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Baker Mayfield is still sitting in Cleveland waiting to see what his NFL future holds, if anything at all. The continued talk this offseason continues to surround the opinionated quarterback and whether or not the Cleveland Browns will trade him. Not only that, but where could Mayfield be used?
Colin Cowherd, host of the Fox Sports show The Herd with Colin Cowherd, recently addressed the subject again. This time, he talked about the quarterback's combative personality and compared him to other players who’ve displayed similar issues but had more chances to play:
"Baker's got a couple of things working against him. He's got a combative personality but you know what, Jay Cutler got a bunch of chances, so did he."
He went on to say:
"I mean, combative personalities, I mean, Aaron Rodgers, he just got the highest contract, he can be combative. Kyler Murray's gonna get a good contract, combative personality, and he's kind of expensive, not terribly expensive, but 80 million is kind of expensive. Baker's not that expensive, and he's not that combative, that you wouldn't give him another chance."
Cowherd went on to say that the San Francisco 49ers would make sense as a landing spot for Mayfield. With uncertainty surrounding Trey Lance and his readiness for the NFL paired with the team’s desire to trade Jimmy Garoppolo, you can see where they could use a talented quarterback like former first-overall-pick. At least until Lance is ready to start.
Baker Mayfield may not have enough talent to garner interest among NFL teams.
Cowherd made some great points. There has been a history of combative personalities in the NFL. These players signed with other teams when their characters became too big for the team they were on. Odell Beckham Jr. is a perfect example of this. Antonio Brown is another.
But NFL teams may not see him on the same level as those players. Sure, he's got talent and a team wouldn’t have to pay a ton of money to attain him, but he’s not among the top tier quarterbacks in the league.
The quarterback had a down year last season in large part due to playing with an injury. The quarterback arguably deserves another chance after bringing the Browns out of the basement, where they’d dwelled for so long.
The Browns may hang on to him as insurance with Deshaun Watson’s off the field issues. Whether or not he plays is a different matter.
