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Browns: 3 of the most incorrect things Mike Tannenbaum said about Cleveland

By Chad Porto

CINCINNATI, OHIO - OCTOBER 25: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns looks to pass the ball in the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium on October 25, 2020 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
CINCINNATI, OHIO - OCTOBER 25: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns looks to pass the ball in the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium on October 25, 2020 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) /
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Former NFL exec Mike Tannenbaum couldn’t keep his facts straight about the Browns.

The Browns are facing even more odd criticism this week. Mike Tannenbaum was given airwaves earlier this week, and that sort of thing is never good for one’s reputation but it sure gives us plenty to write about. Tannenbaum, who was fired everywhere he went in the NFL, went on ESPN and tried to spin his opinion as fact, something he couldn’t do poorly; let alone well.

His entire segment was long, drawn-out, and full of factual inaccuracies. If he’s the guy whose opinion is going to validate or invalidate a team, then the NFL fandom is screwed.

He said a lot of wrong stuff, but there are three things he said that just take the cake for uninformed.

Baker Mayfield had one productive season

"Baker Mayfield is very much a replaceable part. He’s had one productive season out of three. That is not greatness at the quarterback position. So, at best, he is the fifth-best quarterback in the AFC."

Counting is hard. Mike Tannenbaum claimed Baker Mayfield had just one productive season out of his three NFL seasons. This is odd, as Tannenbaum also thinks Justin Herbert is better than Mayfield off of just one rookie year. A rookie year that Herbert didn’t win in, and a rookie year where he broke a lot of rookie records, most of whom were held by Mayfield.

So, Mayfield, had a better rookie winning percentage than Herbert, but his rookie year wasn’t good, despite Herbert’s entire career being based on the records he broke that belonged to Mayfield. So why is one rookie season “bad” but the other is “good”?

Because Tannenbaum is talking out of both sides.

Mayfield set rookie record after rookie record and did so with fewer games. That’s something that gets lost. Mayfield didn’t play two games as a rookie (Herbert didn’t play one), and yet Mayfield’s numbers are discredited and Herbert’s are praised?

What logic does that make?

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