Before we twist ourselves into gemelli over Baker Mayfield’s comment on the Around the NFL Podcast on Tuesday that he plans to “f--- up” the Browns in Week 1, we should all ask ourselves: How on earth did we expect him to feel? And what on earth did we expect him to say?
How would any of us respond if our employer began shopping around for our replacement and eventually swapped us out with a person facing civil litigation for two dozen counts of sexual harrassment and assault, handing that person a 300%, fully guaranteed raise in the process, all while we were working injured? How would any of us feel if our employer likely whispered some unpleasantries about our maturity level on the way out in order to legitimize the whole deal? Chances are we wouldn’t be able to stick to friendly platitudes in the process, and chances are our new employer wouldn’t mind if the whole thing lit a bit of a fire under our rear ends, helping us realize some of our own shortcomings.
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