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As the Browns' brass flew back from a meeting with Deshaun Watson, who they hope will be the team's future quarterback, its current quarterback, Baker Mayfield, posted a statement to social media Tuesday night thanking the city of Cleveland and its fans "who truly embraced who I am."
"With many uncertainties, here is where my head and heart is," Mayfield wrote as an introduction to his message, which he addressed to Cleveland and posted to his Instagram and Twitter accounts.
"The past 4 years have been nothing short of truly life changing since I heard my name called in the draft to go to Cleveland. This is not a message with hidden meaning. This is strictly to thank the city of Cleveland for embracing my family and me," he said. "We have made many memories and shared growing in this process through all the ups and downs.
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The Browns flew to Houston on Tuesday to pitch Watson on waiving his no-trade clause to come to Cleveland, a league source told ESPN. The Browns are one of four teams, along with the New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons, that are attempting to land Watson in a trade with the Texans. Watson has already met with the Saints and Panthers and is scheduled to meet with the Falcons on Wednesday.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33514333/qb-baker-mayfield-posts-message-thanking-cleveland-fans-same-day-browns-brass-meets-deshaun-watson
Doc Sportello
(7,962 posts)So you're giving up on a player who has given his heart and soul to the team for a guy who has 22 women accusing him of sexual misconduct?
For the record, Mayfield has been up and down with a runner-up for rookie of the year in 2018 and a 2020 season with more than 4,000 yards passing with 30 TDs and just nine ints. He's also has played for multiple head coaches and OCs. Oh by the way the Browns hadn't won a game in what two years before he got there and made the playoffs in 2020 winning their first round game. With the Browns history he's probably better off leaving.
PittBlue
(4,378 posts)We relocated to the area to be near family.
We love Baker Mayfield and cheered for the Browns all season. Now they want to hire that awful thug from Texas. Looks like they will be losing two new fans.
mountain grammy
(27,271 posts)WTF indeed!