Report: Baker for Sam trade very unlikely

[WarPanthers89]

Didn’t see this posted anywhere so if it has already, I want to apologize…..to absolutely nobody!!

ARTICLE:

A Browns’ trade of Baker Mayfield to the Panthers remains a possibility, but a report Wednesday indicates it won’t be a Mayfield-for-Sam Darnold deal.

Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports that a Mayfield-for-Darnold swap is “very unlikely” and quotes a source who said he is “confident it’s not happening.”

Such a deal makes sense for both sides given the quarterbacks both are under contract for 2022 at the fifth-year option amount of $18.86 million, which is fully guaranteed. Darnold was drafted two spots after Mayfield, at No. 3 overall by the Jets in 2018.

The Browns want to — and need to — move on from Mayfield after trading for Deshaun Watson. But, per Cabot, they are comfortable with Jacoby Brissett and Josh Dobbs as their quarterbacks in the event Watson is suspended for part or all of 2022. Brissett has started 37 career games and Dobbs none.

Darnold has started 49 career games.

Mayfield, though, still could end up as the starter in Carolina.

The Panthers want the Browns to pay the lion’s share of Mayfield’s salary to do the deal, which is why Mayfield remains a member of the Browns as the offseason programs end.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/06/15/report-a-baker-mayfield-for-sam-darnold-trade-is-very-unlikely/

 

Edited June 16, 2022 by WarPanthers89

[frankw]

[trueblade]

17 minutes ago, WarPanthers89 said:

ARTICLE:

A Browns’ trade of Baker Mayfield to the Panthers remains a possibility, but a report Wednesday indicates it won’t be a Mayfield-for-Sam Darnold deal.

Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports that a Mayfield-for-Darnold swap is “very unlikely” and quotes a source who said he is “confident it’s not happening.”

But, per Cabot, they are comfortable with Jacoby Brissett and Josh Dobbs as their quarterbacks in the event Watson is suspended for part or all of 2022. Brissett has started 37 career games and Dobbs none.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/06/15/report-a-baker-mayfield-for-sam-darnold-trade-is-very-unlikely/

Since this is coming from MKC, it's likely her information is coming from a Browns source. To me, this is just more of the game of chicken the two teams are playing. I find it hard to believe the Browns are truly comfortable with Brissett/Dobbs as their QBs. I say call their bluff. 

[Tbe]

I’d be more comfortable with those two than Darnold.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

This is just a dream scenario everyone here would love to see but I doubt many people considered it to be plausible.

[4Corners]

[TLGPanthersFan]

Would be funny if Corral beats both of them in Training Camp. 

[WarPanthers89]

2 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

 

[glenwo2]

Baker for Sam?