The Browns named their playoff-clinching play after Colin Cowherd's shot at Baker Mayfield
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https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/01/baker-mayfield-colin-cowherd-maserati-mazda-play-name-browns-nfl
That play, though, was called “Maserati.”
And, well, two years ago, Cowherd said of Mayfield:
“When you’re a No. 1 pick, I want you to be a Maserati — not a Mazda.”
According to MMQB, that name was brought back as a way to joke about Mayfield’s speed.
“It was for short yardage this week, and we called it,” said guard Joel Bitonio, the longest-tenured Brown, in his seventh season in Cleveland. “I was kinda giving Baker [Mayfield] a little bit of crap earlier in the week about his speed, having him run the ball. It was a good play getting the extra blocker with Kareem [Hunt] leading the way there. I was on the backside so I just kinda cut my guy off. I saw him get the first down and get down in bounds, and I knew we had the game sealed.
Though Bitonio didn’t explicitly mention Cowherd in that explanation, the choice to settle on “Maserati” for the play wasn’t a coincidence. The Browns didn’t forget.
The Browns will play the Steelers once again in Sunday’s Wild Card round.
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Love the humor behind the play name...
"When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196 -
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How about that block by Hunt!!
for those that watched the Jim Donovan posted video? You can hear Hunt's pad pop "loud & clear" way upstairs. Right when Jim says " runs it to the right" at 13 seconds into video.. Rock'd.. music to your ears... ?
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