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Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield.
Baker Mayfield made a reputation for himself within the soccer world along with his brash character within the media and generally excessive antics that spawn from the uber-competitive approach he performs the sport of soccer.
So when the Cleveland Browns quarterback got here in and mentioned he’s able to “transfer in silence” this season, it caught some individuals off guard, together with former Giants operating again turned media character Tiki Barber.
“I’ve a unique strategy this yr. I believe everyone who has been interviewed on our crew has hit the nail on the pinnacle again and again about that is time to work,” Mayfield mentioned throughout a Zoom name with reporters on Wednesday. “It’s time to do our factor, as an alternative of speaking about it. That is the primary media factor I’ve carried out, simply because there isn’t a must be speaking about it. It’s simply time to go do it and proper now, it’s shifting in silence, which is okay with me.”
Tiki Barber: Baker Mayfield Must Keep Moxie
GettyBaker Mayfield of the Cleveland Browns.
Barber believes it’s Mayfield’s chip-on-the-shoulder strategy to the sport that made him particular to start with and he could be doing himself a disservice to depart that persona behind.
“Baker Mayfield made himself by having the chip on his shoulder,” Barber mentioned on Tiki and Tierney. “He made himself by creating adversity with an opponent. He made his approach from undersized, unappreciated, transferred to a brand new faculty to No. 1 total decide by being edgy. By having a moxie and by having an perspective and being pissed off on the world for no cause in any respect. And now he’s going to calm himself down and do it the old fashioned approach?”
“Baker Mayfield made himself by having a chip on his shoulder… and now he’ll calm himself down?
I am unsure that is going to work for Baker”@TikiBarber worries that Mayfield is making an attempt to suit a mildew that is not proper for him
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— TikiAndTierney (@TikiAndTierney) Might 28, 2020
Baker Mayfield Getting into Very Vital Season
After garnering some MVP hype within the preseason following a record-setting rookie yr, Mayfield completed his sophomore season within the NFL with 3,827 yards, 22 touchdowns and 21 interceptions, rating next-to-last in each passer ranking (78.8) and completion proportion (59.4%). It wasn’t what individuals anticipated when the Browns added Odell Beckham Jr. to the offense through a blockbuster commerce.
To get again on monitor, Barber doubled-down that the one approach for Mayfield to achieve success is to be himself.
“Baker Mayfield — I believe it’s good to be Baker Mayfield to be nice. It’s what made you nice if you had been in highschool, it’s what made you nice if you had been in school. Hell, it made you nice if you had been a rookie within the Nationwide Soccer League with the Cleveland Browns. I’m unsure hastily flipping a change and going a unique approach goes to be good for you.”
Mayfield has to do every thing in his energy to have a profitable third season, along with his future in Cleveland presumably on the road.
“There’s little question 12 months Three is at all times a giant yr in these contracts,” Mayfield mentioned. “Timing-wise, everyone is aware of that. I’m not going to place any added strain on myself. There’s no want for that, as a result of if I win, good issues will occur.
“That’s why quarterback is likely one of the positions that’s the toughest in sports activities—if I play higher, our crew goes to do higher. I put that strain on myself, so it doesn’t matter what yr it’s. I’ve to play higher every year.”
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