Baker Mayfield has found a new home—the Panthers.
The Browns traded their star quarterback for a conditional 2024 fifth-round draft pick, Carolina confirmed Wednesday. Mayfield‘s 2022 salary was one of the main obstacles to a trade in recent weeks, but it seems as though that issue is now solved.
According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, the Browns will reportedly pay Mayfield $10.5 million this season while the Panthers will pay him approximately $5 million. The quarterback trimmed roughly $3.5 million off of his base salary in the deal.
The Browns will now save $8 million in cash and cap space, per Garafolo.