PatsFan09
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Open competition between Darnold and Mayfield?
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He will benefit from being in the NFC. He isn't terrible. He isn't the answer either FWIW...Panthers agree to trade for Baker Mayfield
The deal, pending a physical, gives the Panthers a quarterback with playoff credentials.www.panthers.com
lolOpen competition between Darnold and Mayfield?
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Baker is so much better than Darnold. Darnold might even get cut during training campOpen competition between Darnold and Mayfield?
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Panthers agree to trade for Baker Mayfield
The deal, pending a physical, gives the Panthers a quarterback with playoff credentials.www.panthers.com
It's the inverse proportion curse of sammy baugh. he got paid nothing and was amazing. ever since then, qbs named sam are overpaid and suck ass.lol
Sam Darnold, this generation's Blaine Gabbert.
Good point. Fixed my post.and...they are still paying mayfield 10 mill.
These guys make the Jets look smart.This whole saga is one of the Browns-iest moves ever. In 2017, Cleveland had the first overall pick, and needed a QB since 2014 first round pick Johnny Manziel didn't look like he was going to work out. They could have selected Watson (or Mahomes). Instead, they took Myles Garrett, which was actually not a bad pick, but was an ugly domino.
But the following year they needed a QB, since Manziel was, uh, REALLY not looking like he was going to work out. Again had the first pick. They took Mayfield, with Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson on the board. Fast forward 3 years and the Cleveland brass is on the fence about whether Mayfield is their guy, but they have a team that is by all accounts loaded at the skill positions and have (in theory) put him in a position to succeed. He's injured, and plays injured, and doesn't perform very well.
So when Watson, err, suddenly became available for trade, Cleveland pounced. Giving him a suspension-protected contract that was nearly 100% guaranteed along with giving up 3 first rounders, a third rounder, and two fourth rounders for a 2024 6th rounder and the the privilege of giving him such a ridiculous contract.
Then, with a furious Mayfield still on the roster and having cut all their leverage away like the fat on a 5 year old's t-bone, they traded him for a conditional 5th rounder.
So, to recap, the Browns got
Deshaun Watson,
all Deshaun Watson's troubles,
saddled with what has the potential to be the worst contract in NFL history,
a 2024 6th, and
a 2024 conditional 5th,
and for that privilege paid just:
2018 #1 overall,
2022 1st,
2023 1st,
2024 1st,
2024 3rd,
2022 4th,
a 2024 4th,
...and $10MM of Mayfield's salary.