The Carolina Panthers took a lot of L's in recent history. Even when they aren't playing a game, they catch strays from other players. Two former Panthers quarterbacks, Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold , meet this week with both careers on upswings since leaving Carolina.

Mayfield, now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , and Darnold, now with the Seattle Seahawks , went from losing records while calling Bank of America Stadium home, to playoff appearances. Their stories are specifically used to prove that sometimes quarterbacks need to find a better fit to reach their prime. And in turn, some Panthers fans wonder "what if."

Mayfield played with the Panthers in 2022 and Darnold was with Carolina in 2021 and 2022. The year they overlapped, the Panthers finished the season 7-10, going 5

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