{"id":575790,"date":"2026-04-10T11:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575790\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:20:14","slug":"the-one-goal-each-nfc-team-must-nail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575790\/","title":{"rendered":"The one goal each NFC team must nail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Panthers&#8217; biggest draft goal: Keep helping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/bryce-young\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryce Young<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nineteen months ago, first-year head coach Dave Canales benched Bryce Young. In the moment, it felt like the former No. 1 overall pick\u2019s starting days in Carolina could be over. Then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/andy-dalton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Dalton<\/a> sprained his thumb in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/bryce-young-to-start-on-sunday-vs-broncos-with-andy-dalton-dealing-with-thumb-sprain-from-car-crash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a car accident<\/a>, thrusting Young back into the lineup. The youngster played significantly better in the second half of that 2024 campaign, and the Panthers rewarded him with the first-round selection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/tetairoa-mcmillan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tetairoa McMillan<\/a>. With a true WR1 at his disposal, Young took another big step forward, allowing Carolina to win its first division title in a decade. Now the quarterback is heading into the fourth year of his rookie contract, a crucial season that could determine whether the Panthers hand him a nine-figure extension. Give the 24-year-old every chance to succeed by drafting a true batterymate at center and another playmaker at one of the skill positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Panthers&#8217; biggest draft goal: Keep helping Bryce Young Nineteen months ago, first-year head coach Dave Canales benched Bryce&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[68019,4687,1829,1327,3687,8850,1816,1810,8305,1804,1820,8851,1814,977,349,6257,1239,560,8852,99,1824,3851],"class_list":["post-575790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-analysis","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-chicago-bears","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-detroit-lions","tag-draft","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-washington-commanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}