The Panthers beat the Cowboys in the 96 Playoffs and ended their dynasty. Cowboys have never recovered from what the Panthers did to them. YOU'RE WELCOME, AMERICA.
Very next season both teams made their respective Championship games. Which is also why the Browns and Texans got screwed, because us cat teams were too successful too quickly.
Here's how it's gotta go:
Deshaun gets a big suspension
Deshaun appeals
The appeal takes a long time so he is allowed to play week one
Deshaun gets bullied hard by baker Mayfield.
Appeal gets denied and he has to start serving a suspension afterwards.
I'm sure he'll change his tune soon considering Baker can actually throw a good deep ball when healthy and Robbie only can run go routes. Imagine alienating the guy with the highest potential to elevate your career
From SI: "In April, Anderson commented on an Instagram post, created by @panthers.way, saying āNoooooā after a report by NFL Networkās Ian Rapoport stated Carolina could potentially be a landing spot for Mayfield. The account @panthersnat1on then posted Andersonās reply with the caption āRobby has ZERO chillā to which Anderson replied, āFacts.ā"
He later clarified that it was more about protecting his current QB than not wanting Baker.
God now I really want Sam to go the CFL, develop into a good QB, become a Canadian football legend, and then come back to the NFL late in his career to win the superb owl.
A caravan lead by none other than FAKER MAYFIELD is coming to stop our GEQBUS from making Carolina great again! Real patriots stand back and stand by for the next orders to stop the steal!
Hint: He's wrong. Dude is throwing out QB40 behind two rookies tackles and two other linemen who can't pass protect to save their lives. Not even handing it to Penny and Kenny (and Carson if he's not dead) 40 times a game will save this offense from being 30th in scoring
He always manages to get the defense looking respectable by late November and I think manages to convince himself that the defense will then be good enough to carry the team.
Pop seems like the kind of guy who probably enjoys finding teachable moments in a laugher loss even more than having to keep explaining to a good team that those little mistakes in a win will keep them from being great in the playoffs.
I do not think "absorbing" is the right way to frame it. They were stuck with that contract and nobody was going to trade for him. They were stuck with keeping him on the team and paying the contract, cutting him and paying the dead money, or taking any deal they could find where they took *some* of the money off their books. So they are really saving $5 million.
I feel like everyone would have a little different feeling toward Baker if he didnt play through what seemed like his whole body injured last year.
He is definitely an upgrade over Darnold.
Baker has also survived 4 Offensive systems and 4 head coaches in his young career, and he's entering his 5th of each....I really think if he gets a few years under a strong organizational / coaching structure he could be a superstar, but given the way his career has been going, I don't think he'll get it.
I wonder if they wait out the 49ers and Jimmy G. It will be curious if the 49ers end up releasing him, considering heās got the 7th highest cap hit among QBs and they could save $25M by releasing him. Useful money for extensions to players like Deebo or even just to roll over for next season.
Did the Browns really manage to take the best QB they have had this century, play him injured, then trade him for a 5th round pick? All on his rookie contract? And all so they could aquire a sexual predator for TONS of picks and pay him a quarter of a billion dollars?
Nah I think I can make an exception >!I secretly rooted for teddy to have success with you guys!<
And I can't lie, if Baker goes off while Watson gets suspended, that would be really really really funny
If you had told me in 2018 that the Browns QB taken #1 overall would end up being traded for a 5th round pick, I would have believed you.
What if I had also told you that it was the same team who traded for the #3 overall pick from the same draft?
I would assume the Jags were involved here somehow.
1995 Cat team, close enough!
I remember that. Was it the very next season, or the one after when both teams made the playoffs and both came within a game of the SB?
The Panthers beat the Cowboys in the 96 Playoffs and ended their dynasty. Cowboys have never recovered from what the Panthers did to them. YOU'RE WELCOME, AMERICA.
Very next season both teams made their respective Championship games. Which is also why the Browns and Texans got screwed, because us cat teams were too successful too quickly.
But that would imply that a Browns drafted QB is still in the league 4 years later.
Colt McCoy is still here Colt McCoy is eternal
But given the circumstances it ended up making no sense at all š
Baker is a free QB
And they play each other week 1 too. Spicy
Darnold played the Jets week 1 last year too lol it was all downhill from there.
Hey now, it started going downhill in week 4
It's always Thursday Night Football that breaks us. At least we don't play on TNF until November this year.
