Canales' approach marks a departure from his first year coaching the Panthers in 2024, where he held out many of his starters from preseason play before finally giving the first team a brief outing in the preseason finale against the Buffalo Bills.

Carolina Panthers QB Bryce Young showed what led the team to move up in the first round in 2023 to select him at the end of last season. It had been a while since Young looked good (college), but he finally began to resemble the Heisman winner the Panthers were so enamored with.

With three preseason games ahead of them, the Carolina Panthers head coach made his opinion clear on their starters suiting up.