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The longest-rumored and least interesting trade of a crazy NFL offseason became a reality on Wednesday, with the Browns dealing former starting quarterback .While Cleveland was forced to move Mayfield he was an unwilling backup plan for Deshaun Watson Carolina decided it didn't have enough mediocrity at the game's most important position and needed more.Mayfield, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft, will now battle Sam Darnold, the No. 3 overall pick in https://www.hoastrosshop.com/houston-astros/craig-biggio-jersey that same draft, for a https://www.hoastrosshop.com/houston-astros/houston-astros-jersey starting gig in 2022, with rookie third-rounder Matt Corral behind them. Meanwhile, the Browns will elevate Jacoby Bri sett to No. 2 to fill in for a soon-to-be suspended Watson.Here's a breakdown of one of the NFL's lamest summer swaps in recent memory:MORE: Browns receive:2024 conditional fifth-round draft pickA lot of grief for botching this whole thingPanthers receive:QB Baker MayfieldA lot of funnier local commercials (maybe)Browns: FThe Browns are getting a Day 3 selection in return for the No. 1 overall pick from only four years ago. They also are reportedly picking up $10.5 million of Mayfield's salary for the season, with the Panthers giving him $5 million.Mayfield would have cost them $8 million more to keep, so there's some savings out of desperation, but in the end, everyone knew they had https://www.hoastrosshop.com/houston-astros/roy-oswalt-jersey little leverage and the Panthers were the ones most willing to wait them out.Mayfield is the only "winner" of this trade even with a $3.5 million pay cut in the end because he still gets paid no matter whether he's in the Panthers' lineup in Week 1. The Browns lose again for burning the bridge with their one-time playoff-winning QB to the point he couldn't ( ) help them save face for their risky investment in Watson.MORE: Panthers: FWhat was on Carolina's https://www.hoastrosshop.com/houston-astros/preston-tucker-jersey mind? The team is not paying Mayfield much, but the Panthers adding him so late in the mix before training camp to grasp a new offense is poor timing. That also comes on the heels of Darnold who's getting paid $18.585 million getting favorable reviews for https://www.hoastrosshop.com/ his early offseason work.While the Browns set their bridge on fire, the Panthers now have constructed two rope bridges over a deep pit. They used to have a pair of questionable answers at QB for this season and beyond. Now they have three.The Panthers don't get any credit for how cheap it was to get Mayfield. He only represents another head-scratching personnel decision in the short but shaky David Tepper era.The bottom https://www.hoastrosshop.com/houston-astros/lance-mccullers-jersey line is, does Mayfield over Darnold do anything to get Matt Rhule's team any closer to NFC playoff contention? No. Just because a move can be made doesn't mean it needs to made at all. |
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