Baker Mayfield is a Carolina Panther

[Call Me James]

24 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Care to give an example of a third rounder that sat and developed?  Cousins is the only one that comes to mind and that was a long time ago.  However I can think of Dak, Russell and Carr that were drafted in the 2nd or 3rd and could come in and play right off the bat.  If they can play they can play, sitting a qb is a strategy from yesteryear

We're still waiting on Jordan Love to develop...

[ForJimmy]

37 minutes ago, trueblade said:

NFLN reporting a QB competition, so this isn't happening. If Darnold was going to the Browns, he would have been part of the trade.

With both Darnold and Baker in camp, there will be very few reps for Matt to develop.

They have all but given up on Sam.  Matt will get more reps as he earns them and now there is no hurry to get him on the field.  They would have rushed him out with Sam out there throwing picks.  

[Pazhoosier89]

1 minute ago, Call Me James said:

Actually  he shaved off 3 according  to the report.

Nice. Can we get Sam to take a paycut as well. 

[poundaway]

Game one should be fun now.

[ForJimmy]

37 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

You really think that?  If so see christenson, brady.

 

this staff is fuging clueless

They traded for a vet QB who is a proven starter because they know Sam isn't the guy.  Baker will start this season unless Corral can show he is ready.  It's McAdoo's new offense so Darnold has little to no advantage as far as the playbook is concerned.  

[joemac]

1 minute ago, poundaway said:

Game one should be fun now.

Baker finna drop 60 on his bum ass old team.  We should wax them, especially with Brisset set to start for them lol. 

[jayboogieman]

39 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Its fuging insane.  We are not going to give the kid even a chance of playing/development and this is after they said they had a first round grade on him.  Total insanity

Just goes to show the first round grade talk was grade A BS.

[Call Me James]

2 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

They traded for a vet QB who is a proven starter because they know Sam isn't the guy.  Baker will start this season unless Corral can show he is ready.  It's McAdoo's new offense so Darnold has little to no advantage as far as the playbook is concerned.  

I don't even know why we're talking about corral. Sam will likely be the backup. 

It's like we're forgetting who Matt Rhule is.

 

Edited July 6, 2022 by Call Me James

[Manna]

I will try to be positive here and say that it’s a win-win situation. Baker plays which will allow Corral to ease his way into the NFL. I believe Fitterer made comments along the lines of not wanting to thrust a rookie QB into playing right away. 

[w280sax]

2 minutes ago, Pazhoosier89 said:

Nice. Can we get Sam to take a paycut as well. 

I wish.  Sam knows this is his last payday whereas baker is positioning himself to have a chance at another payday if he plays well this year.

[PandaMan]

6 minutes ago, poundaway said:

So Baker ate 3.5 million to come here.  So much for not wanting Carolina.

We paid 5 mill and a conditional 2024 5th rounder.  He's an upgrade over Sam.  I guess we'll see how much.

Damn, that’s wild.  Not sure how much of it is “wanting to come here” vs “please get me the fug out of here” but either way it works out for us 

[Jon Snow]

I hope all of you that are excited about this realize that this ensures Rhule finishes out his contract. He will also extend Baker if they have a winning season.  This is not a 1 year experiment or rental for the team. 

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

Kiss the top-3 pick in 2023 goodbye…

[ForJimmy]

6 minutes ago, poundaway said:

He has had a top 5 line every year he's been in the league, with multiple pro-bowlers.

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-final-2021-offensive-line-rankings

Finished 8th last year with multiple injuries.  Still a top 10, but most of it is run blocking grades.