Baker Mayfield Trending After Another Poor Outing vs. 49ers

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The Baker Mayfield era in Carolina was off to a rocky start even before Sunday’s showing against the 49ers. As the dust has settled on an ugly 37-15 defeat, the situation has grown even more dire.
The Panthers never led during the game, with the offense managing just three points at halftime. In six first-half drives, Mayfield guided the offense to just two field goal attempts (with one miss) and three punts, reaching a low point with his interception that was returned for a touchdown with less than a minute to play in the second quarter.
Emmanuel Moseley pick-six and @49ers DC DeMeco Ryans loves it 🙌
— NFL (@NFL) October 9, 2022
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On the day, Mayfield finished with 215 passing yards on 20-for-36 pass attempts, and was sacked four times. Adding injury to insult, he was was wearing a walking boot on his left foot after the game.
Mayfield has posted a sub-60% completion rate in four out of five games, twice failing to connect on even half of his throws. On the year, Mayfield has a 54.9% completion rate for 962 yards, four touchdowns and four interceptions.
Unsurprisingly, Panthers fans and those who follow the NFL have had some strong reactions to Mayfield’s play thus far, particularly as the team is off to a 1–4 start, its worst since 2016. Here are some of the more noteworthy responses from social media following Mayfield’s (and Carolina’s) tough day:
It really is amazing that in Cleveland I never fully appreciated just how bad a quarterback Baker Mayfield is.
— Joe Posnanski (@JPosnanski) October 9, 2022
Baker now has the worst QB rating this season.
— StatMuse (@statmuse) October 9, 2022
71.9 — Baker Mayfield
73.1 — Justin Fields
73.7 — Mitch Trubisky pic.twitter.com/FZsnLukl4l
Baker Mayfield was drafted No. 1 overall in a draft that included Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson. Never forget. 😂💀
— GOWIE (@DaKidGowie) October 9, 2022
Baker Mayfield is not very good at football anymore. Pick 6 to Moseley.
— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) October 9, 2022
How in the world is Baker Mayfield still starting for the Panthers.
— you have to call me nighthawk. (@AaronSpina) October 10, 2022
Baker Mayfield actually dropped his QB rating this week.
— 🌵 Southlake Weed Guy🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@wreckemweedman) October 10, 2022
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Nick Selbe is a programming editor at Sports Illustrated who frequently writes about baseball. Before joining SI in March 2020 as a Breaking and Trending News writer, he worked for the Orange County Register, MLB Advanced Media, Graphiq and Bleacher Report. Selbe received a bachelor’s in communication from the University of Southern California.