“I feel really good about Sam,” Rhule said. The Panthers certainly have reason to worry about Darnold’s confidence.īut Rhule is trying to throw his support behind the fourth-year quarterback, who is 16-29 as an NFL starter. I’m worried about doing my job every single day. 2 trade deadline.ĭarnold shrugged off the reports, saying “I’m not worried about it. Multiple reports have since said the Panthers have backed off after testing the waters before the league’s Nov. “My reads don’t change just because Christian’s not in the game,” Darnold said.Īlong with being benched, Darnold has had to deal with incessant reports this week about the Panthers potentially being interested in trading for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson as a replacement. The Panthers are 0-4 since Christian McCaffrey went down with a hamstring injury and the 2019 All-Pro running back remains on injured reserve.ĭarnold disputed the notion that the loss of McCaffrey has impacted his performance. to say ‘this is what it looked like when you did it right.’ I’m hoping that will gave him a mental picture of ‘this is what I need to do.’” “Sam is working so hard and trying to push ahead to the next week and what’s next and the next practice, and I think taking some time. “When you go back and watch the great quarterbacks who play for a long time, the Aaron Rodgerses, the Tom Bradys, they have so much experience and they’ve played their way through good times and bad times and they can kind of self-regulate,” Rhule said. Rhule said Carolina’s coaches teach quarterbacks that feet set the timing and tempo of a pass play, and the eyes follow from there. Just making sure my timing and rhythm are on point.” Slower’s not a great term, but a little slower and more in rhythm than what I’ve been doing the last few weeks. “Sometimes that’s good, but for me, I want everything to be rhythmic and slow. “Sometimes my feet can be fast in a bad way,” Darnold said.
When he steps on the field he said his goal will be to “slow down” his feet in the pocket. Nonetheless, Darnold will start Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons. Rhule finally had enough last Sunday and benched Darnold in the second half of a lopsided 25-3 road loss to the New York Giants.Īs Darnold stood on the sideline with his fingers tucked into his shoulder pads up near his throat, it was clear to anyone watching that he had regressed. But the Panthers have lost four straight games and Darnold has seven interceptions during that span.
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