to Jimmy Garoppolo shoulder surgery. Now for Mayfield. It
was his non-throwing shoulder for Garoppolo was the throwing
shoulder,
but the difference is
Mayfield salary of 18 point. Eight million is fully and
completely guaranteed for skill injury and cap. So will he be
at mandatory minicamp? Kevin stefanski coach to the Browns.
Had no comment on whether Baker Mayfield would be there. That's
kind of odd that he wouldn't have a comment on it. It
implies to me, that
At they are,
maybe he didn't know, like legitimate or illegitimate or
or or yeah, they did. They hope he won't be there. Yeah,
they hope he won't be there, right? But we're not going to
say anything about it. Because if we say, he's not going to be
here and then he shows up that look even more dysfunctional
than we currently are. That's kind of where I thought it.
I think that's where I felt like they were like a little bit
scared to make the comment in case it looked like,
you know, the opposite happened and then it looked like, oh,
we've had no communication where coolest, we don't know
what the hell's going on here. That's kind of where
What I thought about it because no comment would that situation
is definitely a little awkward or weird. It doesn't really fit
there
yet. No, comment. Is the more refined version of. I got no
freaking clue. Right? Right. I got no idea and I'm not saying
anything because I don't know what the guys have, exactly, he
falls more squarely into the personality type of the guy who
would pull, the Steve Madden are definitely, and say, deal
with me
deal with me because
they are in a better position to squat on him all the way
until the trade deadline. If they want to
That look, that that may be the best plan for the Browns if
they've got the Panthers saying, will trade for the guy
but we want you to pay 14 million of a salary will screw
it. We'll pay 14 million of and have him on the team
and trade him right before the trade deadline and be less than
that would be about nine or ten million when the trade deadline
rolls around. Yeah, and if we don't trade him by then then we
cut him. And we work out an obj deal where he gives up some of
his guaranteed money to get freedom and he can go play
for somebody to buy them. What good is it for him?
He needs this isn't about the
Eight because, you know, people say, oh, don't feel bad for
Baker. Mayfield, He's going to make big money this year. Yeah,
but this is about laying the foundation for next. Exactly
the next contract way, right? Or if he just shows up in
December. You can't be
Odell Beckham jr.
As a quarterback, exactly. Can't just show up Thanksgiving
and say here. I am ready to play quarterback for your
football team. It doesn't work that way. No, so he needs this
more than Garoppolo. He needs his situation to be resolved
ASAP because he needs to go. Have a great year. Somewhere
else to set
himself up for free age. Yeah, you know, the people who say
those type of things. It's, you're losing a year of your
career. You only got so many and again, yeah, like you're
talking about is laying the foundation. He's trying to, you
know, kind of revive
his perception. A little bit around the NFL that took a hit
last year, kind of like, you know, unfairly a little bit
because he played injured and tough. And again, it's just
it's yes, he is one that has to do something here. His his this
like
his Here's been taken hostage by not his own doing and that
would be the ultimate screw-over job. Like wait,
I wanted to play for you guys. I wanted a new contract.
You didn't like what I was asking for.
So now you've screwed me over and ruin my career maybe for
a year, maybe more than that. That's again, where I will go
back to Cleveland of that continues to happen. I am going
to crush Cleveland. I am and I'm going to encourage others
to crush them, too, because this is the only The
ultimate screw-over job for Baker, Mayfield Cleveland.
F this up. And I want to say the bad word seven times over,
they have to get up so bad. It's comical how stupid they
are and not being able to read the room or judge their own
player,
and now they're going to screw the guys career over and that
I'm just not cool with that.
You know, it's funny when I reflect on the ridiculous in
nain and acid on plot of the movie Draft Day that was
focused on the Cleveland Browns. I think of what's going
on in Cleveland. Now what's going on in Cleveland now
between DeShaun Watson?
Then Baker Mayfield
is a better plot than any football movie has ever.
There's pad right? Think about it. Yeah, you got your starting
quarterback that you have given two hundred thirty million
dollars to fully guaranteed over the next five years who
now has 24 lawsuits pending against him alleging
sexual misconduct during massage therapy sessions.
You don't know what the hell is going to happen with him.
You've got another quarterback, a former. Number one overall
pick, that is owed 18.8 million. Fully guaranteed this
year. You want to get rid of him. He wants to be gone, but
no one is offering you. Anything for him and they want
you to pay the bulk of his money. And now we are careening
toward something some resolution. And who the hell
knows what it's going to be,
but there isn't enough popcorn in the world, to satiate
the desire of the average movie fan to sit there and chop away.
While they figure out. I hope he shows up next week. I've
really, oh my gosh. Am I going to cheer? I really do.
He is one where,
you know, yeah, it's different than the Garoppolo. Asian. It
is. It's a little different and I think he can make things very
uncomfortable there, and maybe he has to do that to take
control back of his career and
his life, a little bit here because that's what they've
taken away from him. He's in a really tough spot right now
and Browns fans, I feel badly for you, but
these problems I think they all Trace to the guy that bought
the team ten years ago. Jimmy Haslam. He's the guy that
wanted Johnny Manziel.
He presumably is the guy at the end of the day. The one at
Baker Mayfield. He's the guy that wanted to Sean Watson.
They got a giant mess now
all because Because
the owner, still after a decade has not learned
to just step back and stay out of it. Just be a fan.
Hire good people,
trust them to make good decisions and stay out of it
or or be involved from the standpoint of saying,
wait a minute. You want to trade for a guy that has 22 pending
sexual misconduct lawsuits and you want to pay him 230 million
fully guaranteed. Now, I'm no no, we're not we're not going
to do that. Somebody's got to be the Jiminy Cricket in this.
Conversation. It's going to be me.
I've said this before and I'll say it again. An adult reason
to show you're talking to me. They need, they need an adult
in the room. That's a great. Yeah, the the characterization
that has won himself leaked to Chris Mortensen. I believe,
I don't know, but I believe it.
They need an adult in the room when it comes to figuring out,
how to deal with these delicate situations because they keep
whacking themselves in the head with the baseball bat as they
swing. And