Baker Mayfield pushes back on report he threatened Browns
He's telling his side of things!
A report surfaced from Bills sideline reporter Cynthia Frelund that current Carolina Panthers quarterback Baker Mayfield was explicit in his desire to beat the Cleveland Browns in Week 1 of the upcoming NFL season.
Of course, Mayfield suited up for the Browns for the first portion of his career before being dealt to Carolina. But according to Mayfield, while he certainly wants to win, he's adamant that he never said that he was going to "f**k up" the Browns.
"First, I didn't say it," said Mayfield, who spent the past four years in Cleveland. "Everybody is going to write whatever story they want. There's history because I played there the last four years. I'm an extremely competitive person. Everybody knows that. If I wasn't wanting to win, then there would be a really big issue of me being the quarterback here.
"I want to win in everything I do. That'll never change. But it's not how I phrased it. It's not even what I said, so let's leave it at that."
Mayfield then called out media members, implying that that they're looking for things to write since he's not given them any worthy material.
"I didn't even say anything," Mayfield said. "All I did was, 'Great, hope we win.' Pretty plain and simple. I'm competitive. I want to win. I don't think that should be harped on.
"That's the extent of it. It's obviously a bigger story because I haven't given the media what they've wanted me to give them this year in this offseason."
