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Baker Mayfield will soon no longer be a Cleveland Brown. Mayfield is being traded to the Carolina Panthers for a 2024 fifth-round draft pick that can improve with play markers, league sources confirmed to Yahoo Sports on Wednesday. Cleveland will also eat $10.5 million as part of the salary split, with Carolina paying $5 million and Mayfield cutting approximately $3.5 million off his salary. The Panthers and Browns later confirmed the trade. This ends a contentious rift between Mayfield and the… Source link

With Deshaun Watson‘s disciplinary hearing beginning this week, even as new details are emerging in the case, the Cleveland Browns are bracing for whatever length suspension their new quarterback might face. In light of that, some Browns fans have wondered: What direction will they go when Watson’s punishment is eventually handed down? And to take it a step further: Could their ex officio QB Baker Mayfield somehow factor into the Browns’ equation this season? He does, after all, remain on the… Source link

The Cleveland Browns agreed to excuse quarterback Baker Mayfield from the team’s three-day mandatory minicamp next week, the team announced according to multiple reports. If the Browns didn’t excuse Mayfield and he still skipped camp, the team could have fined him $14,775 for the first day, $29,550 for the second day and $44,325 for the third. Mayfield, who has been recovering from shoulder surgery this offseason, has been the subject of trade speculation since the Browns acquired Deshaun… Source link

The Cleveland Browns might want to comply with Baker Mayfield‘s trade request, after all. Mayfield reportedly lost part of the locker room after receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was released in November. It was a crucial season for Mayfield, who was hoping to receive a long-term deal from the Browns after building on the success he experienced in 2020. Those dreams were dashed early, as Mayfield sustained a shoulder injury that hindered his play the entire season. Mayfield’s on-field play took a dip… Source link

Yahoo Sports’ Senior NFL Writer Charles Robinson and NFL Media’s Jim Trotter discuss the continuing saga between Baker Mayfield and the Browns. The Cleveland QB continues to complain about his treatment by the Browns, and Jim Trotter has some strong words for the former number one overall pick. Hear the full conversation on the You Pod to Win the Game podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen. Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] CHARLES ROBINSON: First and… Source link

PALM BEACH, Fla. — For all intents and purposes, the Cleveland Browns are talking about Baker Mayfield in the past tense. The question now appears to be whether the franchise is willing to incur salary cap pain to make him a tradable commodity. Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday that Cleveland would prefer to get the situation with Mayfield’s future “resolved soon” but it’s something that has “several dynamics” in play before that can happen. Other teams at the… Source link

Presumably Baker Mayfield and his wife, Emily Wilkinson, are still “at home” inside FirstEnergy Stadium in downtown Cleveland, enjoying great insurance while dishing out stadium nachos at Halloween, gossiping with neighbors and pawning off Browns equipment at yard sales. In other words, he hasn’t been traded, released or filmed a new television commercial. Yet. Mayfield is done in Cleveland though, with the Browns dealing five draft picks — three of them first-rounders — and agreeing… Source link

It sounds like Baker Mayfield’s time in Cleveland is over. Mayfield posted what felt like a goodbye message to Browns fans and the city of Cleveland on social media Tuesday night. Mayfield insisted that his post “is not a message with a hidden meaning,” though it comes amid significant trade speculation that affects the quarterback. [Join the Yahoo Fantasy Tourney Pick’Em $25K Best Bracket Contest] “This is strictly to thank the city of Cleveland for embracing my family and me. We have… Source link

The Cleveland Browns have reportedly made a decision about quarterback Baker Mayfield. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, the Browns plan to keep him as their starting QB for the 2022 season. This seems like a sensible decision for both parties, but it wasn’t a sure thing. Just one year after making the playoffs for the first time since 2002, the Browns are on the outside looking in once again, coming into the final week with a 7-9 record. They were eliminated from… Source link

Sunday was not Baker Mayfield‘s best day.  The Cleveland Browns picked up a win. But just barely against the league’s only winless team starting Tim Boyle at quarterback. Mayfield struggled — again — in a two-interception effort against the Detroit Lions that triggered boos from the home fans and frustrated the Browns quarterback to the point of skipping his postgame media session. Then his wife Emily shared an Instagram post questioning the toughness of Mayfield’s teammates. “No one… Source link