CHARLOTTE — Starting quarterback Bryce Young won't play in Thursday's preseason opener at New England, head coach Dave Canales announced Tuesday.
Canales seemed to be leaning that way yesterday and said they'll meet later today to make the determination for the rest of the team.
But out of a desire to protect Young, they chose to hold him out of this one.
Canales played all his top quarterbacks last year in Tampa when they were evaluating Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask, but he said since Young is clearly the starter here, it precluded the need for that.
"You can't play scared, but you've got to be smart, and so yeah, it's a factor for sure," Canales said of the risk of injury. "We're thinking about that. With the guys we're counting on, we're definitely taking that into consideration here.
"In our live move-the-ball periods, we're going ones-vs.-ones all camp, you know. Those are so valuable, especially at the end of practice when we're tired, we get into the move-the-ball setting. We'll have the Jets in here (for joint practice next week), and that's going to be a fantastic day. I can't wait. That's great work for those guys, so we've got to take advantage of those windows."
With backup Andy Dalton dinged up and not practicing, that leaves most of the work for rookie Jack Plummer.
They brought in Jake Luton in this week to have a fourth quarterback, so he'll likely get snaps as well.
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