When asked about the decision to pull new starter Andy Dalton and give Young some late burn, Canales clarified that it was partly because the Panthers didn’t want Dalton to get beat up behind a hurting offensive line. Oh, OK. That’s right. The Panthers are thinking about preserving Dalton’s health first for a long season, Young second. Oh man:

Andy Dalton was viewed as a potential short-term savior at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, orchestrating a win over the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 4. However, everything changed when they took on the Chicago Bears in Week 5.

The Carolina Panthers were so bad in today's 36-10 loss to the Chicago Bears that they made another change at quarterback. With the end result already having been decided and Andy Dalton having had almost zero success against Chicago's defense,

We have to just do better. We got to do better on third down, we have to get off the field so we could play complimentary football.”

As the seconds wound down Sunday at Soldier Field, Caleb Williams, DJ Moore and Keenan Allen stood together on the sideline, helmets off, chatting at ease as backup quarterback Tyson Bagent knelt down to close out the game against the Carolina Panthers.

Five games into the 2024 NFL season and the Chicago Bears are rolling, trouncing the Carolina Panthers, 36-10, and completely shifting the tide of their season by jumping out to a 3-2 record. Every aspect of the team was firing on all cylinders, suffocating the Panthers on defense and battering them with both the run and pass on offense.