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BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns followers booed Baker Mayfield various occasions in the second fifty percent of Sunday’s 13-10 victory more than the winless Detroit Lions.
Mayfield’s reaction to it?
“All those are most likely the exact same fans that will not be tranquil when we’re on offense and hoping to function,” the Cleveland quarterback reported Monday. “So, don’t definitely care.”
Mayfield declined to speak to reporters just after a recreation in which he posted a QBR of 8.6 (on a -100 scale), the 3rd-worst QBR functionality of his job. Mayfield completed 15 of 29 passes for just 176 yards. He did toss a landing pass to Nick Chubb but also threw two interceptions, which include just one in the fourth quarter, which prompted a cascade of booing within FirstEnergy Stadium and led to a Lions subject aim.
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Mayfield’s to start with interception came on Cleveland’s second possession, when he overthrew Jarvis Landry, who seemed to be extensive open breaking down the middle of the subject.
Mayfield had hardly ever skipped a postgame job interview before.
“I’ve under no circumstances dodged any issues or hid away from that. … Just annoyed, taken out the emotions and all that from it. Just decided it was finest to wait,” he stated, when questioned about it Monday. “Not a single portion of which is about not currently being accountable. I would be the 1st to explain to you I performed like s—. I you should not owe that to you men, I owe that to my teammates.”
Immediately after using a knee to finish the video game, Mayfield also immediately walked to the locker room, as an alternative of shaking fingers with the Lions or celebrating the victory with his teammates on the area. He was questioned about that, as properly.
“My men know that all I care about is successful. But I am heading to be disappointed if I do things to make it more challenging on us. And I did yesterday. And that’s just flat-out in which it was,” Mayfield reported. “But I’m hardly ever likely to get profitable for granted. Which is a thing that’s really tough to do in this league. And it hasn’t been a pretty widespread detail around listed here for a extended time. So I’m just frustrated with how I played. That is how I’ve usually been. [My teammates] know how I am likely to occur back and attack this 7 days.”
Mayfield, who now ranks 27th in QBR in the league, has been battling many injuries during the time, which includes a torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder since Week 2. He is also been working with knee and foot soreness this thirty day period. Sunday, Mayfield was limping around for significantly of the 2nd 50 %, however he never arrived out of the game.
“He does not sense 100 per cent,” claimed Browns coach Kevin Stefanski, who added that he never deemed taking Mayfield out of the video game from the Lions. “He is certainly battling.”
For all their struggles, the 6-5 Browns can leap back again into the AFC North race with back-to-back again video games coming up against the division-major Baltimore Ravens. And despite the ongoing injuries, Mayfield stated he is nevertheless arranging to enjoy Sunday evening in Baltimore.
“Major-picture-clever, all people needs to act like the world’s falling,” Mayfield stated. “No, we have not performed to our prospective, and we know that far more than anyone. … So, we know what is at stake. And we know what we need to do.”
