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When the Carolina Panthers were set to identify Baker Mayfield as their starting quarterback in mid-August, a high-ranking member of the team's braintrust had a simple plan for the 2022 season. It just took one simple act to bring the former No. 1 overall draft selection back on track to a successful NFL career.
"Will he be an All-Pro here?" "Unlikely," stated a Panthers source. "However, he doesn't have to be. He doesn't have to be fantastic. He simply needs to take advantage of the men surrounding him. If he can accomplish that, I believe he can be [a long-term quarterback solution]."
Mayfield, once a potential franchise centerpiece, was waived by Carolina this week as a journeyman quarterback searching for any opportunity. The Los Angeles Rams provided it to him on Tuesday, claiming Mayfield for the last month of the regular season and maybe giving him a chance to put up some useful film before entering free agency in March.
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How did Mayfield end up here? His main roadblocks to meeting his modest goals in Carolina have everything to do with it. Could Mayfield maintain his health? Could he regain the confidence he shown early in his career? Most importantly, could he maintain consistency and accuracy?
It only took six starts and seven total games to reach a conclusion. Mayfield was eventually benched twice, and the Panthers' offense was handed back to Sam Darnold, who answered the questions. Mayfield was not reverting to his rookie form from 2018, when his accuracy and confidence in making off-schedule throws propelled him to stardom.
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"In some aspects, he's like quarterback Carson Wentz," one executive who closely examined Mayfield said Monday night. His arm is real, but he's playing like a better athlete than he is at this stage in his career. He makes some highlight-reel throws, but they are offset by a slew of errors.
"I'm curious about his confidence as well... "He just appears to be an undersized man who isn't seeing the field effectively from the pocket," the executive explained. "He's not as mobile as he once was, and he's not agile enough to make the off-schedule throws that top-tier quarterbacks make."
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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