‘He Played in Garbage Time’: Baker Mayfield Divides NFL Twitter After a Passable Performance in Bengals Blowout

On Sunday, the Carolina Panthers suffered a humiliating loss against the Cincinnati Bengals. However, Baker Mayfield got all the headlines with his late performance in the game. Notably, Mayfield replaced PJ Walker in the second half and performed incredibly well.

After seeing his performance, renowned sports analyst Skip Bayless praised the Panthers’ quarterback on Social media. However, fans slammed Bayless for his take on Mayfield; many fans felt that performance had no value, as the game was already over.

NFL fans react to Baker Mayfield showing a strong performance in the second half against the Bengals

Earlier, Skip Bayless tweeted, “Baker Mayfield replaces PJWalker in the 2nd half of a blowout at Cincy, leads three TD drives, throws 2 TD passes. Obviously Baker Mayfield CAN PLAY.”

After seeing his tweet, many fans took a dig at both Bayless and Mayfield, as one fan wrote:

Another fan felt the same; however, he compared Mayfield with the Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.

Whereas, one more fan took a dig at both Mayfield and Prescott.

One Twitter user pointed out that the Bengals had third-string defenders on the field, as Mayfield took advantage of that situation.

One more fan did not agree with Bayless’ comments and questioned Mayfield’s credentials; the Twitter user also called him ‘trash’.

Another Twitter user called out the Cowboys’ quarterback for his inconsistency and poor decision-making.

Meanwhile, one fan thinks Bayless is a fan of Mayfield.

While many fans hated Bayless’ take on Mayfield, a few fans showed support for the quarterback and wanted a fresh start for him under a better coach.

It is worth noting that the interim coach, Steve Wilks, announced a few days back that PJ Walker was going to start for the Panthers. After a few good performances, Walker’s performance went downhill against the Bengals on Sunday. In the first half, Walker completed only 3 of 10 passes for just 9 yards.

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After his abysmal performance, Wilks replaced him with Mayfield in the second half. Mayfield had a good showing in the second half, as he completed 14 of 20 passes and threw 155 yards for 2 touchdowns. Most importantly, he had no interceptions in the game.

However, the Bengals were already up by 35-0 in the first half. In the end, the Panthers made the score a little bit respectable with the scoreline of 42-21.

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