As a first-time head coach and second-year play-caller in the NFL, Canales is in a very difficult spot. He is navigating a roster that is both depleted of talent and dealing with long-term injuries to standout players while bearing the responsibility of putting his offense in the right position to succeed.

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:

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.”

Head coach Dave Canales took the lectern this afternoon to provide some updates on his team following their 36-10 loss to the Chicago Bears in Week 5. The most notable bit concerned center Austin Corbett, whose 2024 season will now come to a close after he tore his biceps in the defeat.

The Carolina Panthers were dominated by the Chicago Bears on Sunday, falling 36-10, and dropping their record to 1-4 on the year. Shortly after the game, head coach Dave Canales met with the media to discuss what went wrong in the loss and provided an injury update.

The year-two Bryce Young reclamation project that the Carolina Panthers hired Dave Canales to lead turned out to only last two games before Young was