CBBI
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One of the things that people get so irate with insurance is that they view their insurance policy as an investment
“I’ve paid into this for X years and it’s never given me a dime”
As if the insurance was thereby a bad purchase or “investment”
But in reality, it served its exact purpose. Protection against adverse circumstances. I like the comparison of Tyrod to an insurance policy. We didn’t need that insurance any longer when the adverse outcome (Mayfield not being ready) didn’t happen. And this insurance policy actually did pay some dividends with helping to show Mayfield what it means to be an NFL QB
I understand the concept of an insurance policy, but you’re misrepresenting what the Browns actually did in this situation.
You claim Tyrod was simply protection against adverse circumstances (Mayfield not being ready), but that really isn’t accurate considering they handed Taylor the starting job without a competition BEFORE THEY EVEN DRAFTED MAYFIELD. Then in camp and the preseason when it was abundantly clear that Mayfield was the better QB, they still opted to not give him a single first team rep.
Combine that with the fact that Hard Knocks and every Mayfield interview about the QB room pretty much confirmed that Taylor, who was learning a brand new system and trying to lead new teammates, didn’t have time or interest in being any sort of mentor to Mayfield.
They didn’t bring in Taylor to be a mentor or be insurance. They brought him in to start. It was a bad use of assets when it happened and looks even worse now than it did in March.