Panthers' Bryce Young feels no added pressure with expectations heightened

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young tells Fox News Digital he's focused on what he can control heading into 2024.

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young enters his second season in the NFL with the expectations of leading the team to the playoffs heightened ever more.

C.J. Stroud, who was the No. 2 pick of the 2023 NFL Draft, helped turned the Houston Texans around in his rookie season and got them to the playoffs while quarterbacks like the Tennessee Titans’ Will Levis and Indianapolis Colts’ Anthony Richardson showed an immense amount of promise in the minimal games they appeared in.

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Panthers quarterback Bryce Young with cornerback Jaycee Horn after the game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Jan. 7, 2024. (Bob Donnan-USA Today Sports)

This year’s rookie class also features a tremendous crop of talent, including Chicago Bears’ Caleb Williams, Washington Commanders’ Jayden Daniels, New England Patriots’ Drake Maye and Denver Broncos’ Bo Nix. Atlanta Falcons’ Michael Penix Jr. and Minnesota Vikings’ J.J. McCarthy were also first-round picks but Penix is expected to back up Cousins and McCarthy is set to miss the entire season with an injury.

Young told Fox News Digital in a recent interview he’s not worried about the expectations from those on the outside looking in on the Panthers.

"For me, I really look at it is trying to do the best I can with whatever’s in the building. I always feel like you want to be the best that you can in every game, in everything you do. And what happens around me and what goes on doesn’t affect any of that," said Young, who spoke to Fox News Digital on behalf of his partnership with BODYARMOR.

"The goals