CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer, less than a month after saying the starting quarterback job was "open,'' on Friday said Sam Darnold was "in the lead for that job.''
"We want him to take it and run with it,'' Fitterer said. "But we're gonna add a lot of competition to that room. The whole emphasis is to stabilize the quarterback position to play winning football.
"That's what we're working towards.''
A lot has transpired to alter Fitterer's thought process, starting with Carolina's failure to acquire Pro Bowl quarterback Deshaun Watson in a trade with Houston.