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09-25-2019, 06:17 PM
During a Monday appearance on ESPN, the former NFL coach delivered a completely unprompted criticism of Mayfield, calling the quarterback "overrated as hell."
"I'd love to be an offensive coordinator [with the Browns]," Ryan said, via Cleveland.com. "I have Odell Beckham, Jarvis Landry, Nick Chubb and there's Baker Mayfield. Yeah, I know he's overrated as hell ...."
Ryan then went on to explain why he thinks Mayfield is overrated.
"Look, I bought into the dang hype," Ryan said. "Here's a guy right now that's a one-read guy, and then he's going to improvise. He's gotta realize that you are one of the slowest guys on that field when you take off with it. The ball's not coming out in rhythm. He's staring down guys, and you're not that accurate down the field."
As you could probably guess, Mayfield didn't agree with Ryan's assessment of his talent, and the Browns quarterback came out swinging on Wednesday when he finally got a chance to respond to Ryan's comments. As a matter of fact, Mayfield went straight for the jugular by pointing out that Ryan doesn't really have much room to talk since there's a "reason" he doesn't have an NFL coaching job right now.
"If you don't wear orange and brown, you don't matter," Mayfield said, via ESPN.com. "And Rex Ryan doesn't have any colors right now for a reason."
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/baker-mayfield-fires-back-after-former-nfl-coach-rips-browns-qb-for-being-overrated-as-hell/
"I'd love to be an offensive coordinator [with the Browns]," Ryan said, via Cleveland.com. "I have Odell Beckham, Jarvis Landry, Nick Chubb and there's Baker Mayfield. Yeah, I know he's overrated as hell ...."
Ryan then went on to explain why he thinks Mayfield is overrated.
"Look, I bought into the dang hype," Ryan said. "Here's a guy right now that's a one-read guy, and then he's going to improvise. He's gotta realize that you are one of the slowest guys on that field when you take off with it. The ball's not coming out in rhythm. He's staring down guys, and you're not that accurate down the field."
As you could probably guess, Mayfield didn't agree with Ryan's assessment of his talent, and the Browns quarterback came out swinging on Wednesday when he finally got a chance to respond to Ryan's comments. As a matter of fact, Mayfield went straight for the jugular by pointing out that Ryan doesn't really have much room to talk since there's a "reason" he doesn't have an NFL coaching job right now.
"If you don't wear orange and brown, you don't matter," Mayfield said, via ESPN.com. "And Rex Ryan doesn't have any colors right now for a reason."
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/baker-mayfield-fires-back-after-former-nfl-coach-rips-browns-qb-for-being-overrated-as-hell/