Player Signing Pats add QB Matt Corral

[SlowGettingUp]

Panthers cut QB Matt Corral

The Panthers traded up to select Corral in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft out of Ole Miss.

theathletic.com

Edited to correct my original post which was incorrect:

He was only waived yesterday, so Pats did claim him, but because he wasn't claimed from a PS they don't have to keep him on roster for at least three weeks.

 

[Tunescribe]

Corral is listed at 6-foot-1, so that makes him about six inches taller than Zappe.

Patriots Claim QB Matt Corral Off Waivers From Panthers

According to Ian Rapoport, the Patriots are claiming QB Matt Corral off of waivers from the Panthers on Thursday. Coincidentally enough, Carolina traded a 2022 fourth-round pick and a 2023 third-round pick to the Patriots

nfltraderumors.co

 

[PaulThePat]

Not bad for Ole Miss. If nothing else he was QB1 in arguably the best college conference i.e. SEC.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

The Panthers traded with us in 2022 and gave us two picks, one in 2022 and one in 2023, to move up and select Corral. We used the Panthers 2022 pick to select Zappe, and the 2023 pick to select Mapu. We now have all three players from the trade. Crazy.

 

[Grogan14]

Corral is listed at 6-foot-1, so that makes him about six inches taller than Zappe.

Patriots Claim QB Matt Corral Off Waivers From Panthers

According to Ian Rapoport, the Patriots are claiming QB Matt Corral off of waivers from the Panthers on Thursday. Coincidentally enough, Carolina traded a 2022 fourth-round pick and a 2023 third-round pick to the Patriots

nfltraderumors.co

He is much more mobile and has a much better arm. Definitely an upgrade over Zappe.
At one point he was thought to be an end of round 1 qb

Like this pick up a lot

 

[Steve102]

Panthers cut QB Matt Corral

The Panthers traded up to select Corral in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft out of Ole Miss.

theathletic.com

He had already passed through waivers, so I don't think they are obligated to keep him on roster for 3 games.

He was not on their 2023 PS so far.

 

[Mack Herron]

Panthers cut QB Matt Corral

The Panthers traded up to select Corral in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft out of Ole Miss.

theathletic.com

He had already passed through waivers, so I don't think they are obligated to keep him on roster for 3 games. So don't think "claimed" in that tweet is the correct word.

Corral was claimed off waivers so takes Thornton’s spot on 53.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

He had already passed through waivers, so I don't think they are obligated to keep him on roster for 3 games.

I think he wasn't waived at cutdown on Tuesday, but was instead waived a day a later, since they needed room to claim an O-lineman.

Doesn't anyone secured with a waiver claim, even after cutdown day, have to go to the 53?

 

[SlowGettingUp]

He was not on their 2023 PS so far.

Edit: I now see Palm Beach's post, saying he was only waived yesterday. So then he would still have had to go through waivers (as not a vet) and maybe the Pats did indeed claim him.

Confusing.

 

[Fatmancryin]

That's why I think "claimed" is the wrong word. He was cut by the Panthers, passed through waivers, and then signed with the Patriots.

He was waived yesterday and the Pats claimed him.

 

[PaulThePat]

That's why I think "claimed" is the wrong word. He was cut by the Panthers, passed through waivers, and then signed with the Patriots.

Everything I've read so far said he was claimed off waivers i.e. he'll go straight onto the active 53

 

[SlowGettingUp]

Everything I've read so far said he was claimed off waivers i.e. he'll go straight onto the active 53

I agree. But he wasn't signed from a PS, so they don't have to keep him on the active roster for at least 3 weeks.

 

[Fatmancryin]

Alabama and OleMiss played in 2021 and O’Brien must have saw a ton of film on Corral. He went 21-29 213 yards 1 TD.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Everything I've read so far said he was claimed off waivers i.e. he'll go straight onto the active 53

Thanks. And he must be taking Thornton's spot on the 53.

 

[Grogan14]

Sounds like he is going to the 53 man roster.
I wonder if Zappe is pissed

 

[PaulThePat]

Thanks. And he must be taking Thornton's spot on the 53.

That's what I kinda assumed.

 

[PaulThePat]

I wonder if Zappe is pissed

He was cut on Tuesday. If he isn't pissed then we should cut him again.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Does he possess Cat like quickness???

 

[Hammer of Thor]

I agree. But he wasn't signed from a PS, so they don't have to keep him on the active roster for at least 3 weeks.

Right. Patriots have claimed players off other team’s waivers at cutdowns before, put them on the 53 man roster, wait a few days, cut them, have them clear waivers, and then sign to Pats PS. There are a few examples of it but i can’t think of them off the top of my head.

Whereas if they sign someone off another team’s PS, they have to keep them on the 53 for 3 weeks.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

my crystal ball....

So he goes to the 53, Zappe is activated to the 53 for game 1, Corral is the "freebie" on the game day active list as the 3rd QB, and Zappe is still #2