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  • Think about it..

    Darnold-20

    Rosen-21

    Jackson-21

    Mayfield-23

    Not saying that he is old by any means, but for a prospect who is gonna sit and learn, you would think they would of taken someone a year or two younger..

    My prediction is he is starting by week 8 if we are out of it. Gotta see what you have if Tyrod and Stanton can't produce.

    Your thoughts?

    @domcucch1994 said:

    Think about it..

    Darnold-20

    Rosen-21

    Jackson-21

    Mayfield-23

    Not saying that he is old by any means, but for a prospect who is gonna sit and learn, you would think they would of taken someone a year or two younger..

    My prediction is he is starting by week 8 if we are out of it. Gotta see what you have if Tyrod and Stanton can't produce.

    Your thoughts?

    That would be a poor reason (age)  by a year or two, to pass on a player. I don't know what the Browns were thinking taking a flyer on Brandon Weeden who was 29 when we drafted him...  

    The plus is Mayfield is the only one of the  five that passes the Parcells test of # years as a starter. 

    @tour2ma said:

    Great question...

    Assuming Mayfield is ready, i.e., knows the playbook, can get the playcalls out, can work from under Center and can make pre-snap reads, then once we are eliminated from the playoffs we can start looking for Baker to start.

    But Mayfield has to be ready first.

    We have 6 games after our Week 11 Bye Week... I think those are likely his.

    Looking at the schedule, hard to predict the Browns record at the bye. The rose colored glasses folks could say 7-3, or the boo birds 3-7.  I'm seeing an 0-2 start Tour.   

  • @domcucch1994 said:

    Not saying that he is old by any means, but for a prospect who is gonna sit and learn, you would think they would of taken someone a year or two younger..

    My prediction is he is starting by week 8 if we are out of it. Gotta see what you have if Tyrod and Stanton can't produce.

    Your thoughts?

    Great question...

    Assuming Mayfield is ready, i.e., knows the playbook, can get the playcalls out, can work from under Center and can make pre-snap reads, then once we are eliminated from the playoffs we can start looking for Baker to start.

    But Mayfield has to be ready first.

    We have 6 games after our Week 11 Bye Week... I think those are likely his.

    @tour2ma said:

    Great question...

    Assuming Mayfield is ready, i.e., knows the playbook, can get the playcalls out, can work from under Center and can make pre-snap reads, then once we are eliminated from the playoffs we can start looking for Baker to start.

    But Mayfield has to be ready first.

    We have 6 games after our Week 11 Bye Week... I think those are likely his.

    IF he can do everything you say above AND overall move the offense better than Tyrod he is the day one starter

  • @domcucch1994 said:

    Not saying that he is old by any means, but for a prospect who is gonna sit and learn, you would think they would of taken someone a year or two younger..

    My prediction is he is starting by week 8 if we are out of it. Gotta see what you have if Tyrod and Stanton can't produce.

    Your thoughts?

    Great question...

    Assuming Mayfield is ready, i.e., knows the playbook, can get the playcalls out, can work from under Center and can make pre-snap reads, then once we are eliminated from the playoffs we can start looking for Baker to start.

    But Mayfield has to be ready first.

    We have 6 games after our Week 11 Bye Week... I think those are likely his.

    @tour2ma said:

    We have 6 games after our Week 11 Bye Week... I think those are likely his.

    Unless of course TT has us in the thick of the playoff picture. With all the changes and additions who knows.

  • @domcucch1994 said:

    Not saying that he is old by any means, but for a prospect who is gonna sit and learn, you would think they would of taken someone a year or two younger..

    My prediction is he is starting by week 8 if we are out of it. Gotta see what you have if Tyrod and Stanton can't produce.

    Your thoughts?

    Great question...

    Assuming Mayfield is ready, i.e., knows the playbook, can get the playcalls out, can work from under Center and can make pre-snap reads, then once we are eliminated from the playoffs we can start looking for Baker to start.

