The Cleveland Browns and Baker Mayfield haven't yet had substantive talks on a new contract for the quarterback.

"The lines of communication between the Browns and Tom Mills, Mayfield's chief negotiator, and his father, Jack Mills, are open, but they haven't exchanged proposals yet," Mary Kay Cabot wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The Browns have picked up Mayfield's fifth-year option worth $18.858 million in 2022, giving the two sides time.