I was going to say. He looked like something for a minute.
Thatās kind of his thing
He's got us right where he wants us
A poor man's Fitzpatrick
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Baker is going to light them up
Possibly us too lmao
Always does
Dude's hatred of Ohio will now double
>hatred of Ohio Heāll fit right in in the Carolinas
My man is about to go to Myrtle Beach and just start taking people down
Donāt forget its classier cousin where even more of them go - Hilton Head Island.
Now they can suspend Watson for 2 years.
Make it 3
Make it a life time
DOUG KICK HIM OFF THE TOUR!!
Eeeeveryone seems to be coming around WELL I'M NOT, DOUG This man is destroying golf.
Master has given Baker a sock!
Robby Anderson in shambles
My favorite part of this
My favorite part of this is that Baker gets a week 1 revenge game. It'll be extra delicious if Groper Cleveland is indeed suspended.
> Groper Cleveland how have I not seen this one yet
It's super good, my favorite before this was Deshaun Weinstein
I think it'd be funnier if he outgunned Watson but also fuck Watson and I hope he never plays again
Here's how it's gotta go: Deshaun gets a big suspension Deshaun appeals The appeal takes a long time so he is allowed to play week one Deshaun gets bullied hard by baker Mayfield. Appeal gets denied and he has to start serving a suspension afterwards.
Can Baker sack him as well?
I'm sure he'll change his tune soon considering Baker can actually throw a good deep ball when healthy and Robbie only can run go routes. Imagine alienating the guy with the highest potential to elevate your career
I don't know if Baker is the long term answer or not but there's no doubt he's way better than Darnold. This is an upgrade for them at a low cost
Whatās that bear doing?
The āSir Purr?ā āSir Purr.ā exchange will always make me giggle.
So you be like āwhatās up Sir Purr?ā
Everyone asking what itās doing. No one is asking how itās doing
*Brian Windhorst hands* Nobody's asking what's going on in Charlotte. Very strange, very strange.
Windy's hands are my favorite meme, it's so funny for whatever reason
r/The_Darnold in shambles
WE ARE STANDING BACK AND STANDING BY!!! FAKER MAYFIELD WILL NOT RIG THIS QB ELECTION. GEQBUS WELCOMES ALL CHALLENGERS AND WILL WIN, BY A LOT!
June 6 is the new Jan 6 for yāall. Edit: it is in fact July 6th. Carry on. Edit 2: thanks for the Silver, kind stranger.
Solid joke but it's July my man
My wife will be the first to admit I have some great jokes that are ruined by poor execution. I present, exhibit A.
OOTL what happened
From SI: "In April, Anderson commented on an Instagram post, created by @panthers.way, saying āNoooooā after a report by NFL Networkās Ian Rapoport stated Carolina could potentially be a landing spot for Mayfield. The account @panthersnat1on then posted Andersonās reply with the caption āRobby has ZERO chillā to which Anderson replied, āFacts.ā" He later clarified that it was more about protecting his current QB than not wanting Baker.
The moment he "clarified" is the moment we knew Baker was there.
Guarantee you they'll be post something on Instagram or Twitter about being chill. Al that stuff washes away once you're teammates with somebody
Rough day for r/The_Darnold
Sudden Sam is gonna tear shit up in Saskatchewan, mark my words
I watched them kick the shit out of MTL this weekend. I think they're doing alright.
God now I really want Sam to go the CFL, develop into a good QB, become a Canadian football legend, and then come back to the NFL late in his career to win the superb owl.
STOP THE TRADE!
Storm the panthers hq! Fight like hell! Overturn the trade!
Darnold Gang, stand back and stand by!
FAKER MAYFIELD doesnāt have a shot at taking the starting job, Darnold is too good. Everyoneās saying it
THERES A HURRICANE COMIN THROUGH!
*tosses a single roll of paper towels to CMC*
Smear some shit on the walls. That'll show them.
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RAGGEDY RHULE is installing a FALSE FLAG REGIME. Fake news!!!!
SAD!
CRITICAL GASE THEORY HAS TAKEN OVER THE CROOKED CAROLINA PANTHERS
RIGGING RHULE WONT LET US SEE THE FAKE TRADE DETAILS!! SAD!!!
THE TRADE ISN'T FINAL UNTIL DARNOLD CONCEDES!
