Matt Barkley released by Carolina [now: Claimed by Falcons]

[mushypeaches]

Barkley released by Carolina in a series of moves they made today.  I think this is a perfect opportunity to add to our practice squad as a Covid contingency at the very least.  There's really no downside and I'd rather have him go in vs Davis Webb if it ever comes down to that

 

[Conlan58]

Ex Panther? Consider it done. 

[GunnerBill]

Not the worst suggestion on this board 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Just now, mushypeaches said:

Barkley released by Carolina in a series of moves they made today.  I think this is a perfect opportunity to add to our practice squad as a Covid contingency at the very least.  There's really no downside and I'd rather have him go in vs Davis Webb if it ever comes down to that

 

This is a great thought. We have the room on the PS since Fromm has gone on to be the star starting QB for the Giants. 

[BillsfaninSB]

I don’t get why they are so dead set on getting Darnold killed.   I would play Barkley and get Darold healthy for next season or wrap him in bubble wrap for a possible trade. 

[mushypeaches]

16 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Not the worst suggestion on this board 

 

So this one is better than "Move Edmunds to DE"?

 

Pretty low bar, but I'll take the left-handed compliment

[Albany,n.y.]

12 minutes ago, BillsfaninSB said:

I don’t get why they are so dead set on getting Darnold killed.   I would play Barkley and get Darold healthy for next season or wrap him in bubble wrap for a possible trade. 

Nobody would ever trade for Darnold with the $18.858 million guaranteed salary for 2022.  Carolina has to decide whether it's worth that $ in dead cap space not to have him around or get some more lousy QB play for their $18+ million.  They're dead set on finding out if he's salvagable enough to be an $18 million backup or just bite the bullet & cut him.  If it's the latter, they don't care about his future, which might be a low paid backup or a real job.  

[JohnBonhamRocks]

Did I hear someone say… Renegade?

[Purplebulldog]

Guess he will be starting for the Giants Sunday

[chris heff]

I remember when both of these guys were being discussed here as possible first overall picks in the draft. Barkley stayed at USC a year to long and fell to the fourth round, while Darnold went third overall, four picks ahead of some guy from Wyoming.

[WhoTom]

11 minutes ago, chris heff said:

some guy from Wyoming.

 

Who is that guy? I don't hear much about him from the announcers or the football pundits.

 

[Warcodered]

Well we are playing the Jets soon.

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

There was a story think it may have been in the Athletic I read a couple weeks back that suggested this.  Stated Darnold would likely be activated soon  and once he was, a QB would be released likely Barkley and the Bills may want to sign in to PS and keep him away from everyone else like they did last year with Fromm in case of Covid

[letsgoteam]

If they had four on the roster (53 & PS) then I say do it. Just this time Webb and Barkley are both on the PS.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

58 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Not the worst suggestion on this board 

haha— some high praise! 

[BillsfaninSB]

54 minutes ago, Albany,n.y. said:

Nobody would ever trade for Darnold with the $18.858 million guaranteed salary for 2022.  Carolina has to decide whether it's worth that $ in dead cap space not to have him around or get some more lousy QB play for their $18+ million.  They're dead set on finding out if he's salvagable enough to be an $18 million backup or just bite the bullet & cut him.  If it's the latter, they don't care about his future, which might be a low paid backup or a real job.  

I see zero upside in playing him.  He will suck and/or get hurt yet again.  If they draft a QB I would think they would want Darnold around as a bridge.

 

Besides, a trade is always possible if the terms are reasonable.   Beane got something for TT. 

[Let's Go Buffalo]

Not a bad idea. He knows the system, and it's always nice to have contingency options down the road. 

[LABILLBACKER]

1 hour ago, chris heff said:

I remember when both of these guys were being discussed here as possible first overall picks in the draft. Barkley stayed at USC a year to long and fell to the fourth round, while Darnold went third overall, four picks ahead of some guy from Wyoming.

There hasn't been 1 great QB come out of USC.  Not even Jordan's brother.  I could see McD grabbing him as insurance considering he's friends with JA and knows the playbook. 

[CorkScrewHill]

1 hour ago, chris heff said:

I remember when both of these guys were being discussed here as possible first overall picks in the draft. Barkley stayed at USC a year to long and fell to the fourth round, while Darnold went third overall, four picks ahead of some guy from Wyoming.

Don’t compare Darnold to that guy from Wyoming. The dude from Wyoming has accuracy issues and you can’t fix those. 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

2 minutes ago, CorkScrewHill said:

Don’t compare Darnold to that guy from Wyoming. The dude from Wyoming has accuracy issues and you can’t fix those. 

Rosen.

Darnold.

Allen.

🤔

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