Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield wants out. Jeff Lange / USA TODAY NETWORK

Baker Mayfield working out away from Browns

By Chelena Goldman | Last updated 3/30/22

Baker Mayfield is staying in shape this offseason, and he's doing so far away from the team he's seeking a trade from.

According to NFL Network's Mike Garafolo, the starting quarterback is working out down in Texas with free-agent wide receivers Cole Beasley and Danny Amendola, as well as Giants wideout Alex Bachman, while he waits for the Cleveland Browns to trade him.

From NFL Now on @nflnetwork: Baker Mayfield’s plan is to throw on his own (Cole Beasley, Danny Amendola and Alex Bachman are his current targets) while the #Browns work on a trade.

Meanwhile, Beasley is feeling better after three broken ribs affected his play late last season. pic.twitter.com/WyhPow1Qeb
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 30, 2022

The relationship between Mayfield and the Browns has rapidly dissolved into a full-blown soap opera this offseason, to say the least. What started with reports Cleveland was heading into free agency looking for more offensive weapons for the 2017 Heisman Trophy winner to work with turned into the Browns surprisingly acquiring embattled QB Deshaun Watson from the Houston Texans after rejecting Mayfield's request for a trade so he can play elsewhere.

Sure, Mayfield could still potentially start for the Browns. No team appears to want to take on the $18 million he is owed in 2022, and the Browns themselves could be short a signal-caller if — or when — Watson is suspended by the league in the aftermath of the 22 civil lawsuits he faces.

With Mayfield working out so far away from Cleveland, however, it's very difficult to evnision a happy reunion between the two parties.

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