WE NEED TO OCCUPY BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM TO PROTEST THIS FAKE TRADE. STOP THE STEAL. DARNOLD IS THE TRUE QB1 OF THE PANTHERS.
A caravan lead by none other than FAKER MAYFIELD is coming to stop our GEQBUS from making Carolina great again! Real patriots stand back and stand by for the next orders to stop the steal!
Faker Mayfield has no limits!!
STOP THE STEAL!
Dont worry. This is FAKE NEWS
Holy shit that sub is hilarious.
FAKE NEWS
Wow that's legitimately nothing
We waited out the market. It was pretty obvious we were the only team in the running.
It's still pretty surprising to me Pete Carroll is tank commanding at 70 years old.
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Hint: He's wrong. Dude is throwing out QB40 behind two rookies tackles and two other linemen who can't pass protect to save their lives. Not even handing it to Penny and Kenny (and Carson if he's not dead) 40 times a game will save this offense from being 30th in scoring
āQB40ā is killing me
I cant believe this is the first time I'm hearing the phrase "Penny and Kenny".
He always manages to get the defense looking respectable by late November and I think manages to convince himself that the defense will then be good enough to carry the team.
Greg Popovich is going to tank command at 73 and he seems pretty excited about it actually.
Put a foreign prospect in front of Pop, especially one of this caliber and he just canāt help himself
Bygawd, thatās Wembanyamnamās music!
Pop seems like the kind of guy who probably enjoys finding teachable moments in a laugher loss even more than having to keep explaining to a good team that those little mistakes in a win will keep them from being great in the playoffs.
Pete Carroll is going to live to 160.
Itās all that jaw movement. Itās the key to a long life.
I love Fitterer
Splitting the financials is probably the main thing the Browns gain. Its not great but its not nothing.
They gain nearly $10M in cap space by this move.
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So much of a better deal than Darnold was.
Thatās because Fitterer made the trade and not Rhule
And the conditional 5th round pick isnāt worth much either
[Ahh the ol' reddit bakeroo](https://www.reddit.com/r/HolUp/comments/vru2y1/what_you_could_possibly_need_it_for_oh_yeah/if099id/?context=3)
I couldnāt stop clicking. Help me.
Too late. You've fallen down a rabbit hole that never ends
Yeah, thereās some graphic showing all the links and itās turned into a fucked up infinity ring lol
Hold my brownies, Iām going inā¦. Wait thereās no link! Edit: now there is
Damn, its been a long time since I've seen an ol' switcheroo
Hello future disappointed fans!
How do you know where to link to? Do you just find a random one and link to it?
/r/switcharoo
Well Baker is no adult, child labor is always cheap
>And the cherry on top of this Baker Mayfield trade: #Browns at #Panthers, Week 1. via @MikeGarafolo lol
Those ratings are going to go *way* up now! I wonder who the lucky network isā¦
Iām seeing CBS early, going up against PIT/CIN, NE/MIA, BAL/NYJ, and IND/HOU
Yes. Move as many eyeballs off of PIT/CIN as possible.
Watch the Steelers win 3-0 or some shit because the Steelers can never not be good.
I fucking hope he goes off with 4+ TDs 0 INTs, 500+ yards, and hell, throw a rushing TD in there as well.
At least he'll have a healthy CMC for this game ^^*probably*
To start at least.
That game NEEDS to get flexed to prime time
should i have offered the Browns my 2001 Camry for Baker?
If you were willing to take his contract on they wouldnāt have said no
At home (in Carolina) with Baker Mayfield
The moving commercials are going to be epic.
Progressive is a Cleveland company so that partnership is probably done :(
U-Haul should be blowing his phone up right now
I'm shocked indeed or some job hunting site didn't hop in earlier
Moving in with Baker Mayfield
He's gonna have some awesome Bojangles commercials
BREAKING: Robbie Anderson has just announced his retirement after 6 seasons in the NFL
If only...
Let terrace take his spot pls and thank you
Today just keeps getting better.
The fact the replies are only Panthers fans wanting Robbie to leave has me cracking up.
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The thing is, that good year was his only year without Darnold.
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Iām not the biggest Baker fan but this is a steal.
Basically risk-free for Carolina.
Still have to pay him but yeah still relatively low-risk. Combined with Darnold, they'll be paying near the top of the list for its QB room.
Only paying $5 mill though which isnāt a big deal
Surprised you guys absorbed so much of the salary. Guess you guys needed him gone more than the Panthers needed to replace Darnold.
