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Cleveland Browns News: QB situation getting a thumbs up

By Randy Gurzi

NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 25: Quarterback Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners gestures to the crowd after Senior Day announcements before the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated West Virginia 59-31. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 25: Quarterback Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners gestures to the crowd after Senior Day announcements before the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated West Virginia 59-31. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /
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The Daily Dawg Tags bring you all the Cleveland Browns news you need to know, including the praise the team has been getting for their current stable of quarterbacks

This offseason the goal was clear for the Cleveland Browns, fix the quarterback situation. It’s no coincidence that their failure to land a franchise guy has been matched with poor seasons.

Now they hope to have addressed that as they brought in Tyrod Taylor from Buffalo and used the first pick in the 2018 NFL Draft on Baker Mayfield out of Oklahoma.

Despite the top pick being spent on Mayfield, the plan is still to start Taylor as the rookie learns the ropes. That plan — and the talent under center — has been getting pretty solid reviews from players and pundits alike.

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"“When we talk about the quarterbacks, let’s make this clear: no matter your feelings about Mayfield — whether you wanted the Browns to take him No. 1 or not — they picked him and he is the future. He is the player this regime selected as their quarterback of the future and there’s no going back — at least not for a while. Every move they make is built around him becoming this team’s starting quarterback for a long time.”"

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