Panthers release Baker Mayfield after seven games with team former No. 1 overall pick subject to waivers

The have moved on from the quarterback they , as has been released, .The Panthers sent the a conditional 2024 fifth-round pick in exchange for Mayfield. The fifth-round pick could have converted to a fourth-rounder based on playing time, but with his release, that will not Justise Winslow Jersey happen. Mayfield was originally due a fully guaranteed $18.85 million in the final year of his rookie deal. The Browns agreed to pay Ja Morant Jersey , while the Panthers agreed to pay about $5 million. Mayfield also reportedly agreed to take about a $3.5 million pay cut in order to be moved.Mayfield got the start at quarterback to begin the year, but a high ankle sprain suffered in Week 5 knocked him out of the lineup. He went 1-5 as the starter for Carolina, and completed 57.8 percent of his pa ses for 1,313 yards, six touchdowns and six interceptions in seven total games played. The Panthers will move forward with as the starting quarterback, and as his backup.It has certainly been a wild year for the former No. 1 overall pick. Mike Bibby Jersey Mayfield went from the Browns franchise quarterback on the cusp of signing a new deal to requesting a trade in the same year. He then got a shot to show the Panthers he could be a legitimate starter, but was released just seven Grayson Allen Jersey games into his Carolina tenure. , Mayfield will be a $1,349,445 waiver claim, and the will have first dibs at claiming him. It will be interesting to see where Mayfield could go. The Texans are certainly an option, but so are the , who just lost starter-turned-backup-turned-starter again C.J. Miles Jersey to a season-ending foot injury. The 49ers are in perfect position to make a postseason run, but given how it's so late in the year, maybe Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch end up pa sing on Mayfield and rolling with the young who knows their system. Either way, Mayfield is available, and looking for his next NFL home.