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  • @dutch-oven said:

    I left what door open? 

    (Or did you mean to write "Matter of fact he left the door..."?)

    typo

    "he"

    He said the team would have to reach out to him which of course they weren't going to. Rightly so if they felt the way they did.

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    typo

    "he"

    He said the team would have to reach out to him which of course they weren't going to. Rightly so if they felt the way they did.

    WSS

    Not oven door ?  Sorry I can't miss a softball lob.   Not LOB.   LOL.   😆

  • @d-bone said:

    I'm so glad Baker's gone. I do wish we had a young Peyton Manning as his replacement, on a standard NFL contract, but I used up my 3rd wish getting my daughter home from Australia for a 6 week visit.... sorry. 

    It would have been an interesting offseason if the Browns would have traded for Russell Wilson instead of Deshaun Watson. 

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    @dutch-oven said:

    It would have been an interesting offseason if the Browns would have traded for Russell Wilson instead of Deshaun Watson. 

    \

    Yep, being a Broncos fan too, I want to see what he does there.

  • Why don't these morons who are reporting how Mayfield's teammates disliked him, provide some names ore quotes?...because it's B.S., that's why... OBJ??....who gives a crap about that whiney ass prima dona? He never wanted to come here, and tried every angle to get out. He sure as Hell was no top notch receiver here. I could make a video of easy throws that he just dropped that would be longer than the one he produced. Why would Mayfield continue to throw him the ball, when he drops everything he touches? 

  • Why don't these morons who are reporting how Mayfield's teammates disliked him, provide some names ore quotes?...because it's B.S., that's why... OBJ??....who gives a crap about that whiney ass prima dona? He never wanted to come here, and tried every angle to get out. He sure as Hell was no top notch receiver here. I could make a video of easy throws that he just dropped that would be longer than the one he produced. Why would Mayfield continue to throw him the ball, when he drops everything he touches? 

    @lodilobo said:

    Why don't these morons who are reporting how Mayfield's teammates disliked him, provide some names ore quotes?...because it's B.S., that's why... OBJ??....who gives a crap about that whiney ass prima dona? He never wanted to come here, and tried every angle to get out. He sure as Hell was no top notch receiver here. I could make a video of easy throws that he just dropped that would be longer than the one he produced. Why would Mayfield continue to throw him the ball, when he drops everything he touches? 

    Probably a couple reasons for not naming names, first of all if you rat out your Source he's probably not going to talk to you ever again. Number two there's nothing else to talk about during this time of the year so they make shit up and call it a rumor. Rumors mock drafts speculation predictions draft grades analysis yada yada yada just something for people to read when there's no real news.

    WSS 

  • Why don't these morons who are reporting how Mayfield's teammates disliked him, provide some names ore quotes?...because it's B.S., that's why... OBJ??....who gives a crap about that whiney ass prima dona? He never wanted to come here, and tried every angle to get out. He sure as Hell was no top notch receiver here. I could make a video of easy throws that he just dropped that would be longer than the one he produced. Why would Mayfield continue to throw him the ball, when he drops everything he touches? 

    @lodilobo said:

    Why don't these morons who are reporting how Mayfield's teammates disliked him, provide some names ore quotes?...because it's B.S., that's why.

    A couple of months ago I saw a couple of Browns players being interviewed (forget who they were) but each of them said what a good team mate OBJ was.  But they also said that Baker was a good team mate too....it's that Baker and OBJ just did not work, for whatever reason.  But lets face it, Baker is/was kind of a cocky guy....and he says stuff.  So I'm sure there's probably a couple of guys that think he's less than perfect.  -  We know what Duke Johnson thinks of him.  🙂

  • @dutch-oven said:

    It would have been an interesting offseason if the Browns would have traded for Russell Wilson instead of Deshaun Watson. 

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    Yep, being a Broncos fan too, I want to see what he does there.

    @texasag1969 said:

    Yep, being a Broncos fan too, I want to see what he does there.

    The conflict inside you must be like Luke vs Darth. 

  • Why don't these morons who are reporting how Mayfield's teammates disliked him, provide some names ore quotes?...because it's B.S., that's why... OBJ??....who gives a crap about that whiney ass prima dona? He never wanted to come here, and tried every angle to get out. He sure as Hell was no top notch receiver here. I could make a video of easy throws that he just dropped that would be longer than the one he produced. Why would Mayfield continue to throw him the ball, when he drops everything he touches? 

