CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Baker Mayfield, despite being healthy enough to play on Sunday when the Carolina Panthers face the Atlanta Falcons, is accepting his role as the backup to journeyman quarterback PJ Walker.
This will be the first time since the first three games of his rookie season with the Cleveland Browns that the top pick of the 2018 draft hasn't started when healthy.
"It's one of those things. It's one of those new things,'' Mayfield said Thursday in his first interview since being sidelined for two games with a high ankle sprain.