Michigan Panthers cut ex-Wolverines QB Shea Patterson

Michigan soccer followers who had adopted the Michigan Panthers attributable to their acquainted quarterback, Shea Patterson, could have a brand new rooting curiosity this week: Patterson was launched by the Panthers and claimed off waivers by the New Orleans Breakers.

After all, in the event that they persist with the Panthers, they received’t have to attend lengthy to see Patterson in his new duds: The Panthers and Breakers play on FS1 at 9 p.m. Saturday in Birmingham, Alabama.

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After beginning the 2022 USFL season 1-5 with an intermittent passing sport, the Panthers apparently felt they wanted a change underneath middle Wednesday. The staff announced its cut of the former Wolverines quarterback via Twitter, together with the discharge of security Orion Stewart. Patterson was the No. 1 total choose within the USFL draft earlier this yr. Earlier than his launch, Patterson had handed for 973 yards, third-most within the league. He additionally rushed for 171 yards within the Panthers’ sometimes run-heavy offense.

Simply two weeks in the past, Patterson accomplished 27 of 34 passes for 304 yards in a Panthers loss. On Saturday, although, Patterson struggled within the first quarter, going 3-for-7 for 13 yards earlier than a lightning alert halted the sport. After play resumed, Patterson went 21-for-28 for 186 yards and a landing. However Patterson additionally had a pricey interception, which was deflected by a defensive lineman into the palms of a Birmingham Stallions defensive finish within the fourth quarter.

Patterson entered the season with competitors at QB from Paxton Lynch, the previous Memphis star who was beforehand a first-round choose by the Denver Broncos. However Lynch was injured early within the USFL season, leaving Patterson with little competitors. The Panthers claimed quarterback Josh Love off waivers earlier than Week 5’s video games from the Pittsburgh Maulers, the opposite one-win staff within the USFL. He threw for four hundred and forty yards and two touchdowns with the Maulers, however has but to see motion with the Panthers.

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