The fate of Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield remains a mystery despite him clearly not being in the Browns’ plans anymore. While this has been shocking to some, it hasn’t been to Colin Cowherd.
On Wednesday’s edition of The Herd, Cowherd addressed a report that league executives are “shocked” that Mayfield hasn’t found a new team yet. Cowherd seemed to diagnose the problem immediately: Mayfield’s personality.
The Fox Sports pundit attributed the lack of teams wanting Mayfield to Mayfield’s priorities being in his own brand. He referenced the “commercials, big personality and magazine covers” as reasons teams are unsure about him.
Cowherd said that teams are reluctant to bring Mayfield into the fold in spite of his talent because they don’t believe they can convince him to buy into their culture. Mayfield’s recent injuries didn’t help him. As a result, despite being a top 15-25 quarterback, teams would rather go with a lower-tier quarterback who will buy in.
Baker Mayfield’s market has shrunk for a reason…
“That’s the downside to lots of commercials, a big personality and magazine covers.” — @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/Z7gXPP0BFA
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) April 6, 2022
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Baker Mayfield has been the Cleveland Browns’ starting quarterback for the last four years since going No. 1 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft. In 2020, he finally got the Browns over the hump and into the playoffs for the first time since 2002. He promptly led the Browns to even more history with a playoff win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
But Mayfield regressed in 2021 and got injured for the first time in his career. When the opportunity to upgrade at quarterback by trading for Deshaun Watson came up, they quickly jumped in.
Now Mayfield is essentially a man on a team that doesn’t want him anymore. Sadly, it appears that very few other teams want him either.
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