After the Cleveland Browns’ dud of a season opener, quarterback Baker Mayfield made a comment which seemed like a bit of an overreaction.
“Everybody’s going to throw us in the trash.”
I remember thinking that sentiment felt a bit extreme, as if it were another example of Mayfield creating an enemy in his mind to keep him motivated. After all, would people really be that quick to determine the Browns were suddenly a bad team after all the hype leading into the season?
Turns out, he was right. Thanks to Cleveland’s 1-2 start to the year, we’ve been hit with a tsunami of hot takes which has gotten out of control.