For Bryce Young, that 11th game-winning drive was “no big hoo-rah”

But his way of treating these things as a matter of fact is also part of the reason his pulse rate stays low in these situations.

By doing this at the ripe old age of 24 years and 164 days old, he passed Josh Allen as the youngest quarterback in NFL history with 11 game-winning drives. It was also the second-highest passer rating in a single game in franchise history (147.1, trailing only a 153.3 by Cam Newton in 2015). He also now has a career-high 18 touchdown passes, the most by a Panthers quarterback since Newton’s 24 in 2018.

“I mean, Bryce is as cool as it gets, especially in those moments he kind of makes everyone else calm, but we’ve seen those moments throughout the season,” Chuba Hubbard said. “Coaches believe in us. We believe in, believe in ourselves as well, in each other. So I think we’re just expecting, expecting to to convert.

“I mean, he’s just cool. He’s not pressing. He’s not like worried. He’s just like, I don’t even know. He’s just cool, cool as hell.”

And, his timing is immaculate.

“It’s the consistency of play and the thing that I appreciate the most about Bryce is regardless of the moment, regardless of the time in the game or the score, when I put the ball in his hands, he stays the same,” Canales said. “He stays even. His eyes are in the right place and then he executes the play and finds his best available receiver. And, and that’s the part that I love just being able to count on with Bryce.”

The cool has always been there. The performance is beginning to meet it.

“His demeanor, his aura when it comes to late drives, is contagious,” McMillan said. “You know, the proof is in the pudding.

He’s done it, like you said, 11 times, and so, the fact that your leader on offense can do that, you know, speaks volumes for sure.”