-field advantage, amplifying performance and accelerating the path to sustained success. Now are you a Carolina Panther fan or a Panther hater? 

[mrcompletely11]

hmmmm  I wonder why he continuously keeps having to come back in games.  Hmmmmm.... 9 out of 11 wins he has had to come back

 

I dont think this is the flex you want it to be

[frankw]

1 minute ago, KaseKlosed said:

Young's early 2025 surge (top-5 league-wide in clutch EPA at 0.28 per dropback) not only outstrips the debuts of Newton (2 in 2011) and Delhomme (1 in 2003) but hints at him climbing this list quickly if the Panthers sustain their wildcard hunt. Data underscores his growth: no other Panther QB hit 4 GWDs before Week 10 in a season.

Take thinly veiled swipes at our two only long term starting QB's in 30 years just to prop up Bryce Young while wholly omitting the historic rushing from the engine of our offense Rico Dowdle.

We are 30th in passing YPG btw.

There is being optimistic and then there is just being plain delusional.

[LinvilleGorge]

2/4 for 19 yards and a near INT with Rico doing the heavy lifting is exactly the type of "game winning drive" we have to pull off with Bryce.

Classic example of the "too much credit" side of the "the QB usually gets too much credit when things are going well and too much blame when they aren't" dichotomy.

We chose to trot out an inexperienced kicker to try a near 50 yarder in windy conditions because we were terrified of having Bryce throw another pass. That says everything.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Sorry, but if I had to choose between Cam Jake and Bryce to lead a game winning drive, it's Cam, Jake, then Bryce in that order. 

[frankw]

Some people think they know what a game winning drive looks like. Others actually know.

I've seen Cam Newton do it against Drew Brees while both were in their primes with the division on the line.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/331222029/saints-panthers

Game winner to JAG Domenik Hixon.

[travisura]

23 minutes ago, KaseKlosed said:

Bryce Young has recorded 4 game-winning drives through nine weeks, leading the Carolina Panthers to crucial victories in tight contests. The 12-play, 58-yard clock-killer versus the Packers in Week 9 (16-13 upset). This pace positions him as the team's most clutch performer in years, with a 68.4% success rate on go-ahead drivesalready surpassing many franchise benchmarks early in his career.

 

Young's early 2025 surge (top-5 league-wide in clutch EPA at 0.28 per dropback) not only outstrips the debuts of Newton (2 in 2011) and Delhomme (1 in 2003) but hints at him climbing this list quickly if the Panthers sustain their wildcard hunt. Data underscores his growth: no other Panther QB hit 4 GWDs before Week 10 in a season.

 

The energy fans pour into the stadium directly shapes Bryce Young’s performance positive support has been shown to elevate his fourth-quarter efficiency by 12%, strengthening team cohesion and execution under pressure. Criticizing or booing the starting quarterback fractures morale, disrupts focus, and undermines the very resilience needed in clutch moments. When fans stand firmly behind their QB and team, they become a true home-field advantage, amplifying performance and accelerating the path to sustained success. Now are you a Carolina Panther fan or a Panther hater? 

This reads like AI slop.

Edited 1 hour ago by travisura

[Carolina Cajun]

We need to have Bryce raise his level of play THROUGHOUT the game, but on top of that, we DESPERATELY need a second option, a REAL second option.  XL either needs to really step up and be consistent or just bench his ass and start Jalen there.  If Coker doesnt take off, use Horn.  We need someone on the field thats a real option, not just a body

Edit to add: Also, Evans needs to be more involved in our pass offense, not just protection.  Hes shown more than JT.  I like JT, but Evans has shown legitimate top half of league TE promise, and as such he needs all the reps possible to see if he can get to that ceiling.

Edited 1 hour ago by Carolina Cajun

[CRA]

Going into the final drive of a NFL game....Bryce Young had 9 completions for 83 yards. In a NFL game.    

We shouldn't be talking about how "technically" QBs gets credited with GWDs......we should be talking about the absurdity of how the cast around Bryce is able to pull off wins with essentially nothing from the QB spot. 

Bryce is basically The Golden Calf of Bristol and his defenders are Skips.   

 

[PleaseCutStewart]

I'll give Bryce credit - while he only has 1 drive a game where he looks like an adequate QB, he makes sure to save it for the final drive most times. Unfortunately in the games we lost, we were down 30+ before he made that somewhat good looking final drive...

Edited 1 hour ago by PleaseCutStewart

[PleaseCutStewart]

32 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Sorry, but if I had to choose between Cam Jake and Bryce to lead a game winning drive, it's Cam, Jake, then Bryce in that order. 

I thought the order was Cam, Jake, kneeling the ball to run the clock out, then Bryce

[strato]

That GWD is another faddish poorly defined stat. 
I’ll gladly give him the GWD form Sunday because it was within the boundaries of a realistic definition. Last drive, small time on tne clock, tied or behind. 

But this racking them up using the loose definitions, it’s just weak to me.
Tighten up the definitions and exclude some things that are liberally included for qualification. Contrast it with the times he had an opportunity for one and didn’t deliver. 
And I would respect the stat more. 
 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by strato

[electro's horse]

Bryce got a “game winning drive” last year after they kicked a field goal following a Daniel jones fumble in overtime. Didn’t attempt a pass. 

[strato]

Exactly.