Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold did not make it much easier for Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule to make a choice as to who will be the starting up quarterback during Week 1 of the regular season.

Mayfield started out for the Panthers towards the Washington Commanders and was 4-of-7 for 45 yards. Darnold was 2-for-3 with 16 yards and threw a touchdown pass in the 23-21 earn on Saturday.

Rhule broke down Mayfield and Darnold’s efficiency on their drives.

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Carolina Panthers mentor Matt Rhule directs observe at the NFL football team's Supporter Fest in Charlotte, North Carolina, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (WHD Photograph/Nell Redmond)

"I imagined we moved the ball very well down the industry. He did a nice task of moving it with his ft, acquiring the checkdowns, and then we acquired down there tight in the pink zone, we known as a perform-motion, the receiver would not operate the route, so he has to desert the enjoy," Rhule claimed of Mayfield. "Fumbled the snap and ended up not scoring. So, even now a good deal to make on. But I did imagine he moved the ball, he controlled a awesome long generate to start the sport, so it looked relatively clean till the extremely end."

On Darnold, Rhule explained: "I imagine over-all for the offense, we guarded the soccer. I will not feel we turned it more than right now. We won the turnover struggle. He took a large strike on the landing toss, manufactured a great perform with pads on his head, he stepped up and made it. Immediately after that, equally men, I have to seriously watch the tape to see particularly what they did. But I thought they ended up each in command and produced the correct checks, so I was delighted."

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Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold, #14, seems to go through the 1st half of a preseason NFL football game from the Washington Commanders, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, in Landover, Maryland. (WHD Image/Nick Wass)

The Panthers also played rookie Matt Corral and former XFL standout P.J. Walker in the course of the sport.

Walker led the staff with 136 passing yards on 10-of-19 passing. Corral was 1-for-9 with 11 passing yards.

Rhule said Mayfield’s commence towards the Commanders did not necessarily suggest he would start out the remainder of preseason.

"No, that was just for now. So, we'll go back again and search at this tape. Clearly, Sam [Darnold] acquired us in the endzone. Baker led us down the industry, so it looked like both of those guys played perfectly in phrases of production. We will go back and search and see where by they are. That was just for now," he claimed.

Carolina Panthers quarterbacks Baker Mayfield, #6, and Sam Darnold throw for the duration of drills at the NFL football team's Fan Fest in Charlotte, North Carolina, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (WHD Image/Nell Redmond)

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The Panthers will perform the New England Patriots on Friday.