Browns trading Baker Mayfield to Panthers for 2024 conditional fifth-round draft pick
Mayfield's journey with Cleveland began with the No.
Since mid-March, the Browns have shopped Mayfield, but with little leverage in trade negotiations
the team kept Mayfield on its roster and away from the facility while awaiting an acceptable offer.
– With his fierce competitive spirit, he excited the fanbase and accomplished things that no player at his position had done in Cleveland for a very long time."
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Mayfield heads to Carolina, where fellow 2018 top-three selection Sam Darnold already resides on a nearly identical rookie deal.
Both Mayfield and Darnold are in the fifth and final year of their contracts
both of which were set to account for $18.858 million in salary cap space.