do with Baker, Mayfield and who will take him, and a lot of it
depends upon who doesn't get DeShaun Watson, but I still,
I'm pushing the Lions. I'm all in for the Lions to get Baker
Mayfield because I think Dan Campbell can control Baker,
Mayfield. And I think Baker Mayfield will be an extension
of Dan Campbell
if you can harness that fire that's in Baker. Mayfield and
pointed in the right direction. You can have a special player,
a special attitude and the Lions need that attitude,
the Lions need to, they haven't had
Had a guy with his kind of swagger
really since Bobby Lane
and it's been 60 years now,
but who think of a try think of a Lions quarterback in your
lifetime. Chris
that you say? Wow. That guy was a badass.
No. Wow. Yeah. Wow.
Yeah, right Lions quarterback. I mean
that's that's what I want my quarter back to be. He's got
that attitude. He's you know, the sheriff an idiot. They
haven't had anybody have anybody like that. You're right
Stafford as much as if he was a badass and throwing lasers all
over the field. That was
the thing that He was not that he wasn't always the guy. That
was you felt like was gonna yell at the offense and
yeah, gave off that aura to a degree. You're right. There's
nobody in my lifetime. The 80s. Certainly not Scott Mitchell
and the 90s and all of that.
No, there's been nobody even close to that in my lifetime.
Actually. You're right. And I mean, really, I'm a historian.
You're right. Even before I was born. I don't know. You're
Bobby Lane really might be it and that's his pretty crazy to
say about it organization.
I'm looking back through the list of quarterbacks and I'm
not going to, I'm not going to bore people with the names, but
my gosh, I mean, I remember Greg Landry was like,
you know, but they weren't very successful. I don't remember
much about Greg Landry is as a leader
or not. But yeah, all the way back to Bobby Lane. I mean,
it's a long list of guys who didn't win all that much for
the Detroit Lions. And
not that Baker makes them into a guaranteed winner, but
I think he gives that team
what? Looking for, that's when you think back to the kneecap
biter, press conference from last year, from Dan Campbell.
I think that Mayfield is I remember first thinking at some
point in the 21 season.
It may not work out for Baker Mayfield in Cleveland. Where
could he go? Boy, Detroit would be perfect because he just
fits. He's so much closer to Dan Campbell. Yeah. And
personality there Jared Goff. I hear you there so much closer.
I hear what you said. It. It's makes sense from that standpoint.
It's again, I think the thing that I would
maybe think there would be some trepidation. Nation from from
Detroit, standpoint is hey, they just took a risk on a guy
like Jared Goff. They have that money there, Baker Mayfield,
you know, you're going to have some of those same questions
even though I think he's clearly more talented than
Jared Goff.
And I like well like we said there's
Baker Mayfield does have potential
to be a top 10 ish type quarterback. He does have that.
He's can throw late. Like I said, lasers, all over
the field and when he was hot at the end of the 2020 season,
I mean he was playing as good a football as any quarterback in
Legal making them on
Amazing throws, unbelievable place,
but that that's the worry. I think if your Detroit
would but the baker Mayfield situation following a Jared
Goff there is going to be that perception out there of like,
wait, what are you guys doing? We're taking a chance with, you
know, again, another team's Castaway guy
and you know, of course, that could set you up for disaster
to, if it doesn't work out
and really what happened last year and the Lions have never
come out and set it. I think it was a courtesy by Brad homes,
the general manager of the line. And a former executive
with the Rams to not say, hey, basically. We
we got a first-round pick for taking on this crap. Jared Goff
contract, anything we get out of Jared Goff is a positive.
It's what the Browns did with Brock Osweiler in 2017.
The only difference is the Lions actually used the guy,
the Browns ended up cutting Brock Osweiler. They kept me
around right up until the start of the season, but then they
got rid of him because like we only took on his contract is
guaranteed contract to get a second round pick from
the Texans.
The Lions took on. Stafford or took on golf when they traded
Stafford to get to ones in a 3 instead of a 1 and a 3. And
that was the immediate reaction at the time. I talked to
general managers like yeah, it's a one and a three, four
Stafford. And it's a one to take on golf's contract.
And so they got a year out of golf. Now again, I don't know
how you sell that to your fan base now, right? I don't think
you need to, I think the fan base, if I'm a lions fan.
And, and I and, and they're dumping Jared Goff for Baker.
Mayfield. My reaction is thank God. They finally woke up. Ya
got there.
I would be happy about you. The guy I would be happy. Yeah, you
gotta you gotta know that. He's not the guy certainly I'm with
you there. No doubt.
They're going to have to
figure that out. I haven't heard any rumors there. Have
you. I just want to make sure
no, no, this is all hypothetical by upright but
You know who works for the Lions?
Spielman a certain a certain gum chomping, white
sweater wearing, general manager. Oh buddy, boy. Is
there a good old buddy, boys, boys body Boy, Buddy, Boy Buddy
Boy. Hey, Buddy, Boy, Buddy, Buddy, Buddy, Buddy. Yeah.
Okay. That's awesome. John Dorsey or see former Browns
GM, who days, it phone call to bake forgot about that years
ago.
And you know, and he's, I probably very persistent. Hey
guys, this is what we're looking for. You talk about
this all the time. This is what This is what this guy has and
we can guide him. We can shape and we can mold him.
And wouldn't John Dorsey, love
to get his hands on Baker, Mayfield and turn him into
something. Not that he's directly in the front lines
working with him, but be part of the process
that makes the Browns regret giving up on him, taking
the guy that he brought to Cleveland and turn him into
something that he could have been in Cleveland, but
the Browns just weren't able to get into. He wanted to be and
he's got two good Seasons too bad seed. Yeah. And the Browns
are ready to get off the train because of the personality.
I just Think the personality fits with the lines. There's 32
teams out there. Everyone's different. Every coach is
different, every owners different. So I think
I think that that
like
I've heard nothing, I know. So I've harvested meatballs is
totally taking you there right now. I like that know. If this
is me saying to the Lions
do it.
Go get Baker. Makes don't do it. Lies and might all be
a setup Justice for the Vikings to succeed. Just be careful
here. He might be laying down strap. This guy. Listen.
Viking. Awesome
offer Kirk Cousins for Baker, Mayfield. If I mean, I've babe,
wouldn't end. It's too late for that. But, no, I think Baker
Mayfield in the right spot. Could be very