Cleveland Browns News: Baker Mayfield could’ve led 2018 playoff run
By Dan Justik
The Daily Dawg Tags brings you all the Cleveland Browns news that you need to know, including how Baker Mayfield could have led a 2018 playoff run.
The Cleveland Browns have been a much different team since the organization fired Hue Jackson and Todd Haley at the end of October.
The Browns have gone 3-2 since Gregg Williams was promoted to the interim head coach, and they have an outside shot at making the playoffs.
The Browns would need a good amount of help, as they would need to win their last three games, Pittsburgh to lose their last three games, and the Ravens to go 1-2.
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It may be unlikely, but the Browns have one of the best chances to reach the playoffs that they have had in years.
In today’s featured article, one Browns reporter thinks that the Browns would have definitely made the playoffs in 2018 if Baker Mayfield had been the starter since Week 1.
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"If Baker Mayfield had started from day one and the Browns had addressed their offensive dysfunction sooner, the Browns could’ve gone from 0-16 to the playoffs this season instead of having the minuscule chance that they do now at 5-7-1."
If the pairing of Mayfield and Freddie Kitchens would have started earlier in the season, there is a good chance that the Browns could have been leading the AFC North at this point. Revisionist history does nothing, but it is interesting to think about what could have been.
Baker’s Browns’ Possible Playoff Pathway
Although they would need a lot of help, the Browns still have a chance at making the 2018 playoffs. Mike Lukas writes about the possible pathways for the Browns to make the postseason.
Growing Browns refuse to give up playoff dream – Pat McManamon, ESPN
"So it was after Sunday’s Cleveland Browns win over Carolina that safety Damarious Randall — the team’s effervescent talker — was saying it means trouble for somebody if the Browns can somehow sneak or scratch into the playoffs."
The Browns locker room has a confidence that makes them hard to not like. They understand that there is a lot of work to be done if they want to make the postseason, but the belief in the locker room is strong enough that they should be able to do their part of a potential playoff run.
Next. Colin Cowherd hilariously called out for awful Mayfield takes. dark
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