The great Steve washer joining us of NFL Network NFL media.
Steve great to have you on with us.
Just heard from Baker Mayfield that he sounded
apoplectic almost about his time in Cleveland and being
ready to move on. But nothing's happened, you know, break it
down for us.
What's the, what's the tone of
Baker? Mayfield's reputation
around the NFL, is it stood? He's immature, is that he can't
perform at a high level as a Well quarterback, why hasn't
there been any level of Interest or our team just
waiting going home to be released? So don't have to
take on that Max of salary hit this year.
Yeah, I mean, I think it's, I think it's a little bit of
everything but some teams really like Baker Mayfield.
Other teams. It I mean there's a lot of teams where
hey we need two quarterbacks but okay let's go out. Get
Marcus Mariota. Let's go out and get some of these other
guys because they you know they know Baker's from last year
this deal he is playing for his next deal.
Sometimes argue that motivation other team people.
Do you that has him looking out for themselves. So
there's that part. Then there's the almost 19 million dollars,
guaranteed salary. The teams do not want to part of and do not
underestimate this
very few of the other 31 owners are happy.
That the Browns, when they traded for Deshaun Watson,
guaranteed him, a 230 million dollar contract because now any
time they've got a quarterback coming up, be adjusted, her be
a jobber. Oh, be Lamar Jackson.
Those guys are going to say that contract is the
More for me and that's good. So I mean there's there's a lot of
folks who aren't love to has right now.
So there's not going to do them a favor by giving up much
to get bigger, making
Cleveland's going to happen, a
part of the 90 million dollar salary for some team to come.
Get him when look around Elite guys. There's very few teams
that deep starting quarterbacks right now and guess what?
Jimmy Garoppolo
he's recovered from that shoulder surgery. He started to
throw the ball. It's a lot of teams. Your brother have
a quarterback, like Rob Lowe. He's played the Super Bowl.
And Baker, Mayfield.
Look for me
as a Michigan native in Michigan, Fair. Anytime bad
things happened to teams in Ohio, I celebrated. So I've
been loving watching this because, you know, anything in
Ohio and that's taken burn and die.
As we're talking about the Browns, here
we got the baby, we got the maple situation,
we will get to Watson later,
but we're getting what, you know, they're going to start,
you know, working out. Out,
what are they going to do with that quarterback situation,
with all these question marks because you went and got a guy
like you just said, gave him all this money, but he might
not be playing with. We touch on little later
and the guy you have there
that's over.
If this doesn't work out for them,
in the NFL doesn't do, but I think there would do like, who
do you slide in at that position and how many options
do the Browns have?
But your Cobra sets give me a quarter. I mean,
that's why they want. Science code, here's gotten started,
I think 60 some games, you know, he's not put to Great
situation, so it's got a losing record, those situations. But
you have to look at the leadership stuff,
guys got a huge arm.
He so,
you know, cleat was probably thinking. Okay, we have to
rock, which Kobe for six to eight games but they got a rock
in the First full season.
Yeah, you have to ask yourself. I mean he's got he goes over
the top because rest of this roster except for wide receiver
is
Super Bowl, ready? I mean, there's that, you know, at all
three levels of the defense,
their offensive line is excellent. They've got two
great running backs.
So, that's the issue right there in a division where
you've got the AFC champions to Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, a Mike
Tomlin. They, you know, they look vulnerable for the first
time because their quarterback situation with the Ravens
aren't going anywhere.
So you've got to be competitive and right now they're at
the biggest quarterback disadvantage in that Division
and we see, you know, the talent rate come over
to you. Excuse well. So if they got a rock, which told me for
said,
that's kind of what they, you know, they set themselves up
you like, okay, we'll go with Jacoby but you know, Baker,
Mayfield is not walking through that door. They're not going to
pay the challenge, Jimmy Garoppolo.
So maybe if they feel, they've got to go out and get a veteran
who's out there,
fine, but that veteran players not going to be better than
scobie percent, who's been in their Camp all summer third of
your system.
So I think that's what they're just you know ready to do. And
if they've got to run the ball, 45 times a game close to it. He
backs, you know,
the chub, you know
what they have back there? That's why I guess the plan on doing.
