The Carolina Panthers have promoted Bryce Young to the No. 1 quarterback spot, a move Frank Reich said is "the next step" in the top pick of this year's draft becoming the Week 1 starter.

While Young had gotten more reps than Andy Dalton with the first team during the first two weeks of voluntary offseason workouts, Dalton was listed as the starter and began each drill with the first unit.

That changed this week.

"It's just the next step," Reich said. "We had a couple of weeks to watch Andy. Andy has continued to perform at a very high level. We're just trying to get our team ready. Everything is about what's best for our team, and so this was just the next step."