very quickly. Yeah,
Andrew bury the GM of the team. Talked about it yesterday and
the bottom line is I'm not going to read the whole quote.
But the bottom line is they're not going to do anything for
now. They don't need to, they don't need to cap money.
Unlike the 49ers who could use to have that 25 million that's
tied up with Jimmy Garoppolo to sign Nick Bowser Debo Samuel
Browns aren't in that spot.
They don't need to do it
and they assume Breakers going to play along with us Beggars
and professional. He's under contract. We have
the flexibility. Well, what's gonna happen when the offseason
program starts? What's To happen. If they continue to
squad on him. Is he going to
stay away? Or is he going to
show up and say, you got to deal with me?
You got to deal with me? I'm here.
I'm here. And I'm ready to play
and until you trade me, your cut. Me, I'm here and I expect
to take wraps like anyone else. I expect to be involved, like
anyone else at what point is it counterproductive for
the Browns to have a guy there
who they know they're going to get rid of
who doesn't want to be there at a time when you're trying to
properly absorb DeShaun Watson into Team and have him take
over Baker, Mayfield is a distraction.
And if he insists on being involved in the offseason program,
training camp preseason,
he becomes even more of a distraction. So they're trying
to slow play this.
The question is, will Baker be on board. Well, yeah, a baker.
Maybe at some point he has to do that now, you know, they he
can go to the facility and all that too. He can, you know,
the I'm just going to give everybody,
you know, the other side of this.
Yeah, he could sit out right? And just be the professional
and go. Okay, I'll just sit and wait my time whatever. But you
know at the same time if he starts to feel like wait,
I know this team really wants when we want to
get the ball rolling.
You go to the facility you show up right? You put pressure on
them. Like you've mentioned many times with the Steve
McNair or whatever else. Hey, the guy gets hurt,
all the sudden you're on the hook for that salary this year
in offseason training, but the other thing to the where, you
know, we could talk about it.
It'll be hard, you know for Baker may feel to to do that
scenario because they're going to just you know, act like he's
They're basically
they are. I mean when it comes to the football stuff,
he's going to be treated like,
you know, the stepchild, the fifth string quarterback. What
are you going to get zero reps? That doesn't matter. So he's
gonna sit there and waste time doing it as well. But
nonetheless,
when he's in the weight room or doing the work out and know
that they put out put forth for the rest of the team. Well,
they can't avoid that. That's where he does have a little
power but the rest of the stuff. Yeah, he's gonna
not get much attention and they're going to act like he's
not there. He's not going to. I coached it on the football
field or anything like that. It's going to be all about
Watson, and that there is just where
can Baker? Check his ego at the door and handle that to make
a move or Force Cleveland's hands. That is something to
watch out for or, or will he decide
to be heard every single day?
Why are they doing this? Why are we doing this charade? They
can't find a trade partner for me. I don't want to be here.
They don't want me here. I love Cleveland. I wanted to stay
here. They didn't want me. And, you know, the PR department
cannot make
Available. He do a press conference. Outside the front
door, the facility, if he wants to. Hey, media, they're not
letting me talk.
Let's go out front, or you can just go to social media. He can
do videos, he can do anything. He wants, if he wants to do it.
They're setting this up
for Baker Mayfield if he's not on board with it. And what look
Chris. Why would he be on board with it? He's getting 18 point,
eight million this year from the Browns no matter what. And
you know, even if they have to cut him, he's getting 18.8 -
whatever. Yeah, that's right. I forgot about that aspect, too.
Not have to play. Or he does not have to play this game with
them. Yeah, and and here's the bottom line. They have thrown
him out the door,
but they want to keep him
inside in the event, that, that they can get something
in return for. Yeah. Well, I'll wait, you know, yeah, we sell,
we stumbled on something. I mean,
you know, I kind of misspoke earlier. I forgot about that
aspect there to where, you know, even if they get cut,
they're going to be on the hook. So maybe that's where
they don't look at it, too.
That's a big difference between him and grow up. Yeah, exactly,
right? There's wrong no matter what no matter what so they can
maybe look at it and going well, we don't care. We're
a little you know, we're going to be patient here
and I love that aspect. And then
the other thing too,
you know to your point or what you were saying about Banker
Mayville. He can do that for sure. There's no question,
but I would say and on again, you can disagree but I Baker's
got to be a little careful. He's got, he's got a little
reputation around the league, whether you Likes it or
not, he does. And there is some people that are turned off by
Baker Mayfield. So if he starts doing that every day or
whatever, and of course, that could lead to more people going
dim. We sure we want this guy on our team. Holy crap. He's,
he's a handful. That's what I would say to just the other
side of that story.
But he's no less of a handful. If he decides that he's going
to Fight Fire with Fire here and everybody knows what
the Browns are doing. Yeah. That's what I am until there's
an injury somewhere else, right?
