What Really Happened to Former No. 1 N.F.L. Pick Bryce Young?

When Tom Brady officially moved from quarterback to announcer, he brought some of his real, honest opinions with him — like, for example, how the sport of football’s process for developing quarterbacks is broken.

And while the player is never totally free of blame, it was hard not to think about that point after seeing the Panthers’ decision — a fair one, based on merit — to bench second-year QB Bryce Young after a brutal 0-2 start. Young’s not the only quarterback struggling, but he’s probably the highest-paid.

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In Brady’s day, quarterbacks had to fight from the ground up after high school. There was no transfer portal, no NIL and most

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