Adam Schefter Taking All The Heat Following Baker Mayfield Trade

Everyone in the sports world is wondering the same thing today: where is Adam Schefter?

On Wednesday, it was reported that the Panthers had finalized a trade to acquire Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield.

A new QB in Carolina: The #Panthers are acquiring former No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield from the #Browns for a 2024 conditional 5th-round draft pick, sources tell me and @TomPelissero. Deal is pending a physical. All parties split the financials to make it happen. pic.twitter.com/xuTLqosmZm

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 6, 2022

While many reporters were announcing the Baker Mayfield news, Adam Schefter was eerily quiet for a while.

On the web, fans everywhere were lamenting how late Schefter was to the party.

Is schefter ok? @AdamSchefter need to know if your alive

— PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) July 6, 2022

schefter's editors not letting him report anymore?

— KP (@KP_Show) July 6, 2022

Oh man @AdamSchefter IS SO LATE on the Baker trade

Is this guy alive?!

— NYJ Matt (@NYJ_Matt) July 6, 2022

How did Schefter NOT mention this? https://t.co/aIJqjx02jh

— Chinakhov SZN (@MatthewLGideon1) July 6, 2022

Somebody check on Schefter

— ቶማስ ካሳሁን 🇪🇹 (@TomasKassahun) July 6, 2022

Obviously, Adam Schefter had his hands in uncovering the news.

When ESPN’s Browns reporter, Jake Trotter, wrote about the Baker Mayfield trade, he credited Schefter.

“The Panthers will pay $4.85 million of Mayfield’s salary while the Browns will pay $10.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter,” Trotter wrote. “Mayfield has agreed to forgo the remainder of his $18.8 million salary to facilitate the deal, which is pending a physical, the source said.”

Perhaps Adam Schefter just decided to stay behind the scenes on this one. But it is rather weird not to see him tweeting right after a big trade…

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