Yeah. You mentioned the Divas miles Garrett is a monster
on that line and I think that's I think that's something going
to come to the Forefront this year. But that now we got to
talk about the nasty. Man, we gotta talk about the Sean box
and unfortunately, it's
he settled 20 of the 24 cases.
You know, you start to come out yesterday. Steve, that the NFL,
I believe that they recommended an indefinite suspension with
sounds like a year but maybe Going to be six to eight games.
I guess my question to you is,
does the NFL have a leg to stand on? Considering
the Daniel Snyder situation that hasn't been fully addressed? Or
do you look at what happened last year with him, basically
being
on the, on the indefinite, on the list, where he basically
didn't play at all as a suspension in itself,
and then that is being factored into whatever punishment he'll
receive. In addition to that,
Third, he was don't know this last year. It was basically
a mutual agreement and active.
So the
mutual agreement right there, he was not on a commission cap
list or anything like that. So that was just an agreement. So
you but you better believe
that the Players Association which has you know it's
attorney Jeffrey customer who has been
Aunt Agatha's, yet a felon labor negotiations to like that
for years. He's working for the showing here. He's going to say
he's he missed last year,
right? He's going to argue that point of him, not playing last.
He can argue the point that he is settle, these cases,
and he's going to argue the point to grand. Juries
found, no reasons to criminally, charge us on Watson.
So therefore he should not
be suspended any
news. Where's the league is going to argue?
Look, we have precedent with Ben Roethlisberger with
Ezekiel Elliott, you know, guys who were not criminally
charged, but they violated leaks personal conduct policy.
So we sat them down for a number of games.
So those arguments going to be present because remember it is
not the league that makes initial discipline any.
They have an agreed-upon, disciplinary officer that
the Players Association and the NFL
agreed upon where's before. Roger Goodell was you know,
judge jury
in the situation. Now they've
Third party. Who's going to listen to All of the evidence
and make a decision there,
and then it could be appeals on either side
but, you know, we'll see what happens.
And this thing that the third party
is going to have to decide,
you know, in terms of the least, the initial disciplinary
action on the show W if it isn't, he tall.
Steve, the way, the way you broke this down. And if we take
a look at all the variables at play here, right got
the Players Association, we got the league,
we have the history
of suspensions, we have the history of NFL, players
and Wrongs against women.
We have was happening in this country right now
with rugby. Wait.
And we just saw this franchise. Give the biggest guarantee
contract. This guy,
is there any way that any side is pleased with whatever comes
down? Because in my good, I just feels like
whatever they decide isn't going to be enough because
I personally don't feel like a year is enough even if he does
gets a year. But I just see that
whenever this happens in the decision is made,
there is going to be one side. That is right Felipe.
Didn't outrage
because
this is how these things usually turn out. Yeah, there's
there's there's no
There's gonna be no wet
for whatever really comes down, right? So let's suppose you get
to here,
then there's going to be people saying,
well, look, people accuse, you know, players stuff all
the time.
There's no really hard evidence that, you know, Grant to grand
juries founded to prosecute this guy. So now player it's
open season on players to be accused,
you know with you know with whatever you do work at witness
testimony whatever and be suspended, right? That's going
to be one side saying.
Well okay, players now are more vulnerable than ever.
Then you have the other side saying like you just said so
eloquently. We've got the Roe v-- Wade. We've got the whole
Ray Rice reaction. We got the domestic violence issue and
everything that
the leaks It's doing to care for women as we've got
the workplace misbehavior stuff going on in Washington right
now. Those accusations that have drawn Congressional
hearings of rajab, you don't testify that Optics
are bad, all over the place, all over the place. So again,
regardless of the decision on this
was gonna be a lot of people are gonna see it. That's too
lenient, that's too rough. There is a no-win. There is a
no-win for anyone here. Including
You know, these women who are alleging
doing there. There's
there's no way here other than
they settle financially. I guess they were okay with that
but there's really just no when
optically or any way around anybody
with the situation.
Yeah. Practically is just ugly and unfortunately it has to
it has something has to come down. And like you said, for us
to be able to react to it, you know, the NFL DeShaun Watson
have all these parties involved. They're going to have
to come to something because it can continue to stay ugly
if you know it goes to arbitration if suspensions are
challenged and everything else but Steve wash NFL media, NFL
Network man. Appreciate you. The dean of all this brother,
good, brother, appreciate
feel, I
appreciate you guys.