    @lodilobo said:

    Why don't these morons who are reporting how Mayfield's teammates disliked him, provide some names ore quotes?

    Because they don't have any names or quotes.  Tony Grossi wanted to be the 1st media squid to announce Baker was going to fail as soon as he was drafted.  Then Baker set the Rookie record with 27 TD passes despite only starting 13 games for a team coming off 0-16 football.  And guess how many wins Cleveland had when Baker appeared in his 1st game with a 14 point deficit a few minutes before half?  They were 0-1-1 coming off that 0-16 football coming off that 1-15 football.  Why people want to ACT like Baker doesn't have it within 1 calendar year of being the starter of an 11-5 playoff team that won a playoff game scoring 48 points ON and AT Pittsburgh.  Throwing 26 TD passes to only 8 INTS after what this franchise went through the 2 years before Baker came here has me wondering why everyone thinks if we just replace Baker we're all set. 

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  • @canton-dawg said:

    And he sat out the 2021 season because he was so mentally and emotionally mature?

    He sat out the entire 2021 season for the same exact reason Baker would have sat out this season with the Browns. 

    He had no interest playing for the team he was contracted to play for. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    He sat out the entire 2021 season for the same exact reason Baker would have sat out this season with the Browns. 

    He had no interest playing for the team he was contracted to play for. 

    Just think of the possibility of DW wanting to “sit out” on the Browns with that huge contract. He’s done it once, so it’s not out of the realm for him to do it again.

    Regardless of who the player is, if you’re under contract and you don’t play…you shouldn’t get paid.

  • @ballpeen said:

    If we made a mistake in that assessment, we would have had leverage, there would have been at least 6-8 teams lined up seeking his services.  Teams wouldn't have been waiting for his release

    eh....injury. Playing while injured. Surgery.

    Meanwhile, the browns dumped Landry, who wanted to stay with the Browns - and drafted wr, and signed a star deep threat, Cooper.

    Nov 4, 2021Doug Dieken explains the issues with the Browns offense including protection, getting open, etc… How Baker's effort of cutting down his turnovers has affected his passing? How to defend Bengals' offense. ... Doug Dieken: Browns are out of sync; offense has underachieved and defense has been inconsistent Listen to the podcast below

    @calfoxwc said:

    eh....injury. Playing while injured. Surgery.

    Meanwhile, the browns dumped Landry, who wanted to stay with the Browns - and drafted wr, and signed a star deep threat, Cooper.

    Nov 4, 2021Doug Dieken explains the issues with the Browns offense including protection, getting open, etc… How Baker's effort of cutting down his turnovers has affected his passing? How to defend Bengals' offense. ... Doug Dieken: Browns are out of sync; offense has underachieved and defense has been inconsistent Listen to the podcast below

    I have thought about the injury deal.  

    My feeling is Baker had some really good games while "injured", so why did the injurt not bother him in those games?

    Just saying

  • @texasag1969 said:

    Yep, being a Broncos fan too, I want to see what he does there.

    The conflict inside you must be like Luke vs Darth. 

    @d-bone said:

    The conflict inside you must be like Luke vs Darth. 

    LOL! No conflict at all. I lived in Greeley for 3 years way back when the Broncos used it as their pre-season training camp which was open to the public. My nephew has 6 sets of season tickets, 4 which he sells at profits high enough to make the other two free. Easy to be a fan when Von was there. But he ain't and Garrett is a Browns player for life it appears, so no problem siding with the Browns when they play each other. And not a big disappointing loss if the Broncos win unless the Browns have a great shot at the playoffs at that point. I'm a Browncos fan!?

  • @calfoxwc said:

    eh....injury. Playing while injured. Surgery.

    Meanwhile, the browns dumped Landry, who wanted to stay with the Browns - and drafted wr, and signed a star deep threat, Cooper.

    Nov 4, 2021Doug Dieken explains the issues with the Browns offense including protection, getting open, etc… How Baker's effort of cutting down his turnovers has affected his passing? How to defend Bengals' offense. ... Doug Dieken: Browns are out of sync; offense has underachieved and defense has been inconsistent Listen to the podcast below

    I have thought about the injury deal.  

    My feeling is Baker had some really good games while "injured", so why did the injurt not bother him in those games?

    Just saying

    @ballpeen said:

    I have thought about the injury deal. 

    My feeling is Baker had some really good games while "injured", so why did the injurt not bother him in those games?

