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Toward the End: Readings, Writings, Football
Mayfield Memorandum 31: Sitting in Judgment
The Supreme Court of the NFL is the General Manager's Office Photo by Connor Betts on Unsplash 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 embarrassingly...
Mayfield Memorandum 30: When Winning=Losing
Baker Mayfield gives a hand to Case Keenum who knows his pain Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns 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...
Winter Comes to the Lion of the O-Line
Longtime Brown Doug Dieken comes to the end of the line John Reid/Cleveland Browns 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...
Mayfield Memorandum 29: A Season of Aughts
Too much T.J. Watt (90) proved too much for James Hudson (66) and Baker Mayfield Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns As the Cleveland Browns were solidifying their claim as the worst team in the best division—AFC North—of the National Football League, quarterback...
Mayfield Memorandum 28: No Quarter Given
What it must feel like to be Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield Photo by Vitolda Klein on Unsplash After yet another display of his shortcomings, Baker Mayfield had to have realized the sporting commentariat would come for him hammer and tongs. Collecting a...
Mayfield Memorandum 27: Bad Ending Redux
Browns Quarterback Baker Mayfield: Another interception coming right up Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns The cosmic disconnect between the games of football that two quarterbacks—Baker Mayfield and Aaron Rodgers—played could not have been more extraordinary. On...
Mayfield Memorandum 26: An Honest President!
Cleveland center JC Tretter does much more than protect his quarterback Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns Merry Christmas, Mr. President. No, not the Joes—not Biden nor Manchin (the West Virginia senator who behaves as if someone elected himpresident). As far as...
Mayfield Memorandum 25: The Browns are 7-7???
Quarterback Nick Mullens received a lesson about Northeast Ohio sports destiny Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns QB3 Nick Mullens wobbled early but stayed on his feet as the 32nd starting quarterback since the Cleveland Browns were rechristened in 1999. He might...
Mayfield Memorandum 24: Competitive Integrity?
QB3 Mullens in the "Nick" of time for QB1 Baker Mayfield and QB2 Case Keenum Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns UPDATE: After this post went up, the NFL postponed the Cleveland-Las Vegas game to Monday at 5 p.m. and two others, Washington-Philadelphia and Seattle-LA Rams...
Mayfield Memorandum 23: Going on Offense
Baker Mayfield had much to say about Browns' offense after Baltimore victory Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield survived another week to be abused and doubted a while longer. The team’s 24-22 victory over Baltimore kept it...