Panthers coach Frank Reich says Bryce Young ‘made a great impression’ at minicamp

“I’ve been on the opposite side of Bryce for the last two years [in college] and I’m 0-2 against him, so it’s a blessing to finally be on his side,” Mingo said. “We have to keep building our chemistry and help the team win. Just keep practicing, Practicing makes us better. He’s making me better and I’m making him better.”

Young, meanwhile, called it a “huge day” for himself, and is focused on stacking up good days of practice.

“There’s still obviously a lot more about the playbook I want to learn,” Young said. “I want to get to the point to where I have it mastered… I’m going to stay in my playbook and keep trying to get better, day in and day out. But [I] also understand it’s day one of rookie minicamp. It’s a day-by-day process; we talk about it a lot as a team. Today was a good day.”

Bryce Young learning under 16-year NFL veteran

Young will have the benefit of learning under 16-year NFL veteran Josh McCown — brought in this offseason to serve as the team’s quarterbacks coach. Reich said that the two will have a feeling-out process with regards to Young’s fundamentals, but that he believes everything will go smoothly.

“He looked good today,” Reich said. “Some of it’s a feeling-out process, like between he and Josh just talking about. We do a lot of little flexibility and freedom with each quarterback within their footwork, depending on what they’re comfortable with. We kind of have certain requirements that are musts, and then there are other things that are more of a feel thing for each quarterback. There’s a little bit of a working that out with Bryce and Josh in this process, but that’ll go smoothly.”