Cleveland Browns trade Baker Mayfield to Carolina Panthers.
The Cleveland Browns agreed to trade quarterback Baker Mayfield to the Carolina Panthers on Wednesday in exchange for a 2024 conditional draft pick. The Panthers will pay $4.85 million of Mayfield's salary, while the Browns will pay $10.5 million, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Mayfield agreed to convert the remainder of his $18.8 million salary into incentives to facilitate the deal, which is pending a physical. Mayfield can earn back that money based on team performance, a source said.
The Browns will receive a fourth- or fifth-round pick in 2024, depending on Mayfield's playing time in Carolina, a source told ESPN. Mayfield, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft, joins a Panthers team that already has Sam Darnold, the No. 3 overall selection in 2018, on its quarterback depth chart.
What are your thoughts on this trade? Who got the better end of the deal, the Browns or the Panthers. It's crazy that Carolina has both the #1 and #3 QB selected in the 2018 draft on their roster now.
