It appears just like the Panthers don’t need to return down the Sam Darnold rabbit gap.
In response to Judd Zulgad of SKOR North, Carolina not too long ago known as the Minnesota Vikings to inquire about quarterback Kirk Cousins’ availability.
“They've gotten a name. Now, from what I’ve heard, it went nowhere thus far,” Zulgad stated on Monday’s episode of “Purple Day by day.” “Nevertheless it’s attention-grabbing that the cellphone did ring at TCO [Stadium] in Eagen and on the opposite finish of the road . . . the Carolina Panthers.”
The Panthers seem set to pursue their third beginning quarterback in as a few years after Darnold flopped in his first season underneath head coach Matt Rhule. Carolina despatched second- and fourth-round picks to the Jets in alternate for the previous No. 3 general decide final season, however Darnold threw 9 touchdowns to 13 interceptions in 11 begins and at one level was benched for P.J. Walker. The Panthers additionally introduced Cam Newton again as a free agent in the course of the season, however he struggled throughout eight video games (5 begins) and couldn’t maintain maintain of the beginning job.
Carolina had signed Teddy Bridgewater in 2020 – Rhule’s first season with the group – however ultimately traded him to the Broncos. That they had the chance to draft both Justin Fields or Mac Jones with the No. 8 decide within the 2021 NFL Draft, however opted for cornerback Jaycee Horn as an alternative.
“Quarterback-desperate. Panicked, I’m certain,” Zulgad stated. “I believe if Matt Rhule and the Panthers don’t have a profitable 2022, he’s in all probability going to be fired, as a result of that has not labored out. They solid their lot, in 2021, with Sam Darnold — didn’t work out. And so I’ve heard that the Panthers . . . now the Vikings supposedly stated ‘Hey, let’s put a pin in that dialog. We don’t plan to maneuver him now.’”
Cousins is within the closing yr of his contract in 2022, and Minnesota has a brand new head coach-GM duo in Kevin O’Connell and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, respectively. Each side might mutually resolve on a recent begin (or that exit may very well be one-sided, if Adofo-Mensah needs to go a separate method on the place).
It looks like Minnesota will think about making a transfer – however received’t do it now, regardless of how “determined” the Panthers could also be.
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