Bryce Young has chance to end crazy 20-year drought in Week 1

This weekend, Bryce Young has the chance to go where no one in his position has gone in the last two decades—on the left side of the column.

Sunday, of course, marks the regular-season premiere of the Carolina Panthers rookie passer. But it could also mark the 15th straight outing in which a quarterback who was selected first overall fails to come up with a win in their first career start.

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The last No. 1 overall pick to lead his team to victory in his debut start was David Carr—way back in 2002. Carr, who was actually taken right before a certain Carolina legend, completed 10 of his 22 passing attempts for 145 yards, two touchdowns and an interception in the Houston Texans’ 19-10 triumph over the Dallas Cowboys.

As for the No. 1’s who have gone under center since . . .

	Year	Team	Opponent	Result	Yards	TD-INT
Carson Palmer	2004	Cincinnati Bengals	New York Jets	L 24-31	248	2-1
Eli Manning	2004	New York Giants	Atlanta Falcons	L 10-14	162	1-2
Alex Smith	2005	San Francisco 49ers	Indianapolis Colts	L 3-28	74	0-4
JaMarcus Russell	2007	Oakland Raiders	San Diego Chargers	L 17-30	224	1-1
Matthew Stafford	2009	Detroit Lions	New Orleans Saints	L 27-45	205	0-3
Sam Bradford	2010	St. Louis Rams	Arizona Cardinals	L 10-13	253	1-3
Cam Newton	2011	Carolina Panthers	Arizona Cardinals	L 21-28	422	2-1
Andrew Luck	2012	Indianapolis Colts	Chicago Bears	L 21-41	309	1-3
Jameis Winston	2015	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Tennessee Titans	L 14-42	210	2-2
Jared Goff	2016	Los Angeles Rams	Miami Dolphins	L 10-14	134	0-0
Baker Mayfield	2018	Cleveland Browns	Oakland Raiders	L 42-45	295	2-2
Kyler Murray	2019	Arizona Cardinals	Detroit Lions	T 27-27	308	2-1
Joe Burrow	2020	Cincinnati Bengals	Los Angeles Chargers	L 13-16	193	0-1
Trevor Lawrence	2021	Jacksonville Jaguars	Houston Texans	L 21-37	332	3-3

You’re up, Bryce.