With all of the quarterback movement that we have seen in the NFL this offseason, it’s sometimes equally notable which quarterbacks haven’t moved, and perhaps the most significant is Baker Mayfield, the 2018 first-overall draft pick of the Cleveland Browns whose starting job was just usurped following the team’s acquisition of Deshaun Watson.
Mayfield is due to earn $18.858 million this year under his fifth-year option from his rookie contract, and that would be quite an expensive backup option, especially when your starter is making $230 million over five years. A trade has logically felt inevitable, and yet…
As Jeff Howe of The Athletic describes it, teams are “in a holding pattern” as it concerns Mayfield, but notes that the two teams who have been most connected with a potential trade, the Seattle Seahawks and the Carolina Panthers, are said to continue to carry interest.