The Cleveland Browns are once again dealing with overblown Baker Mayfield drama

The Cleveland Browns are once again dealing with overblown drama involving their former quarterback Baker Mayfield.

Hey, did you guys know that Baker Mayfield would be playing against the Cleveland Browns in less than two-weeks time to open the NFL season? I bet ya didn’t, it’s not like anyone has been bringing this up at all in recent weeks. Well, in an attempt to get some hype for this game, as if it needed it, one NFL Network member decided to spark some controversy.

Cynthia Frelund was on a podcast and basically made mentioned that she spoke to Baker Mayfield, and told him to light up the Cleveland Browns when he plays them. She used a different language than “mess up”, Mayfield returned in kind and affirmed he would.

This nothing story however got picked up, with headline after headline saying “Baker Mayfield said he was going to f–k up his old team”. Except, he never said that. Though that didn’t stop media member after media member, especially in Cleveland, from bringing up the fake quote to the Browns players like Myles Garrett.

Garrett was unbothered but did seem to allude to it being something they’d use to motivate them.

An out-of-context, non-quote is no bulletin board material. Great. To the reporters out there, don’t bother doing your job and checking out the context of these non-comments. No one wants to accuse you of doing your job.

Yet another non-story about Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns

I don’t blame Frelund for backing Mayfield and shouting at him for what she did; she’s very anti-Deshaun Watson and she’s hardly the only one. So a lot of people are going to target the Browns for going after and getting him. Yes, you can argue that the Panthers, Falcons, and even the Dolphins were after Watson as well.

You’d be correct, but the facts are the facts; The Browns made the deal to bring in the disgraced and embattled quarterback, and they deserve the scorn of the nation for it. Watson has not helped matters with his constant loop-da-loop comments about how he’s sorry but innocent.

As for Mayfield, much like with other past “controversies” involving the media, namely the ones with Tony Grossi and Odell Beckham, this is a non-story. Mayfield planted the OU flag at the center of the Horseshoe in Columbus; of course, he’s going to want to beat the Browns.

He himself even said if he didn’t want to be the Browns (and any other team), then he shouldn’t be in Carolina.

So this is a non-story started by people who thrive on drama.