One bro is hesitant about firing Hue Fisher due to the continuity thing, but the other bro and bro in law (not really but I call him that) are all-in about his removal. (Correction: We're tied, 2-2).
They all seemed to "get" that Smith or Cousins would not want to play for Hue Lewis, because he would refuse to let them do what they do best. Too bad nobody else does.
Bub (bro in law) likes Baker Mayfield a lot, and thinks the Browns might be smarter to consider trading first overall, and drafting him with the second pick, or possibly later. One early mock had him going to the Jets at 8th overall.
Here is one man's opinion of Mayfield, and here is an overview of scouts' opinions on him by Albert Breer.
He has had one very serious off-the-field incident. I don't care about the dui, but fleeing the police bothers me, and resisting arrest ticks me off. However, fleeing arrest is resisting, and that may have just been tacked on.
He grabbed his crotch to insult an opponent on the field once, but that's not a big deal to me.
Mayfield sounds like Manziel athletically and instinctively, but not emotionally or mentally. He seems dedicated to football, serious, and a lot more disciplined than the aforementioned bonehead.
While he plays almost exclusively out of a shotgun, my understanding is that he is required to make progressive reads.
Mayfield's teammates love and believe in him.
Yeah, he's short, and that is a real handicap. For every Brees, Wilson, Vick, or Keenum, there are 3 or 4 Manziels. But I should mention that Aaron Rodgers is probably less than one inch taller than Baker Mayfield.
Mayfield was smart enough to accept his invitation to the Senior Bowl. This could catapault him to the front of the pack, as it did Carson Wentz.
Walter Football (the peanut gallery) says that Mayfield isn't an NFL calibre quarterback, but PFF rates him atop all college quarterbacks (see pic at end of post).
Their numbers are compelling, especially on throws traveling 20-plus yards in the air, under pressure, and vs the blitze. I've now read a bunch of analyses of the top quarterbacks, and PFF's is, of course, the most objective.
The comparisons to Russell Wilson are misguided, as Wilson played at least his last two seasons at Wisconsin in a pro system. Mayfield is not the same kind of finished product. Russel is just even shorter and can run around too.
Inevitably as the draft approaches, yokels will resume talking about "AFC North" quarterbacks who have to be big to take a pounding, amd spin the ball to cut through the wind.
As usual, I will bring up Sipe, Montana, Nelson, Flutie, Dalton, etc. While size and arm are definite advantages, decision-making and accuracy under pressure outweigh them in any environment.
Josh Rosen is a big guy, and he's had a bunch of concussions already. He's sitting out his Bowl game with a concussion. Why do so many people want the Browns to draft him into the AFC North? And doesn't Mayfield's first-place ranking on deep passes (note: PFF means passes which actually are deep, and not dumpoffs that guys run away with) mean anything here?
Again, it's very early. Darnold is taking on Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl this friday, and he's thrown 7 TDs and two picks in his last five games. I still like the guy a lot, and if he looks good there, I'll like him more.
But then, Mayfield will be in the Senior Bowl, so I might...well it's still early. Right now, though, this Mayfield guy, with all undue respect to the peanut gallery, looks like an NFL caliber starting quarterback.
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