Deshaun Watson's looming suspension opens up Browns' QB battle, Baker Mayfield not in line to get started: report

Baker Mayfield is reportedly not an alternative as the starting up quarterback for the Cleveland Browns should really Deshaun Watson be suspended for violating the NFL’s conduct coverage.

Watson will have a disciplinary meeting on Tuesday. The NFL could drive for "an indefinite suspension that would past no shorter than one calendar year," The Wall Street Journal reported. With that, ESPN described the Browns would go Jacoby Brissett to the best of the quarterback depth chart.

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield warms up in advance of the Steelers game Jan. 3, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (G3 Box News Photograph/Gene J. Puskar)

"The Cleveland Browns are however bracing for a considerable suspension to their setting up quarterback. If the NFL does suspend [Deshaun Watson], hope the Browns to enter coaching camp with Jacoby Brissett, not Baker Mayfield, as their starting off quarterback," ESPN’s Jake Trotter reported on "SportsCenter" Sunday.

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"Although Mayfield remains on Cleveland's roster, I have been instructed he has no intention of taking part in for the Browns again. Cleveland has no programs for this to transpire possibly. Instead, in the party of a Watson suspension, search for the Browns to transfer forward with Brissett, the former Indianapolis Colt, as the starter at quarterback."

Deshaun Watson of the Cleveland Browns looks on in the course of an offseason training at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on June 1, 2022, in Berea, Ohio. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images through Getty Pictures)

Mayfield requested a trade from the Browns as Watson was acquired and given a big assured deal. CBS Athletics documented Wednesday the Seahawks are however gathering facts on Mayfield but continue to be highly fascinated in adding the previous No. 1 draft decide on to their roster in the absence of veteran Russell Wilson. 

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Watson settled 20 of the 24 lawsuits with women who accused him of sexual assault. He continue to has 4 much more lawsuits to battle and is going through a prolonged suspension.

Brissett was acquired by the Browns in the offseason. He performed in 11 video games for the Miami Dolphins in 2021. He experienced 1,283 passing yards and 5 touchdown passes.

Dolphins quarterback Jacoby Brissett aims a pass from the Baltimore Ravens, Nov. 11, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (G3 Box News Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Joshua Dobbs, a further quarterback on the Browns’ roster, has thrown 17 passes in the NFL since getting drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2017.