Bryce Young - 2024 Dynasty Fantasy Football Sleepers and Values

2023 Positional Finish: QB23 (10.4 FPPG)

KeepTradeCut Dynasty Ranking: QB20

Dynasty Analysis: 2023 was a complete disaster for Bryce Young.

As bad as things were, there’s reason for optimism in 2024. New Panthers head coach Dave Canales has a strong track record with quarterbacks. In 2022, Canales was the quarterbacks coach for the Seattle Seahawks. He worked closely with starter Geno Smith and helped guide him to an out-of-nowhere career year culminating with Smith winning the 2022 Comeback Player of the Year Award. Canales then moved on to Tampa Bay where he was the offensive coordinator for the Buccaneers last year, working directly with quarterback Baker Mayfield.

Once again, Canales’ signal-caller enjoyed a career year as Mayfield posted career highs across the board.

Carolina has also done its best to add more weapons around Young. It traded for receiver Diontae Johnson this offseason. He is now a legitimate WR1 target for its young quarterback. The Panthers also drafted rookie receiver Xavier Legette and running back Jonathon Brooks in the NFL Draft. The second-year pro is in a much better position for success in Year 2.

Young was bad across the board as a rookie. Any metric would show that. We still shouldn’t completely give up hope.

1st Overall Pick Quarterbacks to post LESS than 15 PPG as a Rookie

[ Matthew Stafford ]
[ Trevor Lawrence ]
[ Sam Bradford ]
[ BRYCE YOUNG ]

you should NOT be giving up on Young after a disappointing Rookie Season pic.twitter.com/IHsxFdxaRs

— DynastyIM (@dynasty_im) May 5, 2024

He’s a fantastic buy-low option for Superflex managers needing quarterbacks. In short, this is a play on a strong offensive mind uniting with a former No. 1 overall pick. We saw Sean McVay work wonders for Jared Goff in Los Angeles after the latter endured a tough rookie season. There’s hope Canales can have the same effect on Young.