Mayfield Memorandum 32: NFL ain’t Bean Bags

Before he unceremoniously dumped the Oklahoma Sooners for USC and the lure of LaLa Land, Lincoln Riley had become known as a Quarterback Whisperer. Usually if a person works in Oklahoma, he is more likely to be known as a Horse Whisper. In a sense, Riley was. He...
Mayfield Memorandum 31: Sitting in Judgment

Mayfield Memorandum 31: Sitting in Judgment

Photo by Connor Betts on Unsplash The Supreme Court of the NFL is the General Manager’s Office   The National Football League can appear a heartless realm: From teams that did face-plants short of even the shallow end of NFL mediocrity to those who...

Mayfield Memorandum 30: When Winning=Losing

National Football League coaches like to claim that their goal is to put their teams and players in situations that provide them the best opportunity to succeed. But this isn’t always true. Take the Cleveland Browns. (Please!) They beat Cincinnati 21-16 on Sunday at...

Winter Comes to the Lion of the O-Line

Before he ascended into the heaven that is the Cleveland Browns radio broadcast booth, Doug Dieken played a hallowed position: Left tackle. It is the one spot along the offensive line where anonymity can be turned into celebrity if a man is good enough and tough...

Mayfield Memorandum 29: A Season of Aughts

As the Cleveland Browns were solidifying their claim as the worst team in the best division—AFC North—of the National Football League, quarterback Baker Mayfield’s nightmarish performance was earning him a passer rating of 0.0 in a 26-14 loss at Pittsburgh. If QB...