Albert Breer: Baker Mayfield would be redundant to Sam Darnold and the Browns are pushing more for a trade than the Panthers are

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[jb2288]

A trade for Sam? I’d trade Sam for Baker straight up in a heartbeat. This is a borderline playoff team with a 1 year rental with Baker. Go get Malik or Kenny at 6 and go LT 1st round next year after letter Baker go. 

[Untouchable]

I believe half of that. The browns are desperate

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[Jon Snow]

No poo Sherlock. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

Per Breer

As I see it, the Panthers can gamble, barring someone trading up (which I think is unlikely), that they’ll have their pick of quarterbacks at No. 6. What’s hard to forecast is whether any of the top three tackles—Ekwonu, Cross or Alabama’s Evan Neal—will be on the board when Carolina’s up. If those three are gone, maybe it’ll be simplified for the Panthers and they’ll take a quarterback. But if one or more of the tackles are there, it wouldn’t stun me, or others in the league, if the Panthers grit their teeth and go with the offensive lineman over the quarterback—with perhaps the idea that they could go and get Jimmy Garoppolo after the first round, or even Baker Mayfield, who’s been seen internally as a sort of redundant gamble to what the team did with Sam Darnold last year (and would probably require the Browns’ eating a whole bunch of his $18.858 million base). Having Mayfield and Darnold, the top two quarterbacks in 2018 (both of whom were drafted before Allen and Jackson), together would be interesting, for sure. But right now, my guess is the Browns would be pushing that more than the Panthers are looking for it.

Edited April 19, 2022 by TheSpecialJuan

[kungfoodude]

I am quite sure the Browns are eager to dump him.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Pretty sure the Browns fed this information to Mary Kay Cabot on Saturday in order to get other teams to believe a trade was imminent 

[LinvilleGorge]

The Panthers are still deluded about reality if they think Baker Mayfield is redundant to Sam Darnold. Mayfield probably isn't the answer but he's way better than Sam Darnold. And he's better than the current version of Jimmy G too. He's just a spoiled brat.

 

[Proudiddy]

Anyone who thinks Baker is "redundant" to Darnold has ZERO credibility in my book.  ZERO.  Darnold makes Mayfield look like prime Aaron Rodgers.

[OldhamA]

3 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

Anyone who thinks Baker is "redundant" to Darnold has ZERO credibility in my book.  ZERO.  Darnold makes Mayfield look like prime Aaron Rodgers.

I'd love to have seen Mayfield behind our 2021 OLine... it wouldn't have been pretty. 

[rayzor]

Darnold:Mayfield

Kick in the nads:smash thumb with hammer

[NCTHFL0567]

1 minute ago, OldhamA said:

I'd love to have seen Mayfield behind our 2021 OLine... it wouldn't have been pretty. 

Counterpoint. Do you think Sam Darnold puts up 27 TD's and only 8 ints in 2020 with Cleveland like Baker? I don't. 

[OldhamA]

3 minutes ago, NCTHFL0567 said:

Counterpoint. Do you think Sam Darnold puts up 27 TD's and only 8 ints in 2020 with Cleveland like Baker? I don't. 

Who knows. 

It's much easier to play QB when you're running for 150 yards per game.