Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Younger suffered a excessive ankle sprain in Sunday’s victory over the New York Jets and is predicted to overlook this week’s recreation towards the Buffalo Payments, a supply confirmed to ESPN.
The character of Younger’s damage was confirmed by an MRI performed Monday.
Younger twisted his proper ankle whereas taking a sack late within the third quarter of Sunday’s 13-6 victory. He went to the locker room with athletic trainers and didn’t return.
Veteran Andy Dalton completed the sport and is predicted to begin on this Sunday’s residence recreation towards the Payments. Dalton completed Sunday 4-of-7 passing for 60 yards however did not lead a scoring drive within the defensive battle.
Younger was 15-of-25 for 138 yards and a landing when he sustained the damage attempting to flee strain on a third-down play. He led Carolina to all 13 of its factors because the staff received its third straight recreation, the primary time that has occurred for the reason that begin of the 2021 season.
The Panthers improved to 4-3 general, going above .500 for the primary time this late within the season since 2019.
Younger’s command of the offense has been key in the course of the profitable streak as he has thrown six landing passes to 2 interceptions, a kind of a move that went off the fingers of vast receiver Tetairoa McMillan.
His ball safety has been a drastic turnaround from the primary 4 video games when he had 5 landing passes to 3 interceptions with a pair of misplaced fumbles.
The information on the character of Younger’s damage was first reported by NFL Community.