Browns Don’t Have To Trade Baker Mayfield, At Least Not Now, GM Suggests – OutKick
With Deshaun Watson now within the fold, the Cleveland Browns can’t do away with Baker Mayfield quick sufficient. After all, that’s not what basic supervisor Andrew Berry is saying. As an alternative, he informed reporters the Browns can truly afford to attend. In any case, Mayfield remains to be underneath contract for subsequent season. And…
With Deshaun Watson now within the fold, the Cleveland Browns can’t do away with Baker Mayfield quick sufficient.
After all, that’s not what basic supervisor Andrew Berry is saying. As an alternative, he informed reporters the Browns can truly afford to attend. In any case, Mayfield remains to be underneath contract for subsequent season. And it’s not just like the Browns may have Watson immediately. He could also be suspended by the NFL after greater than 20 ladies accused him of sexual assault.
Plus, proper now, the marketplace for Mayfield has confirmed to be extremely skinny. Most groups already know who their starter will likely be subsequent season. Or a minimum of have a good suggestion. So the Browns are type of in Mayfield limbo. He’s adequate to be a starter, however erratic sufficient to be relegated to a backup function.
“Baker is an expert, he’s underneath contract, and we’ve got the [cap] flexibility whether or not he’s on the roster or not,” Berry stated on the league assembly in Florida. “So we don’t actually really feel pressed to hurry into something that’s suboptimal.”
In different phrases, the Browns tried to commerce Mayfield, to no avail, and are deciding what to do subsequent. They’ll both decrease their asking worth, or preserve it the identical, preserve Mayfield, and present groups they’re severe about what they search in return.
However there’s one other problem as properly. Watson isn’t the one QB the Browns have acquired lately. In addition they signed Jacoby Brissett in free company. Brissett has expertise with the New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts and Miami Dolphins, his most up-to-date group. Studies recommend the Browns would a lot choose to play Brissett over Mayfield as a result of Mayfield is on borrowed time in Cleveland.
“I feel as we take a look at the QB room, we’ve got three good gamers at an important place in sports activities,” Berry stated. “That’s to not say that there aren’t issues that we’re going to work by over the course of the following a number of months. However I don’t view it as a foul state of affairs in any respect. We really feel like we’ve got three good ones and a variety of groups are in search of one man, so that you don’t thoughts being deep there and we’ll take it because it goes.”
That’s a great, diplomatic spin by Berry, nevertheless it’s not actuality and Berry and the Browns realize it. Finally, the plan is to chop ties with Mayfield earlier than the season. Berry is true that the Browns have a short time earlier than strain to tug the set off on a commerce actually begins. Nonetheless, Mayfield merely can’t be on the roster when issues get severe. No approach.
