Spartanburg — (WLOS) As they have every season since their inception in 1995, the Carolina Panthers began training camp Wednesday on the campus at Wofford College. New head coach Frank Reich was on that first team 28 years ago, but even three decades doesn't change the early challenges of players fighting for roster spots.
"Like those old Ali vs Frazier, you know. There's a tempo that you fight with," Reich said. "Sometimes you turn the tempo up, sometimes you turn the tempo down. And sometimes you're just trying to get out of the round and survive. And sometimes you've got 'em on the ropes and you put your foot on the gas. So, that's kind of the way we look at it."
Reich isn't the only prominent new face on the Panthers. Top overall draft pick Bryce Young, who was officially labeled "QB1" by Reich today, entered his first training camp.
"I wouldn't say it was nerves today, more just being anxious," Young explained. "I was excited to be back out here. You go a couple of weeks without it, you start to miss it. Being out here in this environment, amazing environment, amazing fans."
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"Bryce will fool you now, because he's got this quiet demeanor," laughed Reich. "But I like the way Scott [Fitterer] said it, this is a grown man."
By all accounts Young looked sharp in his debut in front of Panthers fans. He completed his first three passes in team drills, two of which went to offseason acquisition Adam Thielen. He also connected on four of his last five, although a string of three misses was mixed in during group drills.
The highlight of the day was a nearly 40-yard completed to D.J. Chark where Young split coverage.
Story courtesy of WLOS-TV 13
