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Inside Baker Mayfield's split with the Cleveland Browns

Editor's note: This was originally published May 5 and has been updated after Wednesday's news the Browns have traded Baker Mayfield to the Carolina Panthers.

BEREA, Ohio -- The NFL draft came and went, and quarterback Baker Mayfield was still a member of the Cleveland Browns.

The Browns couldn't swing a trade with the Carolina Panthers at the time, and according to multiple sources, never got close. As talks intensified during the second round, sources said Carolina wanted Cleveland to pay a significant portion of Mayfield's guaranteed $19 million salary next season.