Finally out of the fold of the Cleveland Browns, Baker Mayfield is about to enter his first season in the NFL in a different uniform after his original NFL squad traded him to the Carolina Panthers in early July. The split between the two sides was a long time coming and made even more inevitable when the Browns decided to trade for Houston Texans' embattled quarterback Deshaun Watson.

With four NFL seasons under his belt, Baker Mayfield still hasn't quite lived up to the expectations he brought with him when he was selected first overall by the Browns in the 2018 NFL Draft. According to at least one scout, what's stopping Baker Mayfield from becoming like the stars that Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs and Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills are today is his unmanaged desire to do it all on the field.

Via Matt Lombardo of Heavy:

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“The problem with Baker Mayfield is that he tries to do too much at times,” an AFC director of college scouting told Heavy. “And he isn’t talented enough to be a consistent playmaker, like someone like Patrick Mahomes or Josh Allen.”

In Carolina, Mayfield can start over again, though he will have to duke it out first with Sam Darnold in the offseason for the Panthers‘ QB1 status.

So far in his NFL career, Baker Mayfield has amassed 14,125 passing yards, 92 passing touchdowns, and 56 interceptions, while connecting on 61.6 percent of his pass attempts.