On Tuesday, Carolina Panthers team owner David Tepper held a press conference following the team’s decision to fire head coach Frank Reich. As part of his press conference, he was asked about the team’s decision process before drafting quarterback Bryce Young of C.J. Stroud.
During the press conference, David Tepper claimed that the decision by the team to select Bryce Young over C.J. Stroud was a “unanimous decision.”
“Just the way our processes go here, I’ll just answer this really plain,” Tepper said. “In all those decisions, whether it was [hiring] the head coach, whether it was [drafting] Bryce, I don’t really vote on those decisions until the last piece, OK? So those decisions are made by . . . the football people.
“Now, look, everything that’s right and everything that’s wrong here ultimately is my fault, OK? I have the final say. But as far as those decisions, whether it’s Frank Reich or it’s Bryce Young, those decisions were made, and in the case of Bryce it was almost — I believe it was a unanimous decision, and the coaches and the scouts had very strong opinions at the time.”
Of course, it doesn’t look like the correct decision in hindsight as C.J. Stroud is the runaway favorite to win the league’s Offensive Rookie of the Year award and is even a contender for the league MVP.
