The Panthers and back-up quarterback Andy Dalton have actually gotten to arrangement on a two-year agreement to maintain him in Carolina.
The Panthers revealed the offer on Tuesday. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that it’s valued at $8 million with $6 million in assured cash and can rise to $10 million. The agreement escalators weren’t originally reported.
Dalton has actually bet Carolina as the back-up to Bryce Youthful for 2 periods, a job that consists of 6 beginnings. A previous Pro Bowler with the Cincinnati Bengals, Dalton will certainly enter his 15th NFL period in the loss at 37 years of ages.
Dalton began 5 video games in 2024 after Youthful was benched early in the period for bad efficiency. Youthful went back to the beginning schedule in Week 8 and created a solid surface to the period that offered hope in Carolina that Youthful can meet the capacity that made him the No. 1 choice in the 2023 NFL Draft.
Andy Dalton will certainly continue to be with the Panthers on a brand-new two-year agreement. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire using Getty Images)
Young completed the period finishing 60.9% of his masquerade 2,403 backyards with 15 goals and 9 interceptions in 14 video games, consisting of 12 beginnings. He included 249 backyards on 5.8 backyards per bring and 6 hurrying goals. He’ll get in the loss as the undoubted beginning quarterback after his future in Carolina remained in risk simply weeks right into his 2nd NFL period.
In Dalton, the Panthers have a reputable back-up quarterback and a skilled professional to collaborate with Youthful as Youthful remains to establish.