Texans QB C.J. Stroud reportedly played a role in Panthers firing Frank Reich

Whereas the choice to fireplace head coach Frank Reich by Carolina Panthers proprietor David Tepper was seemingly the fruits of a number of plights and never only one remoted incident, it’s now identified that one of many first choices Reich made factored into his personal undoing.

Although Tepper told reporters after firing Reich that the franchise stood by the choice to draft Bryce Younger over Houston Texans QB C.J. Stroud, that won’t precisely be the case as a Panthers supply admitted Stroud’s success “one hundred pc” performed a job in Reich’s firing, based on The Athletic’s Dianna Russini.

“A staff supply stated that by Week 5 a number of Carolina coaches wished to bench [Young] for veteran quarterback Andy Dalton,” Russini stated. “Some believed the staff wanted a change and that Younger required extra teaching. The staff determined this wasn’t about making an attempt to get wins within the brief time period however to remain on job with educating and creating Younger within the offense.”

Stroud entered Sunday main the NFL in passing yards per recreation (296.9), and he ranked within the prime 10 in each landing passes (19) and passer ranking (100.8). Conversely, Younger ranked thirty first (187.7), twenty fourth (9) and thirty first (74.9), respectively, in the identical classes.