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Baker Mayfield wants reassurance that things will change, or he'll ask for a trade
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:39 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:39 am
ETA: Baker responds...
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Clickbait. You and many other Cleveland local media continue to be drama stirring reporters with no sources or facts. Don’t put words in my mouth so you can put food on your table. I’m not your puppet.
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Mayfield’s issues with Stefanski bubbled below the surface most of the season, with Mayfield feeling like Stefanski’s playcalling didn’t always put him in position to succeed or play to his strengths, sources told cleveland.com.
Stefanski didn’t necessarily dispute that Tuesday after announcing that Mayfield would sit out the season finale against the Bengals and have his torn labrum repaired as soon as possible. If Mayfield’s shoulder specialist, Dr. Orr Limpisvasti of the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles, can squeeze him in this week, Mayfield will board the soonest flight out.
Dating back to October, Mayfield felt the run-heavy, three-tight end scheme didn’t play to his strengths, and Stefanski wasn’t calling enough of the play-action bootlegs that Mayfield excelled at last season. The discord escalated to the point where Mayfield at times would’ve preferred offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt call the plays. But Stefanski kept the responsibility, and Mayfield grew increasingly frustrated.
As the season wore down, Mayfield publicly criticized the playcalling on at least two occasions, saying after the 24-22 victory over the Ravens that the calls “got too conservative” and after the 26-14 loss to the Steelers that rookie right tackle James Hudson III wasn’t given enough chipping help against T.J. Watt, who recorded four of the Steelers’ nine sacks. Like Myles Garrett before him, Mayfield lamented the lack of in-game adjustments to the Steelers’ pressure.
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If Mayfield doesn’t get reassurance that things will change next season, he’ll consider asking to be traded. He’s under contract for $18.858 million in his fifth-year option year, but at this point, it’s uncertain if the Browns even view him as their starter for 2022.
If they went strictly by the numbers, they’d certainly conclude that Mayfield isn’t the quarterback to win Super Bowls. He’s 27th with an 83.1 QB rating, having completed just 60.5 percent of his attempts for 28th in the NFL, 17 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.
His stats in clutch situations are worse: He’s 35th in fourth-quarter passing with a 50.9 completion percentage and 64.5 rating, and 30th in third-down passing with a 50% completion percentage, three touchdowns, six interceptions and a 52.5 rating. He’s 0-5 this season in potential gamewinning drives.
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This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:44 am to RLDSC FAN
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He’s 27th with an 83.1 QB rating,
This
Demanding a trade is something that you can do when you are valuable
He's clearly in the bottom third of starting NFL QBs.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:53 am to RLDSC FAN
Sean Payton knows a thing or two about transforming the play of a noodle-armed quarterback after torn labrum surgery. New Orleans would be a perfect landing spot for Baker.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:53 am to RLDSC FAN
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If Mayfield doesn’t get reassurance that things will change next season, he’ll consider asking to be traded.
Did Mayfield actually say this or is this another one of Mary Kay's shitty pieces that does nothing but assume? I swear the Cleveland sports media is one of the worst in the country.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:59 am to RLDSC FAN
I'll take him in Pitt, it is better than what we have now.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:01 am to RLDSC FAN
That’s a hilarious amount of low self awareness if that’s true
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:04 am to RLDSC FAN
Whats sad is some desperate team on the cusp of still being competitive would likely bite and overpay. Thus validating him.
ETA: like a pittsburgh situation if big ben hangs it up. Yes baker probably isnt all that good but hes better than their alternative
ETA: like a pittsburgh situation if big ben hangs it up. Yes baker probably isnt all that good but hes better than their alternative
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 10:07 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:08 am to RLDSC FAN
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or he'll ask for a trade
Aka the Browns won't be offering him the big contract
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:17 am to RLDSC FAN
He better make sure Alice Cooper gives him back his wheelbarrow.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:23 am to RLDSC FAN
Baker has a point. They are overly committed to the run and didn’t use it to their advantage in the passing game. And what kind of coach puts a random arse rookie tackle against an All-Pro edge rusher with very little help?
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:31 am to RLDSC FAN
He does realize he's the issue, right?
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:47 am to RLDSC FAN
Ballsy move by a dude with zero leverage.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:53 am to RLDSC FAN
Well, bye.
Seriously Mayfield is the main thing holding the Browns back. He’ll play bad for awhile, then people bitch. He’ll play good for a couple games then go back to sucking. Rinse repeat.
Seriously Mayfield is the main thing holding the Browns back. He’ll play bad for awhile, then people bitch. He’ll play good for a couple games then go back to sucking. Rinse repeat.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:54 am to RLDSC FAN
He'll have to go to a city that has a Cheesecake Factory so he can get bj's in the back alley.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:55 am to RLDSC FAN
there is a DEFINITE rift between Stefanski /Alex Van Pelt OC and Chef Baker . all the noise is coming from Bakers camp . Would love to find out why he played pretty injured since week 3 ?? He missed one game and Case Keenum and D'Ernest Johnson at RB led Browns to win over Denver . Browns have Keenum who is a VERY servicable QB at 6 mil a yr he is also highest paid back up in league ...SOmethings fishy as to why Baker was out there with multiple injuries . Do i think Baker is great ??? No ,but last yr ,when not injured he was top 10 QB in 2nd half of yr and just about got Browns to AFC Championship game . These are the days of Cleveland Browns fans lives ...never easy
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:59 am to RLDSC FAN
I think this is somewhat brilliant
You're failing, so just go out and act like you're being held back. Double down, again and again. Up the swagger every time. You're at the Browns after all.
As elite as the NFL is, it's the league that regularly recycles bad coaches with predictable results, etc. Absurd attempts to change the narrative just might work here to get him a few more years of high compensation before people decide he's just not good.
You're failing, so just go out and act like you're being held back. Double down, again and again. Up the swagger every time. You're at the Browns after all.
As elite as the NFL is, it's the league that regularly recycles bad coaches with predictable results, etc. Absurd attempts to change the narrative just might work here to get him a few more years of high compensation before people decide he's just not good.
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