Why the Browns-Panthers Baker Mayfield Trade Fell Apart, per Report

[4Corners]

3 hours ago, Aussie Tank said:

Browns got too greedy good job pulling out 

[poundaway]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

Ouch

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

Goddamn. I laughed pretty hard at that.

Well now there's this...

Plans can change of course (and very well might after the first time they see the guys they have take the field) but if they stick to this, Mayfield is pretty much out of starting options.

[YourLastThought]

Oh okay well they should keep him and just eat all that money then. He wasn't the long-term answer anyhow. Better than Sam? Of course so buy not worth taking on his big ass salary also and give up some sort of high draft pick. Browns probably just screed themselves by being so hard headed

[Mr. Scot]

2 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

Pretty sure this was already reported elsewhere (maybe 4 Man Rush).

Apparently they pissed off Fitt during the draft and he played hardball.

Don't know,  but this story is basically just a Cliff Notes version of Jake Trotter's story.

That story can be found here: Baker Mayfield in limbo

[Mr. Scot]

Carroll might have taken this a step further than he should have

 

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

Well now there's this...

Plans can change of course (and very well might after the first time they see the guys they have take the field) but if they stick to this, Mayfield is pretty much out of starting options.

The Seahawks faith in Drew Lock is one of the most wildly insane thingsI have seen in the NFL.

I love Pete Carroll but he is pure mush on this take.

[ForJimmy]

6 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

The Seahawks faith in Drew Lock is one of the most wildly insane thingsI have seen in the NFL.

I love Pete Carroll but he is pure mush on this take.

It’s like us with Sam last year. 

[joemac]

13 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Last weekend, the Panthers and Browns seemed to be trending toward a Mayfield trade. However, ESPN’s Jake Trotter reports that the two sides were never close to completing the deal. According to Trotter, neither side wanted to pay the majority of Mayfield’s nearly $19 million salary he is set to make in 2022.

By not finding a middle ground to pay the money, Carolina decided to trade up and select Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral in the third round instead.

We're in the exact same spot with Sam.  Nobody is going to want him and pay him 19 million dollars this year, so we're apparently stuck with him as starter until Matt beats him out. 

[PandaMan]

8 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Carroll might have taken this a step further than he should have

 

He is 70 now, he might finally be losing it.  All the gum chewing rattled his noggin.  Poor bastard 

[PandaMan]

11 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

Pretty sure this was already reported elsewhere(maybe 4 Man Rush).

Apparently they pissed off Fitt during the draft and he played hardball.

 

[OldhamA]

10 hours ago, Toker Smurf said:

Slow period I guess. Same threads over and over. 

Beats the 20 threads about Watson, fighting for space with the 15 threads about Rhule and the 10 threads about Darnold.

[Michael G]

14 hours ago, Aussie Tank said:

Browns got too greedy good job pulling out 

Yep. We have not always been that wise-Maybe the FO is learning.

[Khyber53]

I just have a massive feeling that the Browns will regret this entire undertaking before the end of the season. Watson is a landmine waiting to explode, they just pissed off a serviceable QB who can compete in their division AND gave up a ton of draft and cap capital to get where they are.

In a world of competitive sports, the Panthers were so lucky to be left on the outside of this looking in. Those poor Browns fans deserve better than this will probably turn out.