Browns traded Keenum and signed Brisset so I suspect Mayfield will be gone by Monday. No way they carry Watson, Mayfield and Jacoby.

Could they just cut mayfield?

I think Ballard is playing hardball knowing they’re fucked

I think he would still be a dead cap hit against them, but I guess if they can't get a trade its possible. Again, it is the Browns and anything is possible. lol

Like IndyNorm said, if we wanted one of the free agents it would already have been done. This smells like a trade. Please don't let it be Mayfield.

He's ~$19M dead money if they just cut him, so I'm guessing they will hold on to him as long as they can for a trade.

Per zak keefer

“Mayfield wanting the Colts is just one side of the equation, remember.
More important: Do the Colts want Mayfield?
To date, I haven’t heard anything to suggest they do. It doesn’t mean a deal won’t happen — the Colts’ options are limited, remember — but I see it as unlikely, based on conversations Friday. Over the last few months, the Colts were determined to move on from Wentz, convinced that he wasn’t the right fit as franchise quarterback. It’s hard to see them believing Mayfield would be — even as a stopgap — while they continue to look for their quarterback of the future in the draft.”


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Yeah, I could see that. Like I've said before if we can get him for less than what we got in return for Wentz then it's worth the risk IMO. The more I think about it the more I don't want us to have a throw away year this year. Especially if it's so we can draft Stroud, since being an OSU guy he'll either suck or get hurt non-stop if we draft him.

See, now this makes more sense. If the Colts don’t really want him, then they’re not offering much at all for him. Kind of like the Eason situation. They gave him a fourth round grade and he was still there in the 4th, so they drafted him.

I’m guessing Ballard made the best offer he was comfortable making, which isn’t much, and the Browns are holding out for more. Which they’ll probably end up getting.

This seems like the most logical explanation for what’s going on.

There are more guys than just Stroud. Also seems every year a Qb emerges from the pack like Burrow.