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Panthers wide receiver Robby Anderson gave the impression in April that he didn’t want Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield on the team. Anderson has since tried to put the toothpaste back in the tube, pointing out that he was just trying to stand up for quarterback Sam Darnold.
Anderson, who played with Darnold with both the Panthers and Jets, recently explained on I Am Athlete that he believes Darnold’s career has been derailed since his early years in New York.
“I feel like his development was completely messed up coming into the league,” Anderson said, via Jason Owens of Yahoo Sports . “Look Pat [Mahomes] and look at Lamar [Jackson]. They didn’t play right away. I don’t think Sam should have played right away.
“I feel his career started off the wrong way. I feel like – being in the building, the coaches – I was there. In his defense, I don’t think he’s developed 100 percent correctly.
This is quite possible. But Darnold got a fresh start in Carolina and ultimately didn’t do well enough to keep the Panthers, whose owner is obsessed with landing a franchise quarterback, from trading for Mayfield.
Darnold still has a chance to win the starting job. Although a tie or something close to it will likely go to the rookie, Darnold has the chance to show the coaching staff enough not to play Mayfield.
Then again, if Darnold had shown them enough last season or during the 2022 offseason, they wouldn’t have traded Mayfield.
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