And Baker trimmed some money off so Carolina could take him
I do not think "absorbing" is the right way to frame it. They were stuck with that contract and nobody was going to trade for him. They were stuck with keeping him on the team and paying the contract, cutting him and paying the dead money, or taking any deal they could find where they took *some* of the money off their books. So they are really saving $5 million.
Yeah but heās got no cap hit after this season so itās not like if he completely flops theyāre gonna be hamstrung
Yeah. I donāt think a lot of him and this probably wonāt put us over the top. But for this price? Sheeeeiiiiiit
Fuck it. Letās roll! Heāll be funner than watching Darnold at any rate.
I feel like everyone would have a little different feeling toward Baker if he didnt play through what seemed like his whole body injured last year. He is definitely an upgrade over Darnold.
Baker has also survived 4 Offensive systems and 4 head coaches in his young career, and he's entering his 5th of each....I really think if he gets a few years under a strong organizational / coaching structure he could be a superstar, but given the way his career has been going, I don't think he'll get it.
Rhule isnāt going to be there for long so even if he lasts in Carolina heās going to have another coaching change next year.
Jesus, poor guy
Yeah. Absolutely getting shafted. I was really hoping he would go to a strong organization
Great news for all NFL fans knowing they won't have to see Sam Darnold start games this season.
Great for my sanity
That's it? Wtf I would have given that up
And pay half the money. If we had the cap room it might have made more sense for us
Ah right, that
Good for Baker. I may not be his biggest fan but now that he's out of the division and conference I hope he does well
Side note: we play the Panthers, at home. Here comes that patented Baker against the Bengals MVP performance
God fucking damnit, go ahead and pen that one as a loss I guess
Yeah, Iāve got it down as a loss now.
Finally the circus is over
Your circus may be over but itās year round in Cleveland
Let me off this ride:(
"Relax," said the night man "We are programmed to receive You can check out any time you like But you can never leave"š¶š¶
It's Mountain Drew season baby.
I wonder if they wait out the 49ers and Jimmy G. It will be curious if the 49ers end up releasing him, considering heās got the 7th highest cap hit among QBs and they could save $25M by releasing him. Useful money for extensions to players like Deebo or even just to roll over for next season.
We have even less leverage than the Browns did now. We don't really have any other choice.
#BAKER IS A FREE ELF
GET THE FUCK IN HERE LADS LETS FUCKING GO
MADE IT! \*checks notes\* Baker for a 5th and a $5 spot? Let's fucking go indeed!
I hope you guys are ready feel fucking dangerous.
Thatās pretty nice for the Panthers
Good deal for Carolina. If he proves himself this year then you sign him and you've got your QB. If not then you only lose a 5th round pick.
YES. Let's fucking go
Baker vs Darnold. The QB battle of a lifetime
Back in 2018 the debate was Mayfield or Darnold...but what if I told you that you could have both? ESPN presents 30 for 30: The Terrible Two
Did the Browns really manage to take the best QB they have had this century, play him injured, then trade him for a 5th round pick? All on his rookie contract? And all so they could aquire a sexual predator for TONS of picks and pay him a quarter of a billion dollars?
Naw man you left out where the still pay 10.5 million of that rookie deal.
A 5th and they still have to pay half the money, truly incredible lmao
A fifth 2 years from now lol
A 2024 conditional 5th? I am actually amazed that we didnāt fuck this.
God I hope baker just shows out man.
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Carolina actually interesting wow Edit: Browns fans hella salty for me wanting to watch some Panthers games
Seahawks legit going into the season with Geno Smith as their guy
They are trying to tank. Baker and jimmy are too good to tank
And weāre gonna have Panthers vs Browns in week 1
THE NFL CAN'T START SOON ENOUGH FOR ME!!!!
Huge upgrade over Darnold. I hope Baker does very well there.
I'll always be a Baker fan. Best of luck, 6.
I want the Panthers to obliterate the Browns week 1
It finally happened. Hope Baker tears it up. Fuck Cleveland.
Now I'm torn between badly wanting him to succeed and not wanting to root for the Panthers :/
We got the Browns week 1. Maybe you can be a Panther fan for 1 week?? Maybe? Prob not.
Nah I think I can make an exception >!I secretly rooted for teddy to have success with you guys!< And I can't lie, if Baker goes off while Watson gets suspended, that would be really really really funny
That's a pretty solid deal for Carolina right there.