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The are team. There is no
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denying that.He came off the bench and took apart the in
the second half in his first appearance to lead the
franchise to its first win since 2016, and put up 40
points on the road in his first NFL start and ended
Cleveland's rut of 36 straight losing Sundays by beating
Baltimore in overtime in his first home start. He's done
it with a unique style and flair and a reach beyond his
years. There are going to be some hiccups along the way,
but the kid continues to flash everything you could hope
to see out of a rookie quarterback and inspires nothing
but confidence and belief from his coaches and teammates.
More on the NFL Over the weekend Browns coordinator Todd
Haley told me about how, after his receivers were
dropping balls and making mistakes early in Mayfield's
first start, at Oakland, the youngster took command of
the sideline and called the veterans over and let them
have it a bit and coached them up and then went out and
scored on three straight drives. It was just a snippet of
the way coaches are already willing to delegate to him at
times, and teammates continue to galvanize around him.
And that, combined with his playmaking ability on the
field, has the Browns poised to be more of a factor in
the AFC North than they've been in longer than most of us
can remember."That reputation he had of being a real
leader, and guys gravitating to him, that's real," Haley
told me. "I saw it going all the way to our workout with
him at ."Like many, Haley wondered if the mythology of
Mayfield was getting a little overblown during the pre-
draft proce s -- until he watched Mayfield in his own
environment in the Sooners' offices and practice field.
"He was walking to the indoor facility and before he even
got in the building he's doing this little whistle,"
Haley explained. "And all the guys were already in there
warming up for him to be ready
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Jersey to catch pa ses and they start calling back
to him and letting him know they were ready before he'd
even walked through the door." The Browns, like every
other quarterback-needy team (and frankly many teams with
proven, established pa sers did more work on him than
they usually might) made their pilgrimage to Norman,
Oklahoma to work Mayfield out. It's a grinding proce s
and one that gets monotonous for his teammates, who are
needed there to help facilitate the drills (especially
those who aren't draft eligible themselves). But the
Sooners were out in force through the offseason and eager
to make their quarterback look as good as they po sibly
could."That day was really kind of impre sive," Haley
said, "and something I took note of. When you see that
kind of relationship and subtle leadership, you just saw
the connect those guys had with him and they would do
anything for him, whatever he needed. He'd probably done
it 15 time for all the individual workouts he did, and
they were all there early and showed up on cue and were
already loosened up when he got there. A lot of times at
those workouts you are waiting for guys to get here and
standing around and they don't start on it. I thought
that was an important little thing, all the way back
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Jersey in the proce s. Just a sign of things to
come." Mayfield is already eliciting the same kind of
response from the Browns. Given the depth this
organization sunk to, it's hard not to get caught up in
the hype and hysteria. Mayfield himself doesn't seem like
one to get too caught up in it, however, and the future
in Cleveland appears brighter than at any time since they
re-entered the NFL as an expansion team."There hasn't
been one time when I haven't had confidence in him,"
Haley said. "In the preseason, and in practice, it hasn't
always been perfect, and I was as interested as anybody
if the size limitations would be an i sue with the bigger
defenders, but it hasn't been, and there hasn't been one
time that I haven't had confidence that he had a chance
to make a play."DC Al Holcomb keeping in gamesIt's been a
tough start for the Arizona Cardinals, who finally won a
game in Week 5, but that shouldn't take away from the job
being done by defensive coordinator Al Holcomb. The
Cardinals have barely scored at all they rank dead-last
with 58 points scored (Buffalo is next-worst with 63) and
dead-last in time of po se sion (23:53, with Miami
ranking 31st at 26:40) and get no help from the offense,
but are hanging around in games due solely to the work of
the defense. Rookie head coach Steve Wilks was smart to
delegate to Holcomb, and despite having recent first-
round picks like and Hasaan Reddick not fit the scheme
and providing very little this unit is exceeding what
could be expected of them. Holcomb has been moving all
over Detroit
Tigers Jersey the place to negate match-ups, he has
turned into a difference-maker at linebacker, and since a
tough start in the first two weeks the Cardinals are
allowing just 18 points per game their past three weeks
(again, despite being on the field the entire
game).Getting this group to stick together in a new
regime after such a brutal start outscored 58-6 in the
first two weeks is no small accomplishmentMore notesTip
of the cap to defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, as
well. This season has spiraled away from San Francisco, a
team that was built to be high scoring but lost its
quarterback and running back for the season, and while
the 49ers won't be meeting their lofty expectations, the
defense has been better than expected. The verdict is out
on John Lynch as a evaluator/team builder, with the
selection of edge rusher producing little results and the
signing of the same, as he continues to battle injury.
There ain't a lot to work with on that side of the ball
beyond the formidable spine of and Rueben Foster, and
Saleh's unit isn't getting help from the offense, but is
more than doing its part. With no edge presence and a
lack of coverage options, Saleh has been dealt a weak
hand, yet the 49ers have managed to go ninth in yards per
play and 11th in yards per game allowed and rank seventh
against the rush Have my share of problems with the way
the Hall of Fame proce s operates, but would hope voters
keep an open eye about Earnest Byner's candidacy. He
played multiple positions and hybrid roles on some great
teams, was a leader and galvanizing force, an extension
of his coaches, and a dual threat whose impact on the
game went beyond many of the stats of the time. Ask guys
like Joe Gibbs and Marty Schottenheimer what they thought
of him and how much he meant to their teams and how much
they trusted him. Food for thought The defense will live
or die with . After a very slow start he has
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Jersey emerged as a vital pa s-rushing cog. He
leads the NFL in combined QB hurries and hits through
five weeks And is tied for third in the NFL in that same
category. He is approaching age 30 and for all the
chatter about , Hughes would be the far greater tradeable
commodity of the two on the open market. In fact, Buffalo
would be myopic not to shop Hughes
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