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Can Sam Darnold play himself into becoming the 2023 starter?

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ECHornet Grand Master

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Sam Darnold in 2022...

QBR: 57.5 (12th - just behind Lamar and ahead of Herbert)

If he (and team) performed the whole season the same as in games he wasn't injured:

3,740 Passing Yards (10th)

31 Total TDs - 24 Pass/7 Rush - (Tied for 9th in Pass TD)

3 or 4 INTs

Panthers would be 10-7, division champs, and headed to the playoffs.

 

We might have an opportunity to sign a mid-level starter to a 2-3 year backup  $ contract.

 

 

 

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23 minutes ago, ECHornet said:

Sam Darnold in 2022...

QBR: 57.5 (12th - just behind Lamar and ahead of Herbert)

If he (and team) performed the whole season the same as in games he wasn't injured:

3,740 Passing Yards (10th)

31 Total TDs - 24 Pass/7 Rush - (Tied for 9th in Pass TD)

3 or 4 INTs

Panthers would be 10-7, division champs, and headed to the playoffs.

 

We might have an opportunity to sign a mid-level starter to a 2-3 year backup  $ contract.

 

 

 

I posted a similar breakdown but one thing to keep in mind is that's assuming he plays at this level across a season. I like him a lot as a backup/ bridge and I am skeptical of that.

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Just now, Carl Spackler said:

Darnold's gonna have an awful game Sunday that'll drive his price down for the offseason.

I'm not sure I'll want him back if he returns to "awful". I'm expecting a game more like his first few games here - lots of running game, limited passing.

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3 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

There is almost no chance that any new coach is going to be interested in re-signing Sam Darnold. 

The only one that might is basically Wilks.

and that makes me happy.

 

one of the reasons I do not want Wilks back. I know a new coach is going to make a play for a new qb.

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Just now, mav1234 said:

I'm not sure I'll want him back if he returns to "awful". I'm expecting a game more like his first few games here - lots of running game, limited passing.

I'm good with having him back as a backup.

A backup is a guy who can do fine for you in spot duty, but who gets exposed beyond that. That's Darnold, just like it was Derek Anderson. It's good work and there's no shame in it, but once you're getting to five or six Darnold starts, there's a real crapper incoming.

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1 minute ago, mav1234 said:

I'm not sure I'll want him back if he returns to "awful". I'm expecting a game more like his first few games here - lots of running game, limited passing.

I hope not…if I’m the Panthers, I’m 50/50 on bringing Darnold back and I spend the last game of the season letting him loose in the pass game to help me make that decision.

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1 minute ago, ForJimmy said:

Why do you think this?  The Saints aren't that great either...

Just a gut feeling. I don't have anything against him. And it's not all him -- I place very, very little blame at his shoulders from Sunday. I think you'll see quite a few guys not taking it seriously and when that happens, it impacts others' performances.

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The question is, if the Panthers are not in position to sign, draft or trade for a franchise quarterback this offseason.

Do they give Darnold a relatively cheap one-year prove-it deal? Or have they already seen enough from his past performances to let him go?

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5 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Just a gut feeling. I don't have anything against him. And it's not all him -- I place very, very little blame at his shoulders from Sunday. I think you'll see quite a few guys not taking it seriously and when that happens, it impacts others' performances.

That makes sense. At NO is always tough too.

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