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Jackson has a league MVP award and made the All-Pro team in 2019. Allen made the Pro Bowl in 2020 and started in the AFC Championship Game. Mayfield, 26, led the Browns to the postseason in 2020 and disturbed the Steelers in the wild-card round.

Who goes?
Baker Mayfields camp is in no hurry to get the quarterback a mega extension. Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports the Browns and Mayfields representation have actually had no substantive talks and settlements could extend into the season.
“The lines of interaction in between the Browns and Tom Mills, Mayfields chief negotiator, and his dad, Jack Mills, are open, however they have not exchanged propositions yet,” Cabot writes.
Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen, who remained in the very same 2018 draft class, likewise are qualified for extensions. No one wishes to precede Jackson, who is representing himself along with help from his mother.
The agents for Allen and Mayfield can compose it off as an aberration if Jackson gets an offer not to the preference of the representatives for Allen or Mayfield. If Jackson gets the current market price, Allen and Mayfields representation can use it to get more.
Jackson has a league MVP award and made the All-Pro group in 2019. Allen made the Pro Bowl in 2020 and began in the AFC Championship Game. Mayfield, 26, led the Browns to the postseason in 2020 and distressed the Steelers in the wild-card round.
The Browns have actually gotten Mayfields fifth-year option worth $18.858 million in 2022, so the group has time on its side, too.
Cleveland has other extensions that will keep General Manager Andrew Berry busy. The Browns also desire to extend the offers of running back Nick Chubb, guard Wyatt Teller and cornerback Denzel Ward.
The Browns will get Mayfield signed to a long-lasting offer eventually. The only concern is: When?