Former player disappointed by Bryce Young's struggles in loss to 49ers

The Carolina Panthers entered Monday night's game against the San Francisco 49ers with an opportunity to take the NFC South lead. Instead, they laid an egg in a 20-9 snoozefest.

Now the Panthers are back to the drawing board after a blown opportunity to a team that gave them multiple chances to hang around, including three interceptions from the defense. Even with the ball at the 16-yard-line following one of those picks, quarterback Bryce Young gave it right back to the 49ers with one of his own four plays later.

This was a time for Young to prove himself on a big stage, but it ended with another disappointing loss with a lackluster performance, something former player and current NFL analyst Marcus Spears expressed his frustration with during Tuesday's edition of "NFL Live."

Marcus Spears disappointed in Bryce Young's sloppy play in loss

"I thought Bryce Young missed an opportunity to have a phenomenal night, especially after your defense gives you three turnovers," Spears said. "... But these are those games where you answer questions about if you're the guy going forward. You have to capitalize. You're on the road, 'Monday Night Football,' the biggest stage during the regular season and you have some opportunities. There were some misses in this game by Bryce as well. Ball coming out of his hand, kind of unorthodox.

"I was not happy about his performance with some of the opportunities that his defense was able to create for him. You get three turnovers in a football game and you only come away with nine points. Yeah, let's give Robert Saleh and that defense a lot of credit, but that quarterback is supposed to get you in the endzone on points a lot of those times."