From Bucks26 (@buckOH26):
Bucks, I think this one’s in the bag. Bryce Young isn’t a perfect prospect by any means, but he’s the best one in a pretty good lot. And relative to other first picks (consider what Baker Mayfield entered into with the Browns or Kyler Murray with the Cardinals, or even what Jared Goff, Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence had at the start), Young should have a pretty good chance to hit the ground running in Charlotte.
The offensive line, anchored by second-year left tackle Ickey Ekwonu has a shot to be among the best in football. The run game rolled at the end of last year, and the defense has a chance to be really good, which would mean the Panthers would need less from their offense. Young will also get an offensive brain trust led by Frank Reich, and with Jim Caldwell, Thomas Brown and Josh McCown in it.
Even better, because the trade was done so early, with seven weeks of runway to the draft, that staff has had plenty of time to consider what it could do for a rookie quarterback in general and, more recently, for Young in particular.
