Baker Mayfield's time with the Browns is almost certainly over after Cleveland acquired Deshaun Watson from the Houston Texans last month, and, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, the franchise is "highly motivated" to move the veteran quarterback.
"The Browns are highly motivated to get this done, preferably before or around draft time," Fowler said Friday on SportsCenter. "They've got six days to create that urgency; they want that $19 million guaranteed money off their salary-cap books. The best way to do that is to trade him. If they cut him, they still have to eat a lot or all of that money.