Charlotte – The Baker Mayfield Experiment is over.
The Panthers released the veteran quarterback Monday, ending a whirlwind season that didn’t turn out the way he or they expected.
It appears that a move was in the cards once an interim coach Steve Wilkes PJ Walker has moved on ahead of him on the depth chart on Monday. Sam Darnold will start again this week against the Seahawks.
trading cheetahs a 2024 Fifth Constable to the Browns in July for the rights to the former No. 1 overall pick. That pick would have become a fourth pick in 2024 if he had played 70 percent of the snaps, but he hasn’t.
Nor did he play at the level anyone expected, having won the competition for the starting position in training camp.
Mayfield started the first five games, but won only one (against the Saints in Week 3). His best game was first, as he threw for a season-high 235 yards with a touchdown, an interception, and an 84.6 passer rating against the Browns (loss 26-24).
A sprained ankle against the 49ers opened the door for Walker to start playing well, and at that point, a return to the field seemed unlikely for Mayfield. But when Walker was injured late in the Week 10 game against the Falcons, Mayfield got another shot.
He started against Baltimore, but threw a few late interceptions, and managed only 196 yards in the 13-3 loss.
In seven games, he completed 57.8 percent of his passes for 1,313 yards, with six touchdowns and six interceptions, for a rating of 74.4.
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