Baker Mayfield Lambasting His Receivers at Practice is Actually Exactly What the Browns Need

Entering Year 2, Baker Mayfield is handling the spotlight differently than most, but it's actually exactly what the Cleveland Browns need.

The Browns have been mired in sub-mediocrity for decades. Finally, they have some real expectations placed on Mayfield's shoulders, and he's ready to handle it appropriately. While it's very early on in training camp, the former Sooners signal-caller is letting his receivers have it when they screw up. From afar this might seem problematic considering the personalities on the outside (OBJ and Jarvis Landry), but it's exactly what he should be doing--no days off.

Mayfield has long stated he looks up to Tom Brady as a figure to aspire to. TB12 is the same way, consistently setting the tone at practice as the first to arrive and last to leave. He's not afraid to let his teammates know when they screw up, but does so privately rather than in the media.

Ben Roethlisberger, ironically in the same division as Mayfield, has caught heat for doing the opposite. Big Ben called out the likes of Antonio Brown on his radio show, and it led to AB wanting out of Pittsburgh. Mayfield would rather keep his weapons in his holster.

“I don’t know if they responded to him or not, but yeah, I expect my quarterback to get everybody on the same page,” Freddie Kitchens told Mary Kay Cabot. “That’s what I want.”

And while it may take some getting used to, it's what every Browns player should want as well.