Gonna need to work on shaking off those bad habits he probably acquired in college. Even in the last game, he has a penchant of not finishing his routes.
I watched the replay a few times and it was a “business decision”
you can’t have that on this team. Even our establish pro bowl wr doesn’t make business decisions. Cowardly decision and I’m glad Stefanski let him have it.
I can deal with mental lapses and rookie mistakes. But can’t have alligator arms. My hope is that seeing baker get hurt directly as a result of that play makes it obvious the consequences of quitting on a route
I can’t find any, but but almost immediately after the play concludes you see one of the few times Stefanski looks furious and — when you watch the aforementioned clip, it’s obvious it isn’t because of Mayfield.
In their 31-21 victory over Houston, the Browns had only one sack. They had two in their opening loss in KC.
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He threw an interception, but it was a play where rookie Anthony Schwartz appeared to break off his pattern. Stefanski told Schwartz about that when the Auburn rookie went to the sidelines. Mayfield was hurt on that play, trying to make a tackle.
Mayfield on Schwartz during the interception: “I’m trusting him to be in a certain spot and he has to roll it there. It’s going to be a bang-bang play. That’s what this league is. We’re going to learn from it.”
I was trying to come up with a Wizard of Oz comparison from the Browns roster, but I couldn't think of a player without a brain this year. Usually at least one of the receivers would qualify.
I wonder if trust isn't already strained beyond breaking point between QB and receiver. The more you look at the film the worse Shwartz's role in that pick gets.
Add the bobble on a walk-in bomb plus the incomplete route down the sideline in the two-minute drill in week one and it begins to look like a terrible opening two weeks for him. There's no point having game-breaking speed if the opposing D knows the QB is never going there, so even his decoy value is already looking compromised. I hope I'm very wrong and the kid can learn and adapt to the physicality of the pros quickly. I'm sure Stefanski, van Pelt and Mayfield know that they have a real weapon there if they can get him involved in a way which builds his confidence back. Fingers crossed.
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