    Just saying

    well, football is a game of matchups. Let's say, sometimes the weak wr group could get open vs one team's secondary, sometimes they couldn't get open much at all. Maybe....some teams don't have great pass rushers and a terrific secondary, with fast lb's who can also cover short range....

        maybe....sometimes Stephanski's stupid playcalling screwed up the browns' chances, sometimes didn't.

  • Baker has never been "average" - ignoring his accomplishments and what he meant to the browns -

    just is bs.

    https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/baker-mayfield-by-the-numbers-browns-quarterback-on-pace-to-match-impressive-peyton-manning-dan-marino-marks/

    Baker Mayfield by the numbers: Browns quarterback on pace to match impressive Peyton Manning, Dan Marino marks

    Mayfield is chasing history matched only by Manning as he enters his fourth season

  • Let's look at the stats - where Baker shows up in these following catagories - compared to the other successful qb's in browns history:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/where-baker-mayfield-ranks-among-browns-quarterbacks-in-career-season-game-stats/ar-AAZhnKM

    CAREER

    Passing Yards

    1. Brian Sipe 23,713

    2. Otto Graham 23,584

    3. Bernie Kosar 21,904

    4. Baker Mayfield 14,125

    5. Frank Ryan 13,361

    Passing Attempts

    1. Brian Sipe 3,439

    2. Bernie Kosar 3,150

    3. Otto Graham 2,626

    4. Baker Mayfield 1,924

    5. Frank Ryan 1,755

    Passing Completions

    1. Brian Sipe 1,944

    2. Bernie Kosar 1,853

    3. Otto Graham 1,464

    4. Baker Mayfield 1,185

    5. Tim Couch 1,025

    Passing Touchdowns

    1. Otto Graham 174

    2. Brian Sipe 154

    3. Frank Ryan 134

    4. Bernie Kosar 116

    5. Baker Mayfield 92

    Interceptions

    1. Brian Sipe 149

    2. Otto Graham 135

    3. Frank Ryan 88

    4. (tie) Bernie Kosar 81; Mike Phipps 81

    8. Baker Mayfield 56

    Completion Percentage (among top 10 in attempts)

    1. Baker Mayfield 61.6

    2. Tim Couch 59.8

    3. Bernie Kosar 58.8

    4. Milt Plum 57.9

    5. Brian Sipe 56.5

    Passer Rating (among top 10 in attempts)

    1. Milt Plum 89.9

    2. Baker Mayfield 87.8

    3. Otto Graham 86.6

    4. Bernie Kosar 81.6

    5. Frank Ryan 81.4

    Games Played

    1. Otto Graham 126

    2. Brian Sipe 125

    3. Bernie Kosar 108

    4. Mike Phipps 88

    5. Frank Ryan 84

    8. * Baker Mayfield 60

    SEASON

    Passing Yards

    1. Brian Sipe (1980) 4,132

    2. Brian Sipe (1981) 3,976

    3. Bernie Kosar (1986) 3,854

    4. Baker Mayfield (2019) 3,827

    5. Brian Sipe (1979) 3,793

    Passing Attempts

    1. Brian Sipe (1981) 567

    2. Brian Sipe (1980) 554

    3. Brian Sipe (1979) 535

    4. Baker Mayfield (2019) 534

    5. Bernie Kosar (1986) 531

    Passing Completions

    1. Brian Sipe (1980) 337

    2. Baker Mayfield (2019) 317

    3. Brian Sipe (1981) 313

    4. (tie) Bernie Kosar (1986) 310; Baker Mayfield (2018) 310

    Passing Touchdowns

    1. Brian Sipe (1980) 30

    2. (tie) Derek Anderson (2007) 29; Frank Ryan (1966) 29

    4. Brian Sipe (1979) 28

    5. Baker Mayfield (2018) 27

    Interceptions

    1. Brian Sipe (1979) 26

    2. Brian Sipe (1981) 25

    3. Otto Graham (1952) 24

    4. (tie) Brian Sipe (1983) 23; Paul McDonald (1984) 23; Bill Nelsen (1971) 23.

    8. (tie) Baker Mayfield (2019) 21; Tim Couch (2011) 21

    Completion Percentage (among top 10 in attempts)

    1. Bernie Kosar (1991) 62.1

    2. Brian Sipe (1980) 60.8

    3. Baker Mayfield (2019) 59.4

    4. Bernie Kosar (1989) 59.1

    5. Brian Sipe (1983) 58.7

    * If extended to top 15 in single-season attempts, Mayfield has the two best completion percentages: 63.8 in 2018 and 62.8 in 2020.

