Somewhere along the way everyone has forgotten that Baker Mayfield is not, barring injury or transcendency, going to take meaningful snaps for the Cleveland Browns in 2018.
Coach Hue Jackson named veteran signal-caller Tyrod Taylor the team’s starting quarterback even before it drafted Mayfield with the No. 1 pick.
“If that the decision we make as an organization to take a quarterback at No. 1, then we will, but Tyrod is the starting quarterback,” Jackson said on March 15. “That is not going to change that.”
Taylor, who was acquired for a third-rounder before that draft, has started for three seasons, played the position at a high level, and has tasted the postseason.