Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns entered the season with so much hype… only to look very much like the same old Cleveland Browns for much of the season.
The main reason why those expectations were so high, of course, is that they acquired Odell Beckham Jr. in a trade with the New York Giants. The star wide receiver was supposed to form and deadly combo with Mayfield but instead OBJ has had the worst season of his career and the Browns are likely going to miss the playoffs.
After Sunday’s win over the Bengals, Mayfield called out the Browns training staff, saying they didn’t handle OBJ’s groin injury correctly in the preseason, an injury that has lingered during the season and has slowed down OBJ. Mayfield said they should have performed surgery, which would have probably led to the WR missing the first few games of the season.
Here’s Mayfield’s postgame comments:
Now that’s not something you normally hear a player say in public, in front of the media. Mayfield, however, has never been one to shy away from sharing his feelings on things.
He later apologized for calling out the trainers:
But yeah, Mayfield and OBJ have been miserable together this year.
