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Baker Mayfield

Baker Mayfield gets rookie deal worth $32 million guaranteed

Baker Mayfield is making some major NFL money despite never having thrown a pass in the NFL. The No. 1 overall draft pick agreed to his rookie deal with the Cleveland Browns, according to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport. Rapoport says the deal pays …

Baker Mayfield: Biggest adjustment is calling plays

Baker Mayfield has a long adjustment period ahead of him as he embarks upon his NFL career. The former Oklahoma Sooners star had an excellent college career and parlayed that into becoming the No. 1 pick in the draft this year. Though many top picks …

Kyler Murray

Baker Mayfield defends Kyler Murray after apparent snub

Kyler Murray has huge shoes to fill at Oklahoma this upcoming season, and the Heisman Trophy winner he is replacing believes the two-sport star is more than capable of filling them. College football analyst Phil Steele recently released his 2018 …

Baker Mayfield

Baker Mayfield announces engagement on Instagram

It’s been a big few months for Baker Mayfield. The No. 1 overall pick announced Saturday that he is engaged to girlfriend Emily Wilkinson, complete with a shot of the big moment on Instagram. Can’t wait to do life with the most perfect girl. …

Report: Baker Mayfield not close to pushing Taylor for starting QB job

The early opinion is that Baker Mayfield has a long way to go to compete with Tyrod Taylor for the Cleveland Browns’ starting quarterback job. The Browns held OTAs and minicamp, which gave them a look at their new QBs. According to …

Baker Mayfield

Browns OC says Baker Mayfield has ‘long way to go’ to catch Tyrod Taylor

Tyrod Taylor and Baker Mayfield are both entering their first season with a new team and new offense, but the veteran is apparently showing how important experience is as training camp draws near. Cleveland Browns offensive coordinator Todd Haley …

Johnny Manziel

Johnny Manziel offers Baker Mayfield more advice

The Cleveland Browns may not be particularly enamored with the thought of Johnny Manziel giving Baker Mayfield advice, but he’s doing it whether they like it or not. Manziel appeared on the Dan Patrick Show on Thursday, and he urged Mayfield to …

Tyrod Taylor

Tyrod Taylor prepared to block out noise about Baker Mayfield

While so much of the attention at Cleveland Browns camp will be on Baker Mayfield, he isn’t even going to be the starting quarterback. That job belongs to Tyrod Taylor, who said it’s his duty to block out the chatter about Mayfield, and …

Baker Mayfield

Baker Mayfield thinks ‘Hard Knocks’ could be beneficial for Browns

No NFL team wants to be featured on HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” but someone has to do it, and this year that someone will be the Cleveland Browns. It’s not an ideal situation for a team coming off an 0-16 season trying to groom its …

Baker Mayfield shares plans for his first NFL paycheck

How will Baker Mayfield spend his first NFL paycheck? You might think the No. 1 overall pick in the draft would go all-out, but it doesn’t sounds like that is the case. ESPN wrote up a cool story where they shared what NFL rookies will be doing …

John Dorsey

John Dorsey explains why he kept Baker Mayfield pick secret

Some teams make quite clear who they plan to draft with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft, but the Cleveland Browns were not one of them. General manager John Dorsey was exceptionally secretive about Cleveland’s plans, and he explained …

Baker Mayfield

Patriots told Baker Mayfield they might trade up just to secure meeting?

Baker Mayfield has suddenly become the quarterback that every QB-needy team wanted in the NFL Draft, and even the team with the greatest player to ever play the position felt the need to get a closer look at the former Oklahoma star. But would they …

Baker Mayfield

Baker Mayfield again refutes Johnny Manziel comparisons

Until he gets out on the field and shows otherwise, Baker Mayfield is going to have to live with Johnny Manziel comparisons. The No. 1 pick of the Cleveland Browns seems to know this, and he has a pretty good response to those who would make such a …

Baker Mayfield

Report: At least six teams considered Baker Mayfield top QB in draft

The Cleveland Browns surprised some by taking Baker Mayfield No. 1 overall, but it sounds like they were far from the only franchise to consider him the best quarterback in the draft. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com spoke to 12 NFL teams, and four of …

Baker Mayfield

One GM was reportedly only willing to trade up for Baker Mayfield

The Cleveland Browns surprised many people when they selected Baker Mayfield with the top overall pick in the NFL Draft, but they apparently are not the only team that believes the former Oklahoma star is the best QB in the incoming class. After the …

Baker Mayfield

Cleveland radio host will follow through on gross promise after Baker Mayfield pick

One Cleveland sports radio host is preparing to deal with the consequences of a very, very bad promise he made leading up to the NFL Draft. The general belief was that Sam Darnold, not Baker Mayfield, would be the quarterback selected first overall …

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