Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule appears to be just a few weeks from deciding whether or not it is going to be Sam Darnold or Baker Mayfield taking the snaps in Week 1 towards the Cleveland Browns.
Rhule advised reporters Saturday that he intends to assessment the quarterbacks not less than till after two joint practices with the Patriots and the Aug. 19 preseason recreation towards New England in Foxborough, Mass.
However that does not imply Rhule is dedicated to naming a starter the next day, both.
“I am not placing a timetable on the quarterback place till after we get again from the Patriots week,” Rhule stated Saturday after each quarterbacks took half in a scrimmage. “The Patriots week is a real litmus take a look at for us. That can actually present us the place guys are.”
Neither Darnold nor Mayfield achieved separation on Saturday, apparently. Rhule stated he noticed positives from each quarterbacks within the scrimmage, however he remembered the adverse, too.
“The disappointing factor is every man had an interception,” Rhule stated. “We have to guard the soccer.”
Darnold opened the 2021 season because the Panthers beginning quarterback, aiming for a contemporary begin after the New York Jets determined to half methods with him and traded him to the Panthers.
In 12 video games (11 begins) in 2021, Darnold posted a 4-7 document. He accomplished 59.9 p.c of his passes for two,527 yards with 9 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He missed 5 video games with a shoulder damage.
In his 4 seasons with the Jets and Panthers, Darnold, 25, is 17-32 as a starter, throwing for 10,624 yards with 54 touchdowns and 52 interceptions.
Mayfield, 27, was 29-30 because the starter with the Browns and accomplished 61.6 p.c of his passes for 14,125 yards, 92 touchdowns and 56 interceptions in his 4 seasons in Cleveland.
In an injury-marred 2021 season, Mayfield was 6-8 in 14 video games began. His 3,010 yards and 17 touchdowns had been profession lows. He additionally threw 13 interceptions.
The 2 quarterbacks shall be eternally linked. Mayfield was the No. 1 general decide within the 2018 NFL Draft, whereas Darnold was chosen third general.
5 quarterbacks had been taken within the first spherical with the addition of Josh Allen (No. 7, Buffalo Payments), Josh Rosen (No. 10, Arizona Cardinals) and Lamar Jackson (No. 32, Baltimore Ravens).
