Are you wondering how the Carolina Panthers got themselves such a sweet deal for Baker Mayfield? Well, wonder no more!
Yahoo Sports senior NFL reporter Charles Robinson joined 92.3 The Fan’s Baskin & Phelps on Thursday to discuss the swap of the now former Cleveland Browns quarterback. But before both sides finally came to terms on Wednesday, some of the groundwork began on the second day of the 2022 NFL draft back in April.
“The Panthers’ initial offer, I think, was something like the Browns eat $15 million,” Robinson said. “$15 million of Baker’s salary, we’ll send ya, I think it was a fifth-round pick. And then there was—if you wanna eat $13 million, it’ll be a sixth . . . I don’t know, it was something ridiculous.”
