Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield has publicly requested a trade, telling ESPN's Adam Schefter that "it's in the mutual interest of both sides for us to move on" and that "the relationship is too far gone to mend."
On Friday, ESPN's Jake Trotter provided a deep dive into how Mayfield and the Browns got to this point.
The tipping point appeared to be Mayfield finding out over social media that the Browns were making an aggressive push to trade for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, to the point that Cleveland brass even flew out to Texas for a meeting.