Baker Mayfield has taken a punchline franchise and made its morbid past obsolete. It has been the most amazing thing.
He has lifted dead weight like it was air in a jar, and he has done it in less than three months. You could spend a year doing nothing but sighing and you wouldn’t come close to capturing the Cleveland football experience since the Browns’ return in 1999.
Then just like that, Mayfield got his chance. At various times in his 11-start career, Mayfield has been quick-footed like a younger Ben Roethlisberger, extending plays to make sandlot magic.