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03-23-2022, 08:21 AM
https://triblive.com/sports/first-call-report-says-steelers-would-pounce-on-baker-mayfield-on-open-market-mike-tomlin-meets-with-malik-willis/
Man, I read this article this morning and had to chuckle....
Steelers to ‘pounce’ on Baker Mayfield
With former Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson heading to the Browns, everyone is wondering what is next for Cleveland’s incumbent starter, Baker Mayfield.
The former No.1 pick has already penned his goodbye letter to the city. Now it appears it’s just a matter of if the Browns will trade Mayfield or cut him. Should the latter occur, Cleveland.com Browns beat writer Mary Kay Cabot said that the Steelers would “pounce” at the chance to sign him.
“As of Thursday, the phone was not ringing off the hook for Baker Mayfield, and this might get a little bit challenging. But I had somebody tell me that the Steelers will pounce on Baker Mayfield if he becomes available. If (the Browns) cut him and he is just out there as a street free agent. They would take him in a minute,” Cabot said in a video chat. “I’m sure a lot of people would. If you could get him for nothing, and the Browns have to eat that money? Then, certainly, somebody would go grab him in that scenario.”
Some have tried to connect the Carolina Panthers to Mayfield. Cabot said she is hearing nothing in that regard but is keeping an eye on the Seattle Seahawks as a possible trade destination.
As far as the Steelers go, I can’t see it. I’ve never gotten the impression that the Steelers as an organization — and coach Mike Tomlin specifically — are all that high on Mayfield. Every time Mayfield’s name comes up during a Tomlin press conference in advance of a Browns game, he is quick to shift the conversation away from Mayfield’s quarterback play and back to Cleveland’s running game and offensive line.
Although Tomlin, at least on occasion, has been complimentary of Mayfield’s prowess in the play action, rollout and bootleg aspect of quarterback play. Those things are allegedly areas of coordinator Matt Canada’s offense that have yet to be unfurled thanks to Ben Roethlisberger’s lack of mobility in recent years.
I still don’t buy it, though. The quarterback room is cluttered enough with Mitch Trubisky, Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins. Why add Mayfield to the mix when the team still might be tempted to draft a QB this year or in 2023?
That being said, nothing would give me greater pleasure than seeing every Steelers fan and team-friendly media member, who has bad-mouthed Mayfield for his shortcomings for four years, suddenly twist themselves into pretzels to justify and praise the signing.
Trust me. I’ll be scouring Twitter to grab receipts.
Can you imagine after Trubisky’s first interception next year, the chants of “Ba-Ker, Ba-Ker” cascading down from the stands at Heinz Field?
It will be glorious. These are the end times, people. And you may live to see them with your own eyes.
Man, I read this article this morning and had to chuckle....
Steelers to ‘pounce’ on Baker Mayfield
With former Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson heading to the Browns, everyone is wondering what is next for Cleveland’s incumbent starter, Baker Mayfield.
The former No.1 pick has already penned his goodbye letter to the city. Now it appears it’s just a matter of if the Browns will trade Mayfield or cut him. Should the latter occur, Cleveland.com Browns beat writer Mary Kay Cabot said that the Steelers would “pounce” at the chance to sign him.
“As of Thursday, the phone was not ringing off the hook for Baker Mayfield, and this might get a little bit challenging. But I had somebody tell me that the Steelers will pounce on Baker Mayfield if he becomes available. If (the Browns) cut him and he is just out there as a street free agent. They would take him in a minute,” Cabot said in a video chat. “I’m sure a lot of people would. If you could get him for nothing, and the Browns have to eat that money? Then, certainly, somebody would go grab him in that scenario.”
Some have tried to connect the Carolina Panthers to Mayfield. Cabot said she is hearing nothing in that regard but is keeping an eye on the Seattle Seahawks as a possible trade destination.
As far as the Steelers go, I can’t see it. I’ve never gotten the impression that the Steelers as an organization — and coach Mike Tomlin specifically — are all that high on Mayfield. Every time Mayfield’s name comes up during a Tomlin press conference in advance of a Browns game, he is quick to shift the conversation away from Mayfield’s quarterback play and back to Cleveland’s running game and offensive line.
Although Tomlin, at least on occasion, has been complimentary of Mayfield’s prowess in the play action, rollout and bootleg aspect of quarterback play. Those things are allegedly areas of coordinator Matt Canada’s offense that have yet to be unfurled thanks to Ben Roethlisberger’s lack of mobility in recent years.
I still don’t buy it, though. The quarterback room is cluttered enough with Mitch Trubisky, Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins. Why add Mayfield to the mix when the team still might be tempted to draft a QB this year or in 2023?
That being said, nothing would give me greater pleasure than seeing every Steelers fan and team-friendly media member, who has bad-mouthed Mayfield for his shortcomings for four years, suddenly twist themselves into pretzels to justify and praise the signing.
Trust me. I’ll be scouring Twitter to grab receipts.
Can you imagine after Trubisky’s first interception next year, the chants of “Ba-Ker, Ba-Ker” cascading down from the stands at Heinz Field?
It will be glorious. These are the end times, people. And you may live to see them with your own eyes.