EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Panthers quarterback Bryce Young was the last player out of the locker room, his right foot in a boot, and his right Jordan in his left hand.

And when he saw teammate Nic Scourton on his way to the bus, his face brightened, congratulating a teammate on his first NFL sacks after a win that took the entire roster to pull together.

"That's my dog," Young said to Scourton as he went past.

And while they didn't have many specifics about his condition in the moments after the 13-6 win over the Jets on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, there wasn't a sense that it was extreme, and Young's mood after the game suggested that a win made everything feel better.

"We're evaluating for the right ankle," Panthers head coach Dave Canales said. "So we're taking all the information and we're going to look at him when we get home some more, and see where we're at."

Running back Rico Dowdle said he talked to Young in the locker room after the game, and said "he felt OK," indicating it wasn't a significant injury.

"Hopefully it's minor," Dowdle said.

Young was injured while taking his only sack of the day in the third quarter. Canales said he tested it on the sidelines after getting treatment and didn't feel comfortable enough to continue.

Backup Andy Dalton came in and finished the game, sealing it with a 33-yard pass to Xavier Legette that allowed him to kneel out the clock for the second time this year.

Young didn't talk to reporters afterward, and Dalton said he didn't get a chance to interact with him before he entered the game.

Young was working with the team's medical and athletic training staff, and Dalton heard someone tell him to warm up, so that's what he did.

"Then, as he was testing it out, I found out I was going to be the one going in, and so you know it's just how it goes," Dalton said.

Canales said if Dalton had to play next week, the offensive philosophy would remain the same.

"We'll look at all that and see what the best version of us is," Canales said. "But right now it's running the football, and Andy can handle all those things and the pass game, the reps, the time on task with the group that we have, we've got to stay within the core of our system, and Andy's fully involved in all that.

"So if he does play, that'll be the mode."

Young has only missed one game in his career because of injury, the third game of his rookie season in Seattle (also with an ankle).

Dalton stepped in that day as well.

Young finished the game 15-of-25 for 138 yards and a touchdown to Legette in the second quarter, and also had 10 yards rushing.

Dalton was 4-of-6 for 60 yards, most of them coming on that strike to Legette late. Legette finished with nine catches for 92 yards.

But having the backup quarterback finish the game was indicative of the complementary football they've been playing for the last month, as the run game finished with 125 yards on the ground, behind the sixth offensive line combination in seven weeks, and a defense that had 5.0 sacks in six games exceeded that in one day.