So what happens with Darnold if Baker is the starter

[electro's horse]

darnold wont be on the roster week 1

[Jackie Lee]

6 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

darnold wont be on the roster week 1

Injury somewhere else, we cover $15M of Darnolds deal, and we break even with Baker and Corral with PJ on the practice squad

[NanuqoftheNorth]

Yikes!

What happens with Baker if Darnold is the starter?

 

[pantherclaw]

2 hours ago, NAS said:

In my opinion he has to be cut or traded.  We can’t have Matt Corral as a third stringer, he needs reps in practice to develop as our future QB if we decide to move on from Baker. 

PJ is gone.  Who is the first  backup at the beginning of the year means nothing. 

If Mayfield starts, then they will focus on developing  Matt, not Sam. 

 

 

[RJK]

2 hours ago, Shocker said:

He will…watch.  Absolutely 

It’s a very Rhule thing to do tbh. 

[rippadonn]

55 minutes ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

Yikes!

What happens with Baker if Darnold is the starter?

 

LOL. Heads should roll, but they may get a 19mill bonus instead.

[07579394]

Nowhere to go because of the death money

[Khyber53]

$14-18 million for playing back-up QB and riding the pine isn't the worst thing in the world for either guy. At some point, people will be calling for you to come in and you'll be the most popular guy on the team.

Let's not spend too many tears for whoever isn't given the starting spot.

[RoaringRiot]

They have no intention of releasing him. Unless someone makes them an offer they cant refuse. Which we all know won't happen.

[stirs]

Baker knows nothing of our system and team and camp is a few weeks away.

Doubt he starts.

Darnold vs Cleveland is probably more likely because he will be the better QB at that time.  The moronic thing to do would be to cut him even though we have to pay him, just to make grudge holding fans happy.

Then they get to see Baker look inept because of a short playbook while getting killed by his former team.

What a great first week Sunday on the Huddle that would be

[NAS]

20 minutes ago, stirs said:

Baker knows nothing of our system and team and camp is a few weeks away.

Doubt he starts.

To be fair it’s a brand new system for Darnold too.  He only has the advantage of a few weeks of OTAs.  

[Stingray3030]

I would expect Darnold sits all year and walks in FA in the offseason since we likely won't get a trade for him.  With Corral there no reason to keep him.  Plus if Baker plays well we are set - if he sucks we have a high draft pick and grab a rookie QB.....either way Darnold is done if he doesn't start

Edited July 7, 2022 by Stingray3030

[hepcat]

1 hour ago, RoaringRiot said:

They have no intention of releasing him. Unless someone makes them an offer they cant refuse. Which we all know won't happen.

Never say never, some team could lose their starter in training camp to an injury, sexual assault arrest, drug trafficking charge, murder for hire plot, the list goes on and on. Darnold could be an option for those teams!

[RoaringRiot]

9 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Never say never, some team could lose their starter in training camp to an injury, sexual assault arrest, drug trafficking charge, murder for hire plot, the list goes on and on. Darnold could be an option for those teams!

Haha! Yeah it will take one of those things happening.