The Carolina Panthers drafted quarterback Matt Corral in the third round, but that doesn’t definitively necessarily mean they are out of the industry for Baker Mayfield.
That is in accordance to NFL insider Josina Anderson, who noted that the “door is not 100% shut” on the likelihood of the Panthers buying Mayfield.
However, she added that Carolina “isn’t in any hurry, nor are they pressed” to incorporate Mayfield to their quarterback space, and would be eager to carry on with Corral and incumbent starter Sam Darnold if need to have be.
The Panthers and Browns had active talks all through the 2022 NFL Draft, but they did not arrive to fruition. The Athletic noted at the time that Carolina wanted Cleveland to decide up a “big chunk” of the approximately $19 million Mayfield is owed following season.
That is, if the Browns do basically go him. Cleveland could decide to hang on to Mayfield as insurance plan if Deshaun Watson is disciplined by the NFL in the wake of accusations of sexual misconduct from much more than 20 therapeutic massage therapists — nevertheless Cleveland.com claims the odds of Mayfield starting for the crew once again are “slim.”
“If for some purpose Mayfield is nevertheless hanging around at the begin of the period, he won’t commence for Watson if he’s suspended,” Cabot wrote in a mailbag column. “That career will go to No. 2 quarterback Jacoby Brissett, who’s been right here functioning in the offseason program and establishing timing with his new teammates.
“If Brissett gets wounded amid a Watson suspension and Mayfield is nonetheless right here, the Browns would have to choose concerning Mayfield and Josh Dobbs, but I do not see it acquiring to that level. It behooves the Browns to trade Mayfield as shortly as they can and remove the distraction.”
Coming off a playoff visual appeal in 2020, Mayfield and the Browns experienced higher expectations for this previous season. Even so, with Mayfield struggling a shoulder harm, efficiency lagged, and the Browns concluded the period 8-9, missing the postseason.
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