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Why bringing back Baker Mayfield may be the smart play for the Browns

Entering the season, the question for the Cleveland Browns as it pertained to quarterback Baker Mayfield was whether the franchise should give him a big-money, long-term contract.

As a disappointing 7-9 campaign skids to an end, with an underperforming Mayfield placed on injured reserve and headed to surgery rather than playing in the finale Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals, it’s now whether Cleveland should trade him and move on.

It's been quite a fall from Super Bowl expectations to potentially getting evicted from his well-insured downtown home where he hands out nachos at Halloween and gossips about neighbors.