    Passer Rating (among top 10 in attempts)

    1. Brian Sipe (1980) 91.4

    2. Bernie Kosar (1991) 87.8)

    3. Bernie Kosar (1986) 83.8

    4. Derek Anderson (2007) 82.5

    5. Bernie Kosar (1989) 80.3

    * 6. Baker Mayfield (2019) 78.8

    Consecutive Pass Completions

    1. Baker Mayfield (2020) 21

    2. (tie) Bernie Kosar (1989) 16; Kelly Holcomb (2003) 16

    4. (tie) Baker Mayfield (2018) 15; Vinny Testaverde (1993) 15

    Consecutive Attempts Without Interception

    1. Bernie Kosar 308

    2. Milt Plum 208

    3. Brian Hoyer 189

    4. Baker Mayfield 187

    5. Bernie Kosar 176

    GAME

    Passing Yards

    1. Josh McCown (2015, Baltimore Ravens) 457

    2. Brian Sipe (1981, Baltimore Colts) 444

    3. Bernie Kosar (1986, Pittsburgh) 414

    4. Kelly Holcomb (2004, Cincinnati) 413

    5. (tie) Otto Graham (1952, Pittsburgh 401; Bernie Kosar (1986, Houston Oilers) 401

    * 7. Baker Mayfield (2018, Houston Texans) 397

    Passing Touchdowns

    * Six players have thrown five touchdown passes in a game, most recently Mayfield (2020, Cincinnati).

    Completion Percentage (minimum 15 attempts)

    1. Vinny Testaverde (1993, Los Angeles Rams) 91.3 (21-23)

    2. Baker Mayfield (2021, Houston) 90.4 (19-21)

    3. Baker Mayfield (2018, Atlanta) 85.0 (17-20)

    4. Baker Mayfield (2020, New York Giants) 84.4 (27-32)

    5. Kelly Holcomb (2003, Arizona) 82.8 (29-35)

    Passer Rating (minimum 15 attempts)

    1. (tie) Otto Graham (1954, Chicago Cardinals) 158.3; Brian Sipe (1978, Buffalo) 158.3

    3. Milt Plum (1960, St. Louis Cardinals) 154.8

    4. Milt Plum (1959, Washington) 153.9

    5. Baker Mayfield (2018, Atlanta) 151.2

    * 7. Baker Mayfield (2020, Tennessee) 146.9

     
     
  • Obviously, there were more than just OBJ trying to get away from Baker.  But, again, in hindsight, we knew when he wasn't offered a new contract.

    @orion said:

    Obviously, there were more than just OBJ trying to get away from Baker.  But, again, in hindsight, we knew when he wasn't offered a new contract.

    it was obj who was trying to get away from the Giants, too. go figure.

    obj and his superego brand - hurt the browns a lot with dropped passes.

    https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-odell-beckham-jr-has-been-part-of-the-problem-in-cleveland-browns

    "

    A top-10 QB heading into the season, Mayfield currently sits at 20th in PFF passing grade, behind the likes of Jared Goff and Ryan Fitzpatrick. His accuracy has fallen off, his big-time throw rate has dropped from 7.7% a season ago to just 3.9% this year and he is at the helm of a Browns offense that just can’t seem to get out of its own way.

    Mayfield is undoubtedly struggling this season, significantly more than he did a season ago, but he may be receiving a disproportionate amount of the blame. Though his interceptions have spiked this season (he already has three more than his rookie year with two games to play), his turnover-worthy play rate has barely moved (3.1% to 3.3%). That disparity effectively comes down to bad luck and plays outside of Mayfield’s control. Passes that should not be picked off are being hauled in by the defense at a much higher rate than a season ago.

    PFF's Mike Renner detailed precisely what has gone wrong for Mayfield this year in this article, but the point of touching on it in this piece is to articulate that, for all his struggles, Mayfield’s numbers are being made look worse by the receiving corps, of which Beckham is the star member.

    The most obvious way that Beckham has been a part of letting Mayfield down is in dropped passes. The way we chart drops, by definition, is that every one of these is a pass that should be caught. That doesn’t mean the ball location is perfect, but it means OBJ should have been able to bring it in and improve both the overall production of the offense and his quarterback’s numbers. Every receiver drops the ball sometimes, but not every receiver can say that he made arguably the greatest catch in NFL history the way Beckham can. This is a person whose

    have become a thing of legend. OBJ finds catching a football as easy as you or I find breathing in and out, so he should have one of the lowest drop rates we have ever seen.

