Baker Mayfield will not change tune after Josh Allen extension

Even with Bills quarterback Josh Allen landing a massive extension, the thought process for Baker Mayfield remains the same

Earlier this week, Bills quarterback Josh Allen landed a massive extension, signing a 6-year $258 million dollar deal.

Heading into this offseason, there were three quarterbacks across the league that up to this point have played well enough in their young respective careers to where it was time to start thinking about an extension. Who are those guys? Allen, Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield, and Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.

With Allen landing his deal, you start to wonder what Mayfield is worth and what the framework of his deal would look like.

Earlier today, the Browns hosted a scrimmage at First Energy Stadium, the Orange and Brown scrimmage. Just like training camp, Mayfield looked sharp again, having Browns fans across the world excited to see what this season has in store.

After the scrimmage, Mayfield was asked about his thoughts on Allen’s extension and if an extension for himself has been on his mind at all.

"“I’m not doing the negotiations, so quite frankly, I don’t give a damn. I’m worried about winning Week 1.” – Mayfield said via Dan Labbe of Cleveland.com"

The Browns have a lot of decisions coming up in the near future. I don’t think there’s really a decision to make on whether or not they should extend Mayfield or not, it’s more of the framework of it and how much he’s going to bring home.

The hot topic around Mayfield and an extension right now seems to be whether or not he would take a hometown discount. The answer to this question I believe would be a hard no. 

If Mayfield does what a lot of others think he will do this year and ball out, he will be worth every penny of whatever his new deal ends up being and will take every penny he can get. If you want to go into deep thought, Allen in a way already took a home team discount. How?

He would’ve landed a much bigger deal if he would’ve said no and tested the free agent waters. Same goes for Mayfield, but again, he will almost certiainly be locked up before his rookie deal is up and won’t even have the chance to test the waters.

The Browns have the chance to do special things this year. Watching training camp and practices so far, this team is a family and plays for eachother, something you need to go the distance.