There's something hilarious with one team currently having the Mut 24 coins No. number 1 as well as the no. 3 selections from the 2017 Madden NFL 24 Draft, each of them quarterbacks. However, neither has been able to live up to expectations. Although trading for Mayfield does not provide any foresight ahead of the most expensive QB selection in recent history, there is one scenario that this could result in a win for the Panthers -- but it remains to be seen whether Carolina is able to come up with a viable plan.
Before we jump into how this deal could make sense make it clear that I'm not a fan of it, for all the reasons I mentioned in May. I can't see much upside in trading for Mayfield for the Panthers. They're probably the worst player in the NFC South and Baker sure as hell isn't going to help Carolina to take on the Buccaneers for the division championship as well as in the NFC has become such a gruesome row, especially in the NFC West and West that it's difficult to see the possibility of a wild card in the near future. If somehow this is the sauce that will put everything together, then the reward for the team is that they'll have to sign Baker an enormous contract in order to keep him, based on an insignificant sample size or let him go for nothing.
However, what this will do it does is make the Panthers interesting to watch in 2022. even If we go with the assumption they were never going to go to Corral in his first year. They may be talking about "open competition" currently but when the biggest issue is a poor Sam Darnold that has already proved he can't be "the person," any pretense of the existence of any kind of QB contest is just for posterity's sake. In 2021. this was a 5-12 team, and with Mayfield they might be ... I'm not sure, perhaps 8-9?
If we operate assuming Mayfield is always likely to be the starting quarterback, that's where this can get fascinating. The Panthers recruited Ben McAdoo as their new quarterback to run the offense. At first it was a bizarre choice that looked like it was bound to face the same problems it did when it was in New York. McAdoo prefers to run an open, faux West Coast shotgun passing base which requires quick decision-making from the quarterback, and athletic ability to gain yards when they are flushed out of the pocket. A statuesque, aging Eli Manning was the perfectly ineffective quarterback for this setup -- in the same way a statuesque Darnold does not work.
