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You are here: Home / Daily News / Brandon Marshall On Mayfield: ‘I Wouldn’t Want To Play With Him’

Brandon Marshall On Mayfield: ‘I Wouldn’t Want To Play With Him’

By Pat Opperman December 10, 2020 @BabyKnowsSports

New York Giants wide receiver Brandon Marshall (15) prior to the National Football League game between the New York Giants and the Detroit Lions on September 18, 2017, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.
(Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)

 

Baker Mayfield piled up accolades for his record-setting Week 13 performance against the Tennessee Titans.

But so far, it is not enough to win over former NFL wider receiver Brandon Marshall.

Highest single-game accuracy %:
🔸 Baker Mayfield vs. Titans – 89.7% pic.twitter.com/VXAdfMCbAB

— PFF (@PFF) December 9, 2020

Marshall sat down with former Cleveland Browns head coach, Hue Jackson, and a bevy of other formerly significant figures to assure us he still is not a Baker Mayfield fan.

To the panel of the I Am Athlete podcast, Marshall said,

“I don’t know Baker. I never met Baker. I don’t like his game, I wouldn’t want to play with him. Until you prove it to me, don’t be doing the talk… these players now, they make with the fame before the game.

Despite Mayfield’s 4-touchdown dismantling of the Titans’ well-regarded defense, Marshall can’t move past his one critique of the Cleveland quarterback.

It’s All About the Hardware

 

According to Marshall’s logic, NFL players should not make commercial appearances until they win some professional recognition.

“You [are] the quarterback. You [are] the man, like, I give that to you. Cool. But right now, until you prove to me that you’re a Pro Bowler, a real Pro Bowler, a real All-Pro player, win a Super Bowl or something like that… then I’m [going to] follow you.” said Marshall.

Nevermind that Mayfield is a Heisman Trophy winner, or that he set the all-time NFL rookie record for touchdown passes and won the PFWA Rookie of the Year Award (although Saquon Barkley was the Pepsi ROY).

He needed to be a Pro Bowler or win a Super Bowl before he signed on to do commercials in Marshall’s world.

Marshall, of course, never played in a playoff game, something Mayfield is likely to experience this season.

Your FedEx Air Player of the Week: @bakermayfield 👏

RT to congratulate Baker!

📰 » https://t.co/vc5SOTQNnX pic.twitter.com/c9LdbwbLBJ

— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) December 9, 2020

And while his 6 Pro Bowl awards are impressive, Marshall always had some unusual quarterback relationships.

Most notably was his open criticism of Jay Cutler during his time with the Chicago Bears.

That is the same Jay Cutler who once paid off Marshall’s gambling debts for him.

Locker room relationships like that could explain why the talented wideout bounced around 6 teams in 13 years.

 

Marshall Started on Mayfield in November 

 

Brandon Marshall is a co-host of another podcast, First Things First, known for critiquing quarterbacks.

Hue Jackson might have invited Marshall to his own show after hearing him go off about Mayfield in early November.

That was when fellow FTF host, Nick Wright, defended Mayfield’s play during the wind-affected game versus the Raiders.

Marshall angrily cut Wright off,

“I’m done arguing over an average quarterback. Why are we having this discussion? We’re talking about Baker Mayfield. Like, why are we going back and forth? You’re trying to defend Baker Mayfield.”


This time, Marshall just laughed and reiterated his one standard for what makes a quarterback great.

“Nowadays, players put fame before the game,” Marshall said. “I don’t mind Patrick Mahomes doing a commercial for State Farm or whoever he does them for because he has won a Super Bowl. Baker Mayfield is 5-3. Let him win something on the field first and then do a commercial.”

The way things are going for Mayfield and the 9-3 Cleveland Browns lately, Marshall might need a new anti-Mayfield argument next season.

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Filed Under: Daily NewsTagged With: Baker Mayfield, Cleveland Browns

About Pat Opperman

Pat Opperman retired from real life to watch and write about the NFL (especially the Cleveland Browns), MLB, and Fantasy Football. Strike up a conversation here or on Twitter @BabyKnowsSports

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  1. Charles Rubin says

    December 10, 2020 at 4:20 pm

    JUST ONE MORE STAT: AS OF TUESDAY and going back all of the way through the 2017 NFL season; 89% of the opposition players would like to have BAKER MAYFIELD for a team mate. BRANDON MARSHALL rated -06% ! The minus percent rating had something to do with the fact that perhaps while he had some numbers his fingers seemed pointed at and critical of others. NOT GOOD TEAMMATE.. JERK

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  2. Rancher says

    December 10, 2020 at 5:12 pm

    Go play with Kap!

    Reply
  3. Tim Kuntz says

    December 11, 2020 at 4:38 am

    Brandon “lil baby” Marshall never played in a playoff game unless it was on Madden. It’s pathetic that a spoiled brat is trapped in a mans shell. He doesn’t like Baker because Marshall always wants to be the center of attention. I wldnt trade a pubic hair for signed Marshal jersey.

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  4. Michaelevan says

    December 11, 2020 at 4:29 pm

    Who is Brandnone Rshall and why is there an article about his jealousy of Mayfield? Name 1 qb in the NFL that WANTS to be in Cleveland? Baker Mayfield. Let’s not forget that Cleveland might be the hardest place to win in all of pro sports. How long did it take Lebron to win a title in Cleveland? 2 stints and 11 years……for the SECOND greatest player ever.

    Isn’t BM(bowel movement) the guy that used the scream at qb’s for not getting him the ball even when they were being sacked 10 times a game? I think that was him.

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