{"id":148876,"date":"2022-12-05T16:41:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/panthers-release-baker-mayfield-5-months-after-trading-for-him\/"},"modified":"2022-12-05T16:41:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:41:22","slug":"panthers-release-baker-mayfield-5-months-after-trading-for-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/panthers-release-baker-mayfield-5-months-after-trading-for-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers release Baker Mayfield 5 months after trading for him"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Baker Mayfield experiment with the Carolina Panthers is over.<\/p>\n

Carolina released the former Cleveland Browns No. 1 overall pick, the team announced Monday morning. This decision comes almost five months after the Panthers traded a conditional 2024 fifth-round pick to the Browns for Mayfield.<\/p>\n

The move is only surprising given the proximity to the trade, as Mayfield’s first season with the Panthers has proven to be tumultuous.<\/p>\n

Though he began the season as the Panthers’ Week 1 starter, Mayfield bounced between the team’s first, second and third options at quarterback. He went 1-4 as the starter before an ankle injury sidelined him for a week and lost the starting job to PJ Walker. Mayfield didn’t see action again until Week 9 when he the second half for Walker and then returned to the starting line-up for Week 11. Mayfield lost the starter job again \u2013 this time to Sam Darnold before Week 12, who had returned from a preseason ankle injury of his own.<\/p>\n

Mayfield finished his Panthers tenure with career-lows in completion percentage (57.8 percent), yards per game (187.6) and only six touchdowns with six interceptions.<\/p>\n

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