Bryce Young, on a sliding scale
With quarterback Bryce Young scrambling for a touchdown last week — and generally showing more of a willingness to run, the old conversation about his unconventional approach to sliding has come up again.
And Young’s the first to admit it’s not textbook.
“We’ll see,” he said with a laugh when asked about learning to slide. “I feel like I’ve had some OK attempts. I’ve had some, not-great attempts. So, hopefully, one day, I just get it right magically.”
Hubbard joked about it as well but took an “all’s well that ends well” approach to his quarterback’s style.
“Yeah, he’s definitely got to work on his slide, but he’s been making people miss,” Hubbard said. “He hasn’t had to slide yet like that. So he’ll get it. He’ll be all right.
“I mean, I’m not trying to hate on my dog’s slide. It’s just a work in progress. He’ll be all right, though. Like I said, he’s making people miss and stuff. So he fell in the end zone. He didn’t need to slide.”
Panthers head coach Dave Canales couldn’t help but grin either when asked about it, but he also has emphasized to Young that protecting himself is the important part, regardless of what it looks like.
“Well, he’s got his ways of getting it done,” Canales said. “And I think you’ve seen him kind of move around and find ways to avoid those contacts and those big hits and that’s just been his style. He doesn’t have a lot of baseball in his background, you know.
“But that is definitely something that we talk about, and just making sure that you have a plan to protect the quarterback. And then I try to remind him you’re the quarterback. So I try to keep it light, but at the same time, it’s serious. And when you’re heading into the end zone, when you’re heading out of bounds, when you’re in the middle of the field, having a plan for when those defenders are coming at you.”
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