Baker Mayfield welcomes ex-Browns coach Kevin Stefanski to NFC South with pointed message about Browns exit

Tampa Bay Buccaneers backmost Baker Mayfield intelligibly hasn’t forgotten however his clip successful Cleveland ended aft taking a changeable astatine caller Atlanta Falcons caput manager Kevin Stefanski Tuesday night.

Mayfield took objection to a tweet from an Atlanta-based writer who wrote astir Stefanski’s tenure successful Cleveland, specifically the fig of quarterbacks helium had to enactment with due to the fact that nary seemed to stick.

However, Mayfield views the concern differently, saying helium was formed retired of the Browns’ enactment similar "garbage" contempt being the team’s archetypal wide prime and helping pb them to the playoffs for the archetypal clip since 2002 during the 2020 campaign, Stefanski’s archetypal twelvemonth arsenic the caput coach.

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Baker Mayfield of the Cleveland Browns talks with caput manager Kevin Stefanski during the archetypal fractional against the Los Angeles Chargers astatine SoFi Stadium Oct. 10, 2021, successful Inglewood, Calif. (John McCoy/Getty Images)

Now that Stefanski volition spot Mayfield and the Bucs doubly per play successful his caller role, the seasoned backmost welcomed him to the NFC South successful a mode lone helium can.

"Failed is rather the scope pal," Mayfield said, referencing a enactment from the newsman who said Mayfield and Deshaun Watson, who remains connected the Browns’ roster, failed successful Cleveland. "Still waiting connected a text/call from [Stefanski] aft I got shipped disconnected similar a portion of garbage. Can’t hold to spot you doubly a year, Coach."

The rivalry has already begun, and Stefanski has yet to clasp a signifier with the Falcons.

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The Browns moved connected from Stefanski, 43, aft going 5-12 successful his sixth play with the franchise. After a 3-14 run successful 2024, the Browns felt it was clip for caller enactment successful the building, and the hunt remains to find their adjacent antheral connected the sideline.

Stefanski instantly became a blistery caput coaching campaigner successful the league. He was the 2nd manager disconnected the board, with John Harbaugh starring the mode by taking the New York Giants’ job.

Shortly after, the Falcons announced Stefanski’s signing, giving him a five-year deal.

But Mayfield is intelligibly salty astir however things ended successful Cleveland. And though helium yet recovered a location successful Tampa Bay, it appears immoderate other information volition beryllium connected the docket doubly a twelvemonth moving forward.

Mayfield was the archetypal wide prime successful 2018. After sub-.500 seasons arsenic helium got acclimated to the NFL, helium began moving with Stefanski successful 2020, and Cleveland yet got connected the close track.

Cleveland Browns backmost Baker Mayfield during a crippled against the Pittsburgh Steelers Jan. 3, 2022, astatine Heinz Field successful Pittsburgh.  (Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Mayfield went 11-5 that year, earning a playoff berth and winning successful the wild-card circular to unafraid his archetypal vocation playoff win. Despite a nonaccomplishment successful the divisional round, the shot satellite believed Mayfield was the feline and Stefanski was yet the manager needed to close the ship.

But aft going 6-8 successful his 4th play successful Cleveland, Mayfield was traded to the Carolina Panthers aft the Browns’ commercialized with the Houston Texans for Watson.

Just similar that, Mayfield’s clip with the Browns was over, and helium was forced backmost into a backmost competition. He won connected implicit Sam Darnold to commencement the 2022 season, but aft going 1-5 to commencement the season, the Panthers released him.

Mayfield was claimed disconnected waivers by the Los Angeles Rams, and caput manager Sean McVay made the champion of the situation, which included inserting the Oklahoma merchandise into a crippled 2 days aft helium joined the team. He led the squad to a come-from-behind win.

While it would beryllium Mayfield’s lone triumph with the Rams, the Bucs gave him different ace astatine being a starting backmost aft Tom Brady’s status aft the 2022 campaign. Mayfield led the Bucs to the playoffs successful twelvemonth one, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles astatine location successful the wild-card round.

The Buccaneers gave Mayfield a three-year, $100 cardinal woody to beryllium their starter for the adjacent future.

Baker Mayfield took a changeable astatine his erstwhile Browns coach, Kevin Stefanski, who present leads the Bucs' NFC South rival Atlanta Falcons. (GETTY)

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So, portion things worked retired for Mayfield, who ne'er gave up connected his starting hopes successful the NFL, it seems helium would’ve astatine slightest liked a telephone telephone from his coach.

Stefanski finished his tenure successful Cleveland with a 45-56 grounds successful 101 vocation games. Now, helium volition enactment with backmost Michael Penix, moving backmost Bijan Robinson and the remainder of the young cornerstone pieces successful Atlanta.

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