The Carolina Panthers have waived former first overall pick Baker Mayfield. After four seasons with the Cleveland Browns, Mayfield was traded to the Panthers after a tumultuous ending to the 2021 season. ESPN’s David Newton has reported that Mayfield asked for his release from the Panthers.
Even after only getting a conditional fifth round pick out of Mayfield, a pick that will not become a fourth rounder now, it is impossible to say the Browns did not win the trade with the Panthers. Mayfield will now hit waivers in hopes of landing a new job for the remaining five weeks of the season.
