In his recent analysis of the Baker Mayfield situation, former Cleveland Browns star Joe Thomas dropped some shocking revelations when he said that the quarterback turned down a $30 million offer from the team in the past season. Apparently, though, that is not the case.

According to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, Thomas' claim about Mayfield declining the significant amount of money to stay with the Browns is absolutely fake news. It came after the ex-Browns offensive tackle theorized that Mayfield may have “overplayed” his hand in dealing with the situation.

“That’s 100% false,” one league source said on Sunday. “It’s totally erroneous.”

Joe Thomas shared his belief that the Browns were ready to “smooth things over” with Baker Mayfield after they seemed to be out of the Deshaun Watson sweepstakes. He came up with the idea because “they offered him a $30 million contract last season,” which he said the QB declined.

Of course there were reports before that Cleveland was willing to offer Mayfield a deal worth in the range of $30 million, but there were no talks about it being actually offered and the veteran signal-caller declining it. With that said, Thomas' premise about the Browns showing commitment to Mayfield before might be a mistake.

But then again, as Pro Football Talk mentioned, what Thomas said might not be entirely false. It's possible that Mayfield's camp communicated to the Browns that they were looking for a salary in the $40 million range, while what Cleveland could offer was just at $30 million. With that said, no full-blown negotiations could have ensued since they are far off from each other in salary talks.

In line with that thinking, what Thomas could be saying is that Mayfield could have gotten $30 million from the Browns, but he didn't take it.

However, Mayfield and the Browns are past that stage now. Cleveland is reportedly looking to trade the QB after they landed Watson in a blockbuster deal, the only problem is there seems to be no willing taker for him as of the moment. Aside from his contract, it appears many in the NFL see the 26-year-old as a liability instead of an asset.