    But Mayfield has to be ready first.

    We have 6 games after our Week 11 Bye Week... I think those are likely his.

    @tour2ma said:

    Great question...

    Assuming Mayfield is ready, i.e., knows the playbook, can get the playcalls out, can work from under Center and can make pre-snap reads, then once we are eliminated from the playoffs we can start looking for Baker to start.

    But Mayfield has to be ready first.

    We have 6 games after our Week 11 Bye Week... I think those are likely his.

    under Haley ben was in the shotgun 67% of play's 

  • @domcucch1994 said:

    Think about it..

    Darnold-20

    Rosen-21

    Jackson-21

    Mayfield-23

    Not saying that he is old by any means, but for a prospect who is gonna sit and learn, you would think they would of taken someone a year or two younger..

    My prediction is he is starting by week 8 if we are out of it. Gotta see what you have if Tyrod and Stanton can't produce.

    Your thoughts?

    That would be a poor reason (age)  by a year or two, to pass on a player. I don't know what the Browns were thinking taking a flyer on Brandon Weeden who was 29 when we drafted him...  

    The plus is Mayfield is the only one of the  five that passes the Parcells test of # years as a starter. 

    @tour2ma said:

    Great question...

    Assuming Mayfield is ready, i.e., knows the playbook, can get the playcalls out, can work from under Center and can make pre-snap reads, then once we are eliminated from the playoffs we can start looking for Baker to start.

    But Mayfield has to be ready first.

    We have 6 games after our Week 11 Bye Week... I think those are likely his.

    Looking at the schedule, hard to predict the Browns record at the bye. The rose colored glasses folks could say 7-3, or the boo birds 3-7.  I'm seeing an 0-2 start Tour.   

    @hoorta said:

    That would be a poor reason (age)  by a year or two, to pass on a player. I don't know what the Browns were thinking taking a flyer on Brandon Weeden who was 29 when we drafted him...  

    The plus is Mayfield is the only one of the  five that passes the Parcells test of # years as a starter. 

    Looking at the schedule, hard to predict the Browns record at the bye. The rose colored glasses folks could say 7-3, or the boo birds 3-7.  I'm seeing an 0-2 start Tour.   

    If Taylor has the team winning and in the post season hunt it would be crazy to pull him and play Mayfield.

    Hues job is on the line and there are other guys on the roster who want to win.

    Mayfield should only play if all other options are exhausted. BTW Mayfield was the right pick too. Rumor is NE wanted him if he dropped lower in round 1.

  • @domcucch1994 said:

    Think about it..

    Darnold-20

    Rosen-21

    Jackson-21

    Mayfield-23

    Not saying that he is old by any means, but for a prospect who is gonna sit and learn, you would think they would of taken someone a year or two younger..

    My prediction is he is starting by week 8 if we are out of it. Gotta see what you have if Tyrod and Stanton can't produce.

    Your thoughts?

    That would be a poor reason (age)  by a year or two, to pass on a player. I don't know what the Browns were thinking taking a flyer on Brandon Weeden who was 29 when we drafted him...  

    The plus is Mayfield is the only one of the  five that passes the Parcells test of # years as a starter. 

    @tour2ma said:

    Great question...

    Assuming Mayfield is ready, i.e., knows the playbook, can get the playcalls out, can work from under Center and can make pre-snap reads, then once we are eliminated from the playoffs we can start looking for Baker to start.

    But Mayfield has to be ready first.

    We have 6 games after our Week 11 Bye Week... I think those are likely his.

    Looking at the schedule, hard to predict the Browns record at the bye. The rose colored glasses folks could say 7-3, or the boo birds 3-7.  I'm seeing an 0-2 start Tour.   

    @hoorta said:

    Looking at the schedule, hard to predict the Browns record at the bye. The rose colored glasses folks could say 7-3, or the boo birds 3-7.  I'm seeing an 0-2 start Tour.   