And and
you know, the only benefit Baker of playing along is
number one. Maybe people think. Okay. He he can
restrain himself if he needs to and maybe if he's willing to go
through with the trade. He lands in a new place sooner
and has more of a chance to get ready for the season. If
the Browns hold on to his rights, right up until the start of
the regular season and the Steelers come calling.
Well, maybe they won't come calling because they're ready
to go with mr. Biscuit. Like, what? They've seen from
Mitchell tree biscuit dough. I want Baker now. Whereas if
Baker's available now, see if I'm Baker.
I'm doing everything I can to get cut. Now. I'm doing
everything I can to get cut now and I know that there's a PR
balance to it and you don't want to come off as even more
of a punk,
but you don't want me.
I don't want to be here. You've moved on, let me move on. And
that's of
an argument. That if you craft it the right way.
It's a compelling argument. You've moved on from me.
Please. Let me move on from you.
Ya know it, he's got you know something to stand on there,
for sure. I mean there's he's definitely been wrong to
a degree
and you'd like to see them do, right. He's got a he's got
every right to be disgruntled here in this situation. No
question. And and to your point to,
I don't know, maybe there is something to the fact of
if you're if you're
if you are Cleveland that you you want to expedite this as
quickly as possible, like you said, and maybe you don't want
to Seahawks to get to the draft and go. Well Dan,
the quarterback fell in our lap. Now. We got Drew lock and
another guy
that we drafted in the first round.
We don't need Baker, Mayfield
or whatever, what other team, karolina, same type of thing,
where we they oh, hey, so
if that's what I would be scared of them, I'm Cleveland,
then that, that takes to trade Partners out. So now might be
the time to, like you said to where the team could get their
guy and go and
not look at other avenues or be, you know shown. Whoa, this
guy is pretty good. That's it. Roster, we don't need them.
That that's something to think about, for sure.
I think they're rolling the dice on the reality. When
the draft comes and goes there will be at somebody's going to be
out then is left holding the bag, they're gonna want Baker
Mayfield but as Pete points out, you know, if you're
waiting for some unexpected development to create a market
for
Baker, Mayfield.
The problem is Jimmy garoppolo's out there too. Yes,
to get two of these guys, right? That are going to be
at least their teams are going to be jockeying to place them
with a team that has a need a quarterback. Back, it's
a dangerous game
for these teams.
I just you know, I had this this image and I
am not going to feel
like I've it even though it's really not
that funny. I just can't. So, why am I saying it? I just
can't help but think of
when,
you know, they do the and they haven't done it here in
a while, but there was a time when once a year, they would
take whatever trash you put out on your
front lawn, whatever you want to get rid of
not just the regular garbage.
Anything you want old TVs, whatever,
whatever stuff you don't use.
And I remember, I would get pissed when someone would drive
around with a pickup truck and take stuff from it.
You know, I mean, I should just say fine, take it and use it,
but it's not like I do know if you, if you see value in that
I want, you know, I want to do a garage. So I want to do
a garage sale
next to all the crap. I'm otherwise throwing out. That's
kind of like, what's going on here with Cleveland. They're
done with Baker, Mayfield. He is out there on the stoop.
We're on the, on the front, lawn waiting.
For the garbage man to come get him but they're holding him back
because somebody wrote May Roll by in that pickup truck
saying that we kind of like this.
Yeah, go grab this. Yeah, and I'd and it's so the try to have
it both ways. They are there's no doubt about it. Some point
Baker I think has every right to say this isn't fair to me.
Yeah. That's what I think
he does. He is every every right to say that
it does. I mean it Cleveland made their own bed in this
situation. That's for sure. We were shocked that there was no
plan B, I mean again,
you know, you could throw this a little bit under like
Green Bay, you know, Aaron Rodgers Jordan loves thing to
be like really. Do you guys not know how to read the room. You
didn't think Baker. Mayfield was going to get upset that you
guys are visiting with Jean Watson and going down to
Houston to Sam.
Like really, you didn't have a plan B for
wait, Baker, Mayfield might get pissed and say he doesn't want
to play for us ever again, that that to me is still shocking,
and I think they kind of got away with a free one there. And
the fact that there was no plan and they got really lucky. And
then, of course, Jimmy
has them game of contract that
It was gonna piss the rest of the NFL off forever.
The fact that they did that to Sean Watson.
Yeah, he's got something to settle on here.
I don't know why. The more we sit here and talk about it. The
more days to go by I mean, come on, come on
because he's not getting traded their, there's no way. Nobody's
gonna trade for them. I just don't see that happening at
some point. He's gonna get released and he's gonna get
a chance to sign with whoever he wants.
I just don't see it happen.
Oh, wow, there it is. The Progressive commercial
life, imitates art.
There. It is Baker, Mayfield doesn't realize. He's also on
one of those tables now. Damn, not just the guy's not living
there anymore. Heís, not on there. Does it take care of
the stadium?
He got there. Got some ones, have to change the alarm, you
know, system hit code, six, right? I mean, they were great
commercials. I will be sad to see those go.