The Carolina Panthers will again make a quarterback change, announcing this week that Sam Darnold will start on Sunday against the Denver Broncos. Darnold will be the third different quarterback in as many weeks to start under center for the Panthers, after Baker Mayfield getting the start in Week 11 against the Baltimore Ravens. PJ … Read more
The Panthers may have more QB troubles coming their way. Backup Sam Darnold has been carted off the field during the team’s preseason finale against the Bills, reports ESPN’s David Newton (Twitter link). NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport tweets that he is believed to have suffered a high-ankle sprain, and that he will have an MRI … Read more
CHARLOTTE, NC — Panthers backup quarterback Sam Darnold, who lost the starting job to Baker Mayfield earlier in the week, departed Friday’s preseason finale against Buffalo on a golf cart after suffering a left ankle injury late in the third quarter. He did not return to the game. It was the second time in a … Read more
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CHARLOTTE, NC — Baker Mayfield will start at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers in today’s preseason opener at Washington. Mayfield is in what the Panthers call an “open” competition with 2021 starter Sam Darnold for the starting job. He will play the first series today, and Darnold the second. The two split reps with the … Read more
SPARTANBURG, SC — Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo wasn’t as critical of quarterback Baker Mayfield on Tuesday as he was in 2018, when he expressed concerns over the Heisman Trophy winner’s height, hand size and style of play heading into the NFL draft . If anything, Mayfield seems to have won over one of … Read more
SPARTANBURG, SC — The Carolina Panthers won’t make what coach Matt Rhule called a “major decision” on any position, particularly between quarterbacks Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold, until after the Aug. 19 preseason game at New England. Even then, Rhule might not make a decision if one hasn’t clearly separated from the other after two … Read more
Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold will have an open competition to start at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, general manager Scott Fitterer said Tuesday. “This is an open competition. The reason why we added Baker is to make the group better as a whole,” Fitterer said Tuesday during a media availability to introduce Mayfield, who … Read more
Wednesday’s Baker Mayfield trade came after months of negotiating. It appears the mid-June ramp-up in Browns-Panthers talks led to an agreement fairly soon after, but the ball fell into the quarterback’s court. Mayfield agrees to trim $ 3.5MM from his salary satisfied the Panthers. The teams had this deal in place for nearly a month, … Read more
A 17-32 record as an NFL starter and the threat of being replaced during the offseason first by Deshaun Watson and now possibly by third-round pick Matt Corral has not made Carolina Panthers starter Sam Darnold any less confident in his abilities. “As long as I know what we’re doing, what the defense is doing, … Read more