    Ditto, h... and 2-4 after 6 with pressure building to start "the kid".

    @jcam222 said:

    IF he can do everything you say above AND overall move the offense better than Tyrod he is the day one starter

    I have a hard time seeing a path to this eventuality, jcam. TT will get the ones vs the ones in Preseason, BM the 2s v 2s. So even if Baker posts the better stats, there will be that level of competition thing.

    @syd said:

    under Haley ben was in the shotgun 67% of play's 

    Interesting... but still leaves a third of the snaps. 😉

    That was allowed in large part due to Bell being very effective running out of the gun... something Crow was not good at. So bringing that frequency to us depends in large part on how proficient Hyde and Chubb are flanking the gun.

    Did not see a lot of Hyde in SF, but what I saw seemed to feature him in either the "I" or singleback.

    Chubb? More alongside the gun, but TBH I've a hard time separating his snaps from Michel's, who I think did most of his work from the gun.

  • @hoorta said:

    Looking at the schedule, hard to predict the Browns record at the bye. The rose colored glasses folks could say 7-3, or the boo birds 3-7.  I'm seeing an 0-2 start Tour.   

    Ditto, h... and 2-4 after 6 with pressure building to start "the kid".

    @jcam222 said:

    IF he can do everything you say above AND overall move the offense better than Tyrod he is the day one starter

    I have a hard time seeing a path to this eventuality, jcam. TT will get the ones vs the ones in Preseason, BM the 2s v 2s. So even if Baker posts the better stats, there will be that level of competition thing.

    @syd said:

    under Haley ben was in the shotgun 67% of play's 

    Interesting... but still leaves a third of the snaps. 😉

    That was allowed in large part due to Bell being very effective running out of the gun... something Crow was not good at. So bringing that frequency to us depends in large part on how proficient Hyde and Chubb are flanking the gun.

    Did not see a lot of Hyde in SF, but what I saw seemed to feature him in either the "I" or singleback.

    Chubb? More alongside the gun, but TBH I've a hard time separating his snaps from Michel's, who I think did most of his work from the gun.

    @tour2ma said:

    Ditto, h... and 2-4 after 6 with pressure building to start "the kid".

    I have a hard time seeing a path to this eventuality, jcam. TT will get the ones vs the ones in Preseason, BM the 2s v 2s. So even if Baker posts the better stats, there will be that level of competition thing.

    Interesting... but still leaves a third of the snaps. 😉

    That was allowed in large part due to Bell being very effective running out of the gun... something Crow was not good at. So bringing that frequency to us depends in large part on how proficient Hyde and Chubb are flanking the gun.

    Did not see a lot of Hyde in SF, but what I saw seemed to feature him in either the "I" or singleback.

    Chubb? More alongside the gun, but TBH I've a hard time separating his snaps from Michel's, who I think did most of his work from the gun.

    But you also have to take into consideration on who was calling the plays last year and how it affected are skill players

  • sydS syd

    @tour2ma said:

    Ditto, h... and 2-4 after 6 with pressure building to start "the kid".

    I have a hard time seeing a path to this eventuality, jcam. TT will get the ones vs the ones in Preseason, BM the 2s v 2s. So even if Baker posts the better stats, there will be that level of competition thing.

    Interesting... but still leaves a third of the snaps. 😉

    That was allowed in large part due to Bell being very effective running out of the gun... something Crow was not good at. So bringing that frequency to us depends in large part on how proficient Hyde and Chubb are flanking the gun.

    Did not see a lot of Hyde in SF, but what I saw seemed to feature him in either the "I" or singleback.

    Chubb? More alongside the gun, but TBH I've a hard time separating his snaps from Michel's, who I think did most of his work from the gun.

    But you also have to take into consideration on who was calling the plays last year and how it affected are skill players

    @syd said:

    But you also have to take into consideration on who was calling the plays last year and how it affected are skill players

    If you are saying that Haley is better at adapting to skillsets available to him than Hue was, then I can't argue with that... few adapt worse than Hue.

