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Browns Rookie QB Baker Mayfield On Being 2nd String: “I Would Never Get My Mind Right to Be a Backup”

Day one of camp and done and over for the Browns, and a lot of eyes were on first overall pick quarterback Baker Mayfield.

Mayfield is going to be a huge fan favorite among Browns fans this summer, but as has already been determined, the team has their opening day starting quarterback in place, that being offseason pickup Tyrod Taylor.

While Taylor is entrenched as the starter, Mayfield said after day one that he’s not going to settle very long to be the teams’ second-string quarterback.

“I would never get my mind right to be a backup.