Baker Mayfield isn’t feeling great.
The former Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 pick of the 2018 NFL Draft suffered through an awful season. A torn labrum in his non-throwing arm limited him on the field as his Cleveland Browns vacated the momentum from 2020’s playoff win — the franchise’s first since New Year’s Day 1995 — and slid back to the AFC North’s basement.
Now he has to deal with the fact that the only franchise he’s ever known flirted with the idea of adding Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson via trade. The Browns were one of four teams interested in dealing for the three-time Pro Bowler, who sat out all of 2021 as authorities investigated multiple claims of sexual assault against him (criminal charges were not filed, though civil suits remain and the league has been quiet about possible punishment).
