Panthers have been really bad finding the quarterback owner David Tepper wanted years ago

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It’s been a couple of years now since Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper came to the understanding that any NFL team, and his in particular, needs an elite quarterback to succeed.

"I think when you get to quarterbacks and NFL, in general, you always want to try to figure out do you have the best that’s in the position of this right now?" Tepper told reporters in December 2020 after firing general manager Marty Hurney.

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Carolina Panthers team owner David Tepper looks on looks on during warm ups prior to the game against the Atlanta Falcons at Bank of America Stadium on December 12, 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

"It’s an ongoing process and it’s a question of who can be that guy that can help you win. That’s the most important position on the field. … Unless you have that guy for sure that gets you to the playoffs and Super Bowls,you have to keep reevaluating that because that’s the only thing that matters is Super Bowls. And until you have that guy, you’re evaluating, evaluating, evaluating every year."

That makes sense. Except the Panthers have been doing a lot of evaluating, and evaluating, and evaluating every year and never yet landing the right guy.

And to everyone’s frustration, including Tepper’s although he hasn’t articulated it because he’s not spoken publicly of late, the search continues.

So the latest is the Panthers are among the teams considering a trade with the Cleveland Browns for Baker Mayfield. And OutKick has learned they have also seriously weighed a trade with San Francisco for Jimmy Garoppolo.

And, multiple NFL people believe