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

Carolina is spreading the news that the benching of quarterback Bryce Young will be temporary.

That is the Sunday splash! of the media outlet that is partially owned by the Panthers. The bank, according to the report, “should be seen as 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 into the season, Young is out. So he’s coming back later? Why give him up now?

For some teams, the benching may be a nod to the will of the locker room. Elsewhere, it’s the coach’s call. For the Panthers, we know from experience that owner David Tepper’s spoon is the biggest and deepest in the stew.

Either way, the idea of ​​putting Young down with the thought that he will come back later is a move by teams that don’t know what they are doing or how to do it.

Or maybe it’s just a clumsy attempt to generate trade leverage. To argue that they haven’t decided to move on from him. To pretend that they plan to keep him in the hopes that he’ll become Carolina’s franchise quarterback.

Panthers fans have to hope that happens. Because if the Panthers truly believe that the best way to develop the No. 1 overall pick is to bench him after two regular-season games and then bring him back in later, the organization has a lot more problems than previously thought.