Browns News: Dan Orlovsky calls team scared, doesn’t actually watch games

ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky claimed the Browns were afraid to run the offense through Baker Mayfield, despite the fact they’ve been doing just that.

Dan Orlovsky just lost any and all credibility he had as a talking head on ESPN by claiming the Browns were “afraid” to run the offense through Baker Mayfield, despite the fact that Mayfield has been the offensive MVP of the season so far. On the poorly named “Get Up!” on ESPN, Orlovsky proved how little he watches football, the Browns, or anything outside of his own show’s re-runs by dropping this gem of a quote;

"The first four first downs of this game were passes. Every first down but one for the rest of that game were runs. It looks like the Browns’ offense is trying to protect Baker Mayfield like they’re scared to run their offense through him. It looks like they’re scared to go, ‘Baker, we’re going to put the ball in your hands and let you lead us to victory."

Orlovsky didn’t watch a single minute of the game’s broadcast. He doesn’t seem to know that when winds exceed 50 miles an hour, which it did Sunday in Cleveland, throwing the ball becomes rather difficult. As he was never much of a quarterback in his own right and played in mostly domed stadiums in his professional career, perhaps he doesn’t know this. When the wind is so strong that it literally shakes the stadium hard-cameras throughout the game, you know you’re dealing with something unique.

The idea there’s a logical reason why a quarterback isn’t throwing 50 times in a game sinks their argument and makes them look foolish. People like Orlovsky would rather live in denial than accept they were wrong.

Mayfield couldn’t throw deep because winds exceeded 50 MPH outside of the stadium and due to the weird way the stadium funnels wind, that speed increased even more so once it went through the stadium. Neither Deshaun Watson nor Mayfield could throw accurately over ten yards. To Orlovsky, that’s not his problem, as he’d probably argue that it’s Mayfield’s “job” to “find a way to get it done”.

Because that’s how myopic people like Orlovsky are. There is no common sense in their arguments. Just hot take after hot take.

Nevermind that Mayfield is 6-3 as a starter, and has been the only consistent player on the team. Don’t factor into Jarvis Landry’s declining play, Odell Beckham’s behavior and subsequent injury, don’t regard the offensive line not being full strength, or both running backs dealing with different injuries, or the Pro Bowl tight end you signed missing three games.

No, disregard all of that.

In the opinions of Orlovsky, Mayfield being unable to battle gale-force wins with deep passes makes the Browns cowards, and Mayfield a bum.

Orlovsky has proven that he is no expert on the matters of football and should never be taken seriously again.