Now this is your quarterback Baker Mayfield He passed him physically and the trade that sent him to the Panthers was official, and more details about the operation that got him out of Cleveland began to emerge.
One of the items comes from Zac Jackson and Joe Person of TheAthletic.com, who have laid out a timeline of business talks between the Browns and the Panthers. According to their report, the two teams agreed to draft compensation over the course of May and early June — Carolina would send Cleveland a conditional fifth-round selection that would become a fourth-round selection if Mayfield played 70 percent of the Panthers’ offensive shots. .
But Mayfield’s wages remained a sticking point. According to the report, the Panthers initially wanted Mayfield to take a pay cut More than 7 million dollars. But Mayfield was willing to forego just $3.5 million of his guaranteed $18.86 million salary.
Head coach Matt Rowley and general manager Scott Fetterer wanted Mayfield to be part of Carolina’s junior camp to learn offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo’s scheme. But the owner of the Panthers, David Tepper, reportedly did not want to overpay for Mayfield, which he considered a depreciated asset.
In the end, the Panthers got the deal done by striking a contract allowing Mayfield to recoup his $3.5 million bonus incentives. This allowed the two parties to agree to trade on July 5, with the announcement of its breaking on July 6.
Al Brown gets $10.5 million in Mayfield’s salary in 2022, and Carolina paid $4.86 million.
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