    Larry Fitzgerald has six drops over the last three seasons. OBJ has seven and counting this year alone. It’s already the second-highest total of his career and it gives him a drop rate of 9.5% of catchable targets, which is among the worst 10 wideouts in the NFL."

  • @lodilobo said:

    Why don't these morons who are reporting how Mayfield's teammates disliked him, provide some names ore quotes?

    Because they don't have any names or quotes.  Tony Grossi wanted to be the 1st media squid to announce Baker was going to fail as soon as he was drafted.  Then Baker set the Rookie record with 27 TD passes despite only starting 13 games for a team coming off 0-16 football.  And guess how many wins Cleveland had when Baker appeared in his 1st game with a 14 point deficit a few minutes before half?  They were 0-1-1 coming off that 0-16 football coming off that 1-15 football.  Why people want to ACT like Baker doesn't have it within 1 calendar year of being the starter of an 11-5 playoff team that won a playoff game scoring 48 points ON and AT Pittsburgh.  Throwing 26 TD passes to only 8 INTS after what this franchise went through the 2 years before Baker came here has me wondering why everyone thinks if we just replace Baker we're all set. 

    @flugel said:

    Because they don't have any names or quotes.  Tony Grossi wanted to be the 1st media squid to announce Baker was going to fail as soon as he was drafted.  Then Baker set the Rookie record with 27 TD passes despite only starting 13 games for a team coming off 0-16 football.  And guess how many wins Cleveland had when Baker appeared in his 1st game with a 14 point deficit a few minutes before half?  They were 0-1-1 coming off that 0-16 football coming off that 1-15 football.  Why people want to ACT like Baker doesn't have it within 1 calendar year of being the starter of an 11-5 playoff team that won a playoff game scoring 48 points ON and AT Pittsburgh.  Throwing 26 TD passes to only 8 INTS after what this franchise went through the 2 years before Baker came here has me wondering why everyone thinks if we just replace Baker we're all set. 

    Exactly. Also, see my thread titled: "Just for the record - Baker was not "just an average qb" "

  • Why don't these morons who are reporting how Mayfield's teammates disliked him, provide some names ore quotes?...because it's B.S., that's why... OBJ??....who gives a crap about that whiney ass prima dona? He never wanted to come here, and tried every angle to get out. He sure as Hell was no top notch receiver here. I could make a video of easy throws that he just dropped that would be longer than the one he produced. Why would Mayfield continue to throw him the ball, when he drops everything he touches? 

    @lodilobo said:

    Why don't these morons who are reporting how Mayfield's teammates disliked him, provide some names ore quotes?...because it's B.S., that's why... OBJ??....who gives a crap about that whiney ass prima dona? He never wanted to come here, and tried every angle to get out. He sure as Hell was no top notch receiver here. I could make a video of easy throws that he just dropped that would be longer than the one he produced. Why would Mayfield continue to throw him the ball, when he drops everything he touches? 

    yep. obj has a dropped passes rating  - one of the worst ten wr's in nfl history.

  • @calfoxwc said:

    eh....injury. Playing while injured. Surgery.

    Meanwhile, the browns dumped Landry, who wanted to stay with the Browns - and drafted wr, and signed a star deep threat, Cooper.

    Nov 4, 2021Doug Dieken explains the issues with the Browns offense including protection, getting open, etc… How Baker's effort of cutting down his turnovers has affected his passing? How to defend Bengals' offense. ... Doug Dieken: Browns are out of sync; offense has underachieved and defense has been inconsistent Listen to the podcast below

    I have thought about the injury deal.  

    My feeling is Baker had some really good games while "injured", so why did the injurt not bother him in those games?

    Just saying

    @ballpeen said:

    I have thought about the injury deal.  

    My feeling is Baker had some really good games while "injured", so why did the injurt not bother him in those games?

    Just saying

    San Diego and Cincy couldn't attack and limit the running game. So Baker took a very clear back seat to Chubb, Hunt and DJ.   All he had to do were make throws from ball action in windows that were vacated by LB's and DB's coming downhill.

    No small coincidence that Mayfield's best games of the season game against 2 of the 3 worst defenses in the NFL at their respective times. 

    Not so much a knock on Baker, as it would be to point out that when things weren't easy, that's when he was limited by both his eyes and his arm (injury)

  • @diehardbrownsfan1 said:

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    Haha "Glory to God" on his bicep...betcha he says that every time a masseuse makes him shoot his wad.