MUNICH, Germany — There will be those who parse Dave Canales' words because he didn't explicitly say that Bryce Young would continue to start at quarterback for the Panthers.

From the look on his face, it seemed like he didn't really need to.

"Certainly, Bryce made a great statement for himself today," Canales said with a little nod and a grin.

Statistically speaking, Sunday's 20-17 overtime win over the Giants wasn't a marvel. Young was 15-of-25 passing for 126 yards and a touchdown. When they come out of the bye week and play the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes, for instance, they'll likely need more than that.

But in another country, after two straight weeks of trading receivers away, with his most trusted veteran option injured and on the sidelines, Young led his team to a second straight win.

It's not everything, but it's not nothing, either.

And after everything he's been through, it's something he is — to use one of his usual phrases — "super-grateful" for.

"Just the resilience," Young said when asked what the last two weeks have said about the team as a whole. "It hasn't been always the prettiest, hasn't been perfect, but just us being able to stick together, trusting each other, play for each other, I think has just been the biggest thing that stood out."

When asked the same question about himself, he said the takeaway was similar.

"I think just honestly the same, just leaning on this team," he said. "Again, we've had a lot of different moments, we've had a lot of adversity and for me, just the ability to know on offense I have 10 other guys that I know are going to do their job. I know are going to compete that I'm grateful to go to war with. And the defense being the same, having all the faith in the world in them. Not saying that's different but it's just great, us growing in that together."

Young is also growing in this thing, putting together progressively improved performances in the three starts since he reclaimed the starting job when Andy Dalton was injured in a car wreck. While the passing stats weren't big, he was efficient and didn't turn it over.

Four of their six longest plays of the day were runs (including a 24-yard scramble by Young himself), and he hit 24- and 23-yard passes to Jalen Coker and Xavier Legette, respectively.

Along with a few timely passes late and the early touchdown to Ja'Tavion Sanders, Young did enough to get them the win, which remains the important thing.

So for Canales, that progress was the part he was happiest to see.

"I'm just so proud of Bryce," Canales said. "I'm so proud of taking the next step again. I thought he had a great day. I thought it could have been a fantastic day. I thought a few balls got away from us. A couple of times that would have really turned it into a really an exceptional day, but he handled the rush, he handled the different coverage looks and all that."

So, while he wasn't prepared to make any global declarations, that's not new.

Throughout the season, Canales has vowed to take these things a week at a time. Dalton's healthy again and has been the backup the last two weeks, but the winning is the thing they're trying to build to, so a certain momentum is being gained.

"We'll take all the information; we'll do all that," Canales began when pressed about the future. "But Bryce certainly is making a statement to all of us. So I just can't tell you how proud I am of just weekly progress.

"And that's the goal for all of us. I can't tell you that right now."

So for Young, who at a young age developed the habit of not making anything bigger than the thing immediately in front of him, the winning is the thing he's latching onto.

"I'm super happy for this team, for my teammates, for everyone involved," he said. "You know, it's great. Again, it's two wins right now. We have these 24 hours, we're going to enjoy it.

"But, obviously stuff to clean up, stuff to build off of, but we'll worry about that when the time is appropriate."