Browns Reporter Refutes Wild Baker Mayfield Rumor

Earlier this week former Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Joe Thomas said on his podcast that Browns QB Baker Mayfield turned down a long-term contract extension with the franchise worth $30 million per year in 2021.

Maybe if @bakermayfield hadn't overplayed his hand, the @Browns would have never pursued @deshaunwatson … pic.twitter.com/laJBb8I3ZC

— The Thom & Hawk Football Show (@ThomaHawkShow) March 25, 2022

Citing a league source, Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com said that report is “100 percent false” and “totally erroneous.”

“The truth is, the Browns and Mayfield’s agent, Tom Mills, never engaged in substantive extensive talks for the 2018 No. 1 overall pick after the Browns exercised his fifth-year option last April worth $18.86 million,” Cabot wrote. “The plan was to possibly start talking extension in earnest around the trade deadline, but Mayfield was in the midst of the worst season of his career at that point, partly because of the torn labrum in his left non-throwing shoulder and the restrictive harness.”

It's '100% false' that Baker Mayfield turned down $30 million a year before '21 from the #Browns; nothing imminent on the trade front: #Browns Insider https://t.co/ZlkW3KU6C0

— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) March 28, 2022

It’s been a brutal offseason for Baker Mayfield. The former #1 pick underwent surgery on the shoulder injury that hampered him for most of last season. Plus he’s now looking for a new team after the Browns decided to trade for Deshaun Watson.

Apparently the plan is to hold on to Baker for now.

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