Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
For the Atlanta Falcons, it seems to be same-story-different-chapter from 2020 (and previous years). The defense, while showing a few flashes, has been largely ineffective against a Cleveland Browns machine operated by one Baker Mayfield.
The Falcons looked perplexed against a Browns offense that didn’t even include leading rusher Nick Chubb or Odell Beckham Jr.
That didn’t seem to faze Mayfield, who managed to find KhaDarel Hodge, former Falcon Austin Hooper, D’Ernest Johnson, and Donovan Peoples-Jones in the Browns first two drives, leading to a 7-0 Cleveland lead.