When it comes to sports breakups, it doesn’t get much more awkward than the Baker Mayfield-Cleveland Browns saga. The Browns drafted Mayfield with the first overall pick in 2018, became contenders with him but acquired Deshaun Watson — despite 20-plus civil lawsuits for sexual misconduct — at the first sign of Mayfield’s regression.
Mayfield eventually landed with the Carolina Panthers, but his whole breakup with the Browns seems to be a sour subject.
He didn’t even want to see his old Browns jersey at camp.