CLEVELAND, OHIO – JANUARY 09: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns reacts as he walks off the field after Cleveland defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 21-1 at FirstEnergy Stadium on January 09, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Even though the Cleveland Browns didn’t seem like a likely landing spot for Deshaun Watson, Baker Mayfield may have changed that a bit.
While at one point it seemed like the Cleveland Browns were out of the running for Deshaun Watson, apparently Baker Mayfield’s intentions might have helped make the trade become a reality for the Browns.
Mayfield, who was drafted by the Browns in the 2018 NFL Draft and helped the franchise find a way to win in recent seasons after years of horrible football, was apparently willing to be done in Cleveland as it looked like the Browns were potentially interested in finding a new quarterback to lead the franchise forward.
Interestingly enough, Mayfield’s actions may have helped create an incentive for the Browns to go all in on trading for Watson.
According to a report by Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, the Browns were told Thursday that Watson wasn’t interested in being traded to Cleveland. However, after Mayfield’s agent told the Browns that he wanted out of town, things changed considerably.
Baker Mayfield had no intentions of playing for the #Browns in 2022, which may have revived the Deshaun Watson trade. He was prepared to sit out offseason program, minicamp, training camp & more if that’s what it took: Browns Insider https://t.co/awZQPVKQmu
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) March 20, 2022
Deshaun Watson trade: Baker Mayfield’s ‘intentions’ reportedly ‘may have revived’ Cleveland Browns trade for Watson
According to Cabot’s report, that trade request from Mayfield may have helped motivate the Browns to send as many draft picks as they possibly could down to the Houston Texans in exchange for Watson.
As Cabot notes, that trade request, along with word from Mayfield’s team that the quarterback “had no plans on playing for [the Browns] in 2022, may have been enough to get this trade possible once more.
Ultimately, as we all know, the Browns did make the blockbuster trade for Watson. Some Browns fans are less than thrilled and Cleveland’s front office is being criticized by many for the trade, but at the end of the day it happened. Now we wait and see to find out where Mayfield will end up playing going forward.
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