Browns to trade Baker Mayfield to Panthers: report

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Baker Mayfield, a former No. 1 overall pick, is reportedly on the move from the Cleveland Browns months after the team acquired Deshaun Watson from the Houston Texans.

The Browns traded Mayfield to the Carolina Panthers for a conditional 2024 fifth-round pick, the NFL Network reported Wednesday. The deal is pending a physical.

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Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield walks on the field before the Cincinnati Bengals game on, Jan. 9, 2022, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Nick Cammett, File)

Carolina will now have a competition for the starting quarterback job. Mayfield will battle Sam Darnold, who was taken in the same draft as Mayfield but by the New York Jets. Mayfield got his first crack at quarterback against the Jets and Darnold in Week 3 of the 2018 season. Mayfield led the Browns back from an 11-point deficit to win the game 21-17.

To make things even more interesting, the Panthers are set to play the Browns in Week 1 of this season. It’s unclear who will be the starting quarterback in Cleveland. Watson is set for the long term but is facing potential discipline over two dozen civil lawsuits that accused him of sexual assault. Watson settled 20 of the 24 lawsuits. Jacoby Brissett is the other quarterback on the Browns’ roster.

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Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield lines up for a play against the Baltimore Ravens, on Dec. 12, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Kirk Irwin, file)

Mayfield spent four seasons with the Browns. He led Cleveland to a playoff win in 2020. It was their first playoff win since the 1994 season.