Baker Mayfield ESPN has confirmed that
the Cleveland Browns have reached an agreement
to trade Baker Mayfield
quarterback, to the Carolina Panthers for a conditional draft selection. According to a source, the Panthers will pay
$4.85million of Mayfield's salary and the Browns $10.5 million. The source stated that Mayfield has agreed not
to pay the $18.8m salary, but that Mayfield will forfeit the rest of the contract. This deal is still pending a
physical. According to Mayfield's Carolina playing time, the Browns will either receive a fourth-round or fifth-round
selection in 2024. Mayfield, the No. Mayfield, the No. 1 overall pick in 2018, joins a Panthers roster that already
has Sam Darnold (the No. On its 2018 quarterback depth chart, it was the 3rd overall selection. In the third round
Matt Corral was also selected by the Panthers. Darnold and Mayfield, who competed against each other to be the
No. Mayfield and Darnold, who competed with each other to become the No. 1 pick in 2018, will again be competing
in training camp to try to win the right to be the Panthers’ starter. This trade follows the blockbuster deal that Cleveland