As the Panthers began the first day of training camp, Carolina head coach Matt Rhule remained consistent with his previous stance on the team’s priority at quarterback as Sam Darnold took all the starting reps at Wofford College on Wednesday.
However, Rhule also told reporters that Baker Mayfield would lead the first-team offense on Thursday as he wants both signal callers to get practice with the same wide receivers each day. With both Darnold and Mayfield getting acclimated to the offense under new Panthers offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo, the franchise previously stated that it envisioned a competition for the starting job, per The Athletic’s Joe Person.
Mayfield, who was traded to Carolina exactly three weeks ago, was still active in Wednesday’s practice while working with the second team. In a video, Mayfield attempted to make a deep pass to Panthers wide receiver Keith Kirkwood, but it was intercepted by Keith Taylor.
