CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule doesn't know whether his quarterback will be recently acquired Baker Mayfield or returning starter Sam Darnold, but he believes the competition will give the team its best chance to succeed since he arrived in 2020.
"My job is not to pick the starting quarterback,'' Rhule said on Monday, the first time he has spoken publicly since Carolina acquired Mayfield in a trade with Cleveland earlier this month. "The players will do that with the way they play.
"My job is to make sure we have really good players in the room, which now we do, and make sure they have opportunities.