Bryce Young's NFL future: Trade value and options for Panthers

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The most telling evidence that it was time for the Bryce Young era to end in Carolina is the immediate acceptance that followed. Nobody seemed to mind. There were no fans putting up signs supporting the embattled quarterback on the way to the facility, as there were for Justin Fields in Chicago after last season. No obvious replacement had rendered Young irrelevant with his play, as happened when Brock Purdy overtook Trey Lance in San Francisco. Eighteen games into Young's tenure, just two games into his second season, the Panthers benched the No. 1 pick in last year's draft and everyone collectively shrugged and said, "That makes sense."

By the numbers, it's…