Daily Dawg Tags: Cleveland Browns should sit Mayfield in 2018
By Dan Justik
The Daily Dawg Tags brings you all the Cleveland Browns news you need to know. Today’s stories include an NFL analyst’s opinion on the Browns quarterback situation and more.
NFL.com’s Bucky Brooks believes that the best option for the Cleveland Browns in 2018 is to sit Baker Mayfield for the entire season.
Ever since the Browns traded for Tyrod Taylor and drafted Mayfield with the first overall selection in the 2018 NFL Draft, almost every NFL analyst has given their opinion on who should be Cleveland’s starting quarterback.
They can go with the safe option of starting the veteran who broke Buffalo’s 17-year playoff drought in Taylor. Or they can decide to play the electric rookie who looks to turn the franchise around in Mayfield.
Brooks believe that Taylor is the safest option, but also the best option to help the Browns win games in 2018.
That story and more can be found in today’s edition of Daily Dawg Tags.
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NFL oddly devaluing safeties; Baker Mayfield should sit in Year 1 – Bucky Brooks, NFL.com
"1) The right choice in the Tyrod vs. Baker debate. I know it’s only a matter of time before Baker Mayfield becomes the QB1 for the Cleveland Browns, but the team would be best served by allowing Tyrod Taylor to start for the entire 2018 season."
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"Now that Seattle’s celebrated Legion of Boom defense has started to crumble, it’s natural to wonder if the dynasty window has closed with just one Lombardi Trophy in the Pete Carroll era.If not for Malcolm Butler’s history-altering interception that swung Super Bowl XLIX in New England’s direction, in fact, recently released defensive end Cliff Avril believes his ring finger wouldn’t be so lonesome."
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"Shaun King, an independent reporter who has had several anthem-related stories in recent months, contends that “[s]everal NFL stars have told me they are considering sitting out the season until the de facto ban of Eric Reid and Colin Kaepernick is removed and both men are given spots back on rosters.”"