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Browns pick up fifth-year options on Baker Mayfield, Denzel Ward

Good news, Cleveland Browns fans: Baker Mayfield and Denzel Ward will stay with the team through the 2022 NFL season.

The Browns picked up fifth-year options on both players Friday, according to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com.

Neither move was a surprise. Mayfield, 26, has started all 32 games for the Browns over the past two seasons and heads into 2021 as the team's starter once again. He's coming off a season in which he threw 26 touchdowns against eight interceptions and helped lead the Browns to an 11-5 record and Cleveland's first playoff win since 1995.