After a 2021 season in which he was waylaid schematically by his coaches, and injuries limited his effectiveness, leading to a trade from the Cleveland Browns to the Carolina Panthers, it appears that Baker Reagan Mayfield is feeling dangerous once again.
Mayfield easily wrested the starting job from Sam Darnold (which was easily expected), and in the Panthers’ preseason finale against the Buffalo Bills, Mayfield looked like his 2020 self — when he and his coaches were on the same page, and he could actually throw a football in a functional sense.
