Baker Mayfield has made a habit of publicly responding to his critics, particularly those in the media. On Friday, he admitted that it may be time to do less of that.
Mayfield appeared on ESPN’s “Get Up” on Friday alongside Rex Ryan, who elicited a response from Mayfield during the season when he dubbed the Browns quarterback “overrated as hell.” Mayfield said he had to do a better job ignoring chatter like that instead of responding to it.
“It comes back on … doing my job the best I can, not worrying about the outside stuff, not replying to you,” Mayfield said to Ryan, via Jake Trotter of ESPN. “Just doing my job and doing what really matters being a quarterback.
“Let’s just be honest, I put my foot in my mouth a lot this past year. I’m going to internalize that.”
Mayfield’s responses to media critics, like the comments he made about Ryan, may have been endearing to some fans. However, getting into pointless debates with media figures doesn’t help Cleveland win games, and it looks even sillier given the bad season Mayfield and the Browns both had. It certainly sounds like he’s learned a bit of a lesson from it all.
