I’m getting tired of writing about Baker Mayfield at this point, but the good news is, perhaps, I won’t have him to write about for much longer. The former first-overall pick of the 2018 NFL Draft continues to dominate headlines in the AFC North surrounding his increasingly messy breakup with the Cleveland Browns, which now appears more inevitable than ever.
You know the bulk of the outline by now. Amid brewing animosity for the past season or more, the Browns aggressively pursued veteran quarterback options in the early portions of this offseason. It is believed that Mayfield was informed at some level, but it doesn’t appear that he was told specifically that they were going to go after Deshaun Watson.