David Tepper didn't hesitate when asked what it meant for the Carolina Panthers to draft Bryce Young with the first overall pick of Thursday's NFL draft.

"Super Bowls," the owner said. "Super Bowls."

It was a bold statement for Tepper, who hasn't guided a winning season since purchasing the Panthers for $2.275 billion in 2018.

"When we went through the process with these quarterbacks, we asked ourselves, 'Which one of these guys will be a guy that can take us?'" Tepper later explained. "Not to talk about all the different guys, but we thought this guy had the highest probability of winning Super Bowls.

"Listen, you want to win Super Bowls. And you know there's no sure thing here. But it's a probability. We thought this guy has the best probability of winning Super Bowls."