  • @syd said:

    But you also have to take into consideration on who was calling the plays last year and how it affected are skill players

    If you are saying that Haley is better at adapting to skillsets available to him than Hue was, then I can't argue with that... few adapt worse than Hue.

    @tour2ma said:

    If you are saying that Haley is better at adapting to skillsets available to him than Hue was, then I can't argue with that... few adapt worse than Hue.

    Bingo baby that's exactly what i was saying ,Haley should coach to are players strength unlike hue's square peg into a round hole

  • Think about it..

    Darnold-20

    Rosen-21

    Jackson-21

    Mayfield-23

    Not saying that he is old by any means, but for a prospect who is gonna sit and learn, you would think they would of taken someone a year or two younger..

    My prediction is he is starting by week 8 if we are out of it. Gotta see what you have if Tyrod and Stanton can't produce.

    Your thoughts?

    @domcucch1994 said:

    but for a prospect who is gonna sit and learn, you would think they would of taken someone a year or two younger..

    They should ALL sit and learn the NFL game.  It's different.  It's faster.  More complicated.  

  • @ghoolie said:

    I don't know if some of you guys are Millennials and Gen-Xs or what, but honestly, and I mean this respectfully, a lot of this tentative Baker stuff is really lacking testosterone and courage.

    Baptism by fire doesn't ruin Quarterbacks. In only fast forwards the timeline for exposing schidt QBs. I disagree with Hoorta that Browns fans are impatient. 1 - 32 and we still show up? Schidt since 1999...................and we are impatient? WTF?

    Look, if you are one of these people who believes in sitting a QB for a year to let him learn and develop, then honestly, you have to be critical of Dorsey. If bringing up a QB methodically was Dorsey's plan, then he should not have drafted a QB this year. He should have let Tie Rod establish himself with the team. He should have let all these new cats gel together, and THEN brought in a young QB in 2019, once the team was stabilized.

    What we have to hope for is that the Browns come out an knock out a few wins, 2-6 at the split is not going to do it. 3 - 5 guarantees that the fans will accept the new regime's results as FINALLY being on the right track. I don't know what the 0 - ? number is, but God Forbid the Browns proceed 0-1  0-2  up to 0- something disgusting, Mayfield is going to start. There is just no way around it.

    At that point, he either rises up as a savior, or fails amid a new argument of whether or not the Browns threw him to the dogs, or if he just wasn't big enough for the NFL.

    Either way, the path to whether Baker is allowed to sit and be groomed will be directly proportional to whether or not Tie Rod can engineer some wins and create a team we care to watch.

    I just think the front office wants to try things different, not rush a qb like they have. I love your points on Baker and Taylor both being zero and zero with the playera and coaches we have. The only difference right now is the time Taylor has put in. Baker is our future and if he shows he is ready then maybe the last 4 or 5 games. If we are gonna be shitty, its not gonna be because of Tyrod.

    @cambridgeho said:

    I just think the front office wants to try things different, not rush a qb like they have. I love your points on Baker and Taylor both being zero and zero with the playera and coaches we have. The only difference right now is the time Taylor has put in. Baker is our future and if he shows he is ready then maybe the last 4 or 5 games. If we are gonna be shitty, its not gonna be because of Tyrod.

    Again, the time served being noted, the decisions of the coaches come down to whether the team is winning and soothing the fans. If we are at 0 - 7, I think decisions get made that aren't necessarily football smart, but instead marketing smart.

  • @ghoolie said:

    Sorry, but you just cannot predict when Baker will start.

    Then, a few lines (and taunts) later...

    @ghoolie said:

    It doesn't matter if you think Mayfield is ready or not. If the Browns are 0 - 7, Haslam will face testicular amputation. NOBODY is going to put up for another year like that. We go 0 - a bunch, Mayfiled is going to be baptized by fire. That's just how it works.

