The Brown Quarterback Baker Mayfield is traded to leopards For a conditional draft in the fifth round of 2024, the The team announced Wednesday. Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network and Tom Pellisero were the first to report the news. The transaction is pending material.
Mayfield was set to make $18.86 million this season, and that contract is said to have been holding up commercial discussions. Cleveland Mayfield will pay $10.5 million from the contract and Carolina will pay him $5 million each Mike Garavolo of the NFL Network. Mayfield agreed to cut back on the rest of his salary.
In January, it was reported that Cleveland wanted to keep Mayfield this year. However, that was before the team traded for Deshaun Watson. The former Texas quarterback has faced 25 civil lawsuits describing accounts of sexual harassment and assault (20 of which have now been settled and one has been dropped). Just prior to Watson’s trade, Mayfield formally requested a trade from the Browns.
The quarterback’s decisions for Cleveland weren’t without exploring all options. Mary Kay Capote reported that the two sides met in the gathering to discuss Mayfield’s future, but the team did not want to commit to an extension for him before he had the rebound season.
Carolina has bonded with Mayfield the most over the past few weeks as Cleveland tries to find him in a new home.
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Besides the Panthers, the Seahawks and the Texans were two teams looking at a Mayfield deal. Mayfield also wanted the Colts to participate, but Indianapolis chose Matt Ryan instead.
Drafted by Brown Mayfield with the No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft, the quarterback had a solid rookie season, including 27 touchdowns, culminating in the Rookie of the Year attack.
Mayfield led the Browns to their first playoff appearance since 2002 in ’20, including a playoff win over the Steelers. However, Mayfield had a decline in season 21, due in part to a shoulder injury that required surgery after the season.
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