After two days of brief trade talks, the Carolina Panthers officially took themselves out of the Baker Mayfield pursuit Friday. Now the Cleveland Browns are forging ahead on a path that could keep Mayfield on the roster for much longer than anticipated.
The Panthers and Browns had discussions about Mayfield on Thursday and Friday, but the two sides never got into the same zip code on a deal. Sources from the two teams said talks broke down over a range of factors, from mismatched trade assets, the final split of Mayfield’s $18.