Panthers building around Bryce Young, Brian Burns with no regrets - ESPN

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you're into revisionist history, then the backdrop to Thursday night's game between the Carolina Panthers and Chicago Bears at Soldier Field (8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video) is for you.

That's because of the second-guessing Carolina is facing for a trade it made with the Bears and a trade they didn't make with the Los Angeles Rams.

In March, the Panthers traded their 2023 first-round (No. 9) and second-round (61) picks, their 2024 first-round pick (currently No. 2) and receiver DJ Moore (their 2018 first-rounder) to the Bears for the No. 1 overall pick so they could draft Alabama quarterback Bryce Young.

And prior to last season's trade deadline, they turned down two first-round picks (2024, 2025) from the Rams for outside linebacker Brian Burns.

That Carolina is 1-7, Young has an NFL-worst 29.5 Total QBR, and Moore's 735 receiving yards with the Bears rank sixth in the NFL, makes the organization an easy target.

But the Panthers aren't looking back, even though they haven't replaced Moore with a genuine No. 1 receiver to help Young and an offense that ranks 27th in scoring with 17.5 points a game, and trading Burns, who will miss Thursday's game with a concussion, would have given them more draft capital to build out their roster.

«He's a great player, but when you find your quarterback you've got to go all in — and you can't look back,'' coach Frank Reich said of including Moore in the deal to get Young. „That's part of the business that stinks, but you're taking steps to build a championship franchise, and getting your quarterback is a big deal.''

Reich and general manager Scott Fitterer still believe in the plan they devised when they traded with Chicago, even though the current season hasn't gone as