Baker Mayfield is reportedly not an option as the setting up quarterback for the Cleveland Browns really should Deshaun Watson be suspended for violating the NFL’s carry out coverage.

Watson will have a disciplinary meeting on Tuesday. The NFL could press for "an indefinite suspension that would past no shorter than a person yr," The Wall Street Journal documented. With that, ESPN claimed the Browns would go Jacoby Brissett to the top of the quarterback depth chart.

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield warms up right before the Steelers match Jan. 3, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (WHD Image/Gene J. Puskar)

"The Cleveland Browns are nonetheless bracing for a important suspension to their starting up quarterback. If the NFL does suspend [Deshaun Watson], expect the Browns to enter teaching camp with Jacoby Brissett, not Baker Mayfield, as their commencing quarterback," ESPN’s Jake Trotter claimed on "SportsCenter" Sunday.

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"Although Mayfield continues to be on Cleveland's roster, I have been advised he has no intention of taking part in for the Browns all over again. Cleveland has no options for this to occur either. Rather, in the celebration of a Watson suspension, search for the Browns to go forward with Brissett, the former Indianapolis Colt, as the starter at quarterback."

Deshaun Watson of the Cleveland Browns appears to be like on in the course of an offseason work out at CrossCountry House loan Campus on June 1, 2022, in Berea, Ohio. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Pictures through Getty Photographs)

Mayfield requested a trade from the Browns as Watson was acquired and given a significant confirmed deal. CBS Sports activities described Wednesday the Seahawks are even now collecting info on Mayfield but stay extremely intrigued in including the previous No. 1 draft decide on to their roster in the absence of veteran Russell Wilson. 

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Watson settled 20 of the 24 lawsuits with gals who accused him of sexual assault. He continue to has 4 a lot more lawsuits to fight and is struggling with a prolonged suspension.

Brissett was obtained by the Browns in the offseason. He played in 11 video games for the Miami Dolphins in 2021. He had 1,283 passing yards and 5 touchdown passes.

Dolphins quarterback Jacoby Brissett aims a go towards the Baltimore Ravens, Nov. 11, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (WHD Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Joshua Dobbs, an additional quarterback on the Browns’ roster, has thrown 17 passes in the NFL given that getting drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2017.