Revisiting Panthers' blockbuster trade with Bears to draft Bryce Young: Chicago, Caleb Williams won big

Ahead of Young's crucial 'TNF' start, we revisit a stunning trade This week, the No. 1 overall picks from the 2023 and 2024 NFL Drafts will be under the bright lights of primetime. Bryce Young and the Panthers open Week 8 with a crucial "Thursday Night Football" game against the Packers, and Caleb Williams and the Bears close out the week with a "Monday Night Football" showdown against the Seahawks. Both quarterbacks will face tough road tests against conference foes with postseason ambitions. And both quarterbacks are forever intertwined. Though Young is forever tied to 2023 No. 2 overall pick C.J. Stroud, and Williams is forever tied to the loaded 2024 class that included Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye, Young and Williams are a byproduct of one another. In March 2023, the Panthers moved heaven and earth to jump from the No. 9 pick to the No. 1 pick, an all-time blockbuster that shaped not only the two franchises but the league as a whole. With Young hoping to get Carolina back on track Thursday, we look back on the trade. Bears receive: 2023 No. 9 overall pick (traded back, turned into OT Darnell Wright, P Tory Taylor), 2024 first-round pick (became QB Caleb Williams), 2023 second-round pick (used in trade up for CB Tyrique Stevenson), 2025 second-round pick (became WR Luther Burden III), WR DJ Moore The Panthers were one of several teams exploring a trade up for a quarterback, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported at the time. Carolina won out with a huge package.