    Yepp. That was consistent.

    It's offseason, the days after Draft gifts. You cannot ask a 1-35 team fans not to wonder when will they see their new toys in action.

    @nero said:

    Then, a few lines (and taunts) later...

    Yepp. That was consistent.

    It's offseason, the days after Draft gifts. You cannot ask a 1-35 team fans not to wonder when will they see their new toys in action.

    Look dimple finger............. learn to comprehend. I am assuming you did not do well in English classes?

    When I said "nobody can predict" when Baker will start, I meant it, and I did not contradict myself. The point I was making is that there are a ton of variables that will affect this. THe point I was making is that even Hue and Dorsey don't know when Baker will start. The point I was making was that no matter what the staff decides............ IF the Browns go 0 - 7, there might very well be so much pressure from the fans, and embarrassment on Haslam that Baker could get called up. I never said he WILL. Along the same lines, management can say they are sitting him most of the season, but should Tie Rod get hurt....................the plan to start Baker changes. Likewise, if the kid show up Black Tarkenton in camp and preseason, management may scrap the plans to sit Baker and fire him right up.

    This is not something that anyone can predict.

  • sydS syd

    @tour2ma said:

    Ditto, h... and 2-4 after 6 with pressure building to start "the kid".

    I have a hard time seeing a path to this eventuality, jcam. TT will get the ones vs the ones in Preseason, BM the 2s v 2s. So even if Baker posts the better stats, there will be that level of competition thing.

    Interesting... but still leaves a third of the snaps. 😉

    That was allowed in large part due to Bell being very effective running out of the gun... something Crow was not good at. So bringing that frequency to us depends in large part on how proficient Hyde and Chubb are flanking the gun.

    Did not see a lot of Hyde in SF, but what I saw seemed to feature him in either the "I" or singleback.

    Chubb? More alongside the gun, but TBH I've a hard time separating his snaps from Michel's, who I think did most of his work from the gun.

    But you also have to take into consideration on who was calling the plays last year and how it affected are skill players

    @syd said:

    But you also have to take into consideration on who was calling the plays last year and how it affected are skill players

    HUe will STILL be calling the plays, The OC only does what the HC gives him a map to do. OC = Coffee Fetcher.  Hue Jackson has Dee's approval, so he rules and runs this team.

  • Look, the simple truth here is that you don't go from 0-16 to a playoff team. We've improved dramatically, but realistically by week 10-12 we'll but sitting at +/- 3 wins and out of the playoff hunt. Unless Taylor brings a whole new gear to his game, he'll prove to be exactly what the Browns need to this point in the season. Start the rook at this point and see what happens. Taylor is a pretty legitimate starter in this league and we actually for the first time in a decade have a plan in place to not throw a QB into the fire. That doesn't mean the guy you drafted #1 should ride the plan for 3 years, but let's get some stability in place first.

    @jrb12711 said:

    Look, the simple truth here is that you don't go from 0-16 to a playoff team. We've improved dramatically, but realistically by week 10-12 we'll but sitting at +/- 3 wins and out of the playoff hunt. Unless Taylor brings a whole new gear to his game, he'll prove to be exactly what the Browns need to this point in the season. Start the rook at this point and see what happens. Taylor is a pretty legitimate starter in this league and we actually for the first time in a decade have a plan in place to not throw a QB into the fire. That doesn't mean the guy you drafted #1 should ride the plan for 3 years, but let's get some stability in place first.

    Horseschidt. We haven't done Jack schidt. Every year you blowholes say the same thing in the off season...." We've improved dramatically". We haven't played a fukcking game, SOrry Sparky, we HAVE NOT IMPROVED. All we have done is added new faces. That has no guarantee of schidt.

  • @syd said:

    But you also have to take into consideration on who was calling the plays last year and how it affected are skill players

    HUe will STILL be calling the plays, The OC only does what the HC gives him a map to do. OC = Coffee Fetcher.  Hue Jackson has Dee's approval, so he rules and runs this team.

