Former Carolina Panther and Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield has officially been claimed by the Los Angeles Rams on the waiver wire Tuesday afternoon. With the Los Angeles Rams paying Baker Mayfield a guaranteed $1.3 million for the rest of the season, Mayfield is projected to be the starter for the rest of the season for the Rams as star quarterback Matt Stafford is on IR and likely to miss the season and backup John Wolford is dealing with a neck injury.
The former number one pick in the 2018 draft started his life as a Cleveland Brown and played on the Browns for four seasons and made the playoffs in 2020. With Mayfield being considered controversial and having a lack of maturity, the Browns voiced their concerns over the years and formally made a decision to trade Mayfield to the Carolina Panthers for future draft picks last offseason.
Mayfield’s career in Carolina was a very short stint as he only played a handful of games and eventually was benched as the third string quarterback due to a lack of reasoning. Coming out of the draft, Mayfield was a Heisman Trophy winner in college football and was widely viewed as a franchise quarterback and someone who can turn around a losing teams culture, but over the years in Cleveland that was not the case as Mayfield struggled on and off the field with calling out teammates to medical staff and coaches. Baker’s career has been nothing short of a roller coaster and he is looking to prove himself on the Rams this season.
Heading into week 14 of the NFL season Mayfield has a chance to start for the Rams on Thursday night football as they play the Las Vegas Raiders and show who he really is as this is likely his last chance as a starting quarterback in the NFL, although it will not be easy, Mayfield has the coaches and weapons on this Rams team to show that he is a starting quarterback in this league and hopefully look to continue his career after the season.
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