Yes, dysfunctional teams do dysfunctional things. And the currently dysfunctional Panthers are taking a leaf out of the recently dysfunctional Jets’ book.

Carolina is spreading the word that the replacement of quarterback Bryce Young will only be temporary.

This is the Sunday Splash! from the media company that is partly owned by the Panthers. The substitution, according to the report, “should be considered a break.”

The Jets did the same thing with Zach Wilson two years ago. And it didn’t work.

It won’t work here either. Two games of the season have been played and Young is out. So he should come back in later? Why give up on him now?

For some teams, the substitution may be a concession to the will of the locker room. In other teams, it is the coach’s decision. With the Panthers, we know from experience that owner David Tepper is the one who sits the most and the deepest in the pot.

Regardless, the idea of ​​benching Young with the assumption that he will come back later is a move by teams that don’t know what they’re doing or how to do it.

Or maybe it’s just a clumsy attempt to gain an advantage through a transfer. They claim they haven’t decided to move on from him. They pretend they have every intention of keeping him in the hopes he’ll become Carolina’s franchise quarterback.

Panthers fans should hope that’s exactly what happens, because if the Panthers truly believe the best way to build the first-round pick is to bench him after two regular-season games and then bring him back into play at a later date, the organization has far bigger problems than previously thought.