    @ghoolie said:

    HUe will STILL be calling the plays, The OC only does what the HC gives him a map to do. OC = Coffee Fetcher.  Hue Jackson has Dee's approval, so he rules and runs this team.

    then were doomed i tell ya doomed But it makes me wonder why haley would take the job if he was not given play calling duties and from what i have read that is the case

  • @jrb12711 said:

    Look, the simple truth here is that you don't go from 0-16 to a playoff team. We've improved dramatically, but realistically by week 10-12 we'll but sitting at +/- 3 wins and out of the playoff hunt. Unless Taylor brings a whole new gear to his game, he'll prove to be exactly what the Browns need to this point in the season. Start the rook at this point and see what happens. Taylor is a pretty legitimate starter in this league and we actually for the first time in a decade have a plan in place to not throw a QB into the fire. That doesn't mean the guy you drafted #1 should ride the plan for 3 years, but let's get some stability in place first.

    Horseschidt. We haven't done Jack schidt. Every year you blowholes say the same thing in the off season...." We've improved dramatically". We haven't played a fukcking game, SOrry Sparky, we HAVE NOT IMPROVED. All we have done is added new faces. That has no guarantee of schidt.

    @ghoolie said:

    Horseschidt. We haven't done Jack schidt. Every year you blowholes say the same thing in the off season...." We've improved dramatically". We haven't played a fukcking game, SOrry Sparky, we HAVE NOT IMPROVED. All we have done is added new faces. That has no guarantee of schidt.

    /topic/49971

  • The Baker Mayfield Era will start sooner than later. I don't know if you can sit a guy like this. If he's all we hope for and more the team will demand to play for Baker. He's their leader now- likely they won't declare Mayfield the starter because it'd be stupid. They want Mayfield to beat Taylor for it. They did the same thing last year with Kizer... magically rising in the ranks each preseason game and declared he won it. The situation may be the same but the QBs are very different, therefor the results will be different as well. Dorsey may be "in charge" now but Hue's gonna do what Hue's gonna do. 

    I think Mayfield does start the opener in Cleveland- the mania will be tangible- and if he is able to beat the Steelers and win our first home opener this decade, a legend will be born. 

  • @cambridgeho said:

    I just think the front office wants to try things different, not rush a qb like they have. I love your points on Baker and Taylor both being zero and zero with the playera and coaches we have. The only difference right now is the time Taylor has put in. Baker is our future and if he shows he is ready then maybe the last 4 or 5 games. If we are gonna be shitty, its not gonna be because of Tyrod.

    Again, the time served being noted, the decisions of the coaches come down to whether the team is winning and soothing the fans. If we are at 0 - 7, I think decisions get made that aren't necessarily football smart, but instead marketing smart.

    @ghoolie said:

    Again, the time served being noted, the decisions of the coaches come down to whether the team is winning and soothing the fans. If we are at 0 - 7, I think decisions get made that aren't necessarily football smart, but instead marketing smart.

    Agreed. Greg will be head coach if we are 0 and 7.

  • @the-gipper said:

     The operative term used by Gooley what's the word camp. Nothing that Mayfield does in camp will be enough to show up tie rod Taylor. Only with Mayfield does in real NFL regular  season games matters. If they think that he has developed enough then he may start to see the field somewhere around mid season. That should be earliest and it is only what he does in the regular season that matters

    The problem is- the horrendous impatience of the majority of Browns fans. Let's get real- we're staring an 0-2 start to the season, and how many more losses will it take for the fans to start screaming for Baker the Savior to take over? 

    @hoorta said:

    The problem is- the horrendous impatience of the majority of Browns fans. Let's get real- we're staring an 0-2 start to the season, and how many more losses will it take for the fans to start screaming for Baker the Savior to take over? 

    They're beating Pittsburgh in the opener. Book it.