Baker Mayfield was the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback of the future—for four years. Now chances are he’s playing in another jersey in 2022, after Cleveland traded the farm in exchange for Deshaun Watson, who is probably going to start, considering the fact that they gave him $230 million guaranteed.
The first-overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, Mayfield was the guy the organization identified as the quarterback who was going to drag them out of the doldrums. While he helped, and they even won a playoff game during a winning season, this past year got the organization antsy.
It was clear pretty early on that the relationship between the Browns and their quarterback was becoming frayed.