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Adam Schefter Believes Bryce Young is the 'Favorite' to be Carolina's Pick

What will the Panthers do at No. 1?

Schuyler Callihan

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The Panthers have been searching for their franchise quarterback for quite some time and this offseason, they'll have a prime opportunity to finally get their guy after acquiring the top pick in the draft from the Chicago Bears last Friday. 

The initial reaction across the league was that Carolina made the move to go up and get Ohio State's C.J. Stroud. But since, we've heard Bryce Young's name an awful lot and even hear some rumblings about Anthony Richardson due to his high potential. 

In a recent segment of NFL Live on ESPN, NFL insider Adam Schefter gave his two cents on what he thinks the Panthers will do next month.

"This offseason is going to be defined by what this team does with the number one overall pick. They made the bold move last week to trade up to get to number one. And now, they'll sift through the quarterback options and I think going into the process of evaluating the quarterbacks, I think that Bryce Young is the favorite to become the number one overall pick. I think Bryce Young is to the Panthers what Mac Jones was to the 49ers when they traded up. They traded up with the idea that they really liked Mac Jones and then they went through the process and wound up on Trey Lance. I think in this particular case, this team moved up with the idea that Bryce Young was a guy that they loved. They also really like C.J. Stroud. He's definitely got support within the organization and we'll see what transpires during the course of evaluations. But I think at the beginning of the process, it starts out with Bryce Young as the favorite."

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