Baker Mayfield raising expectations and attracting respected coordinators

BEREA, Ohio -- The optimism machine is in overdrive for the 2019 Cleveland Browns, and none of the principals involved are hiding from it.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield said Wednesday night that the hype about 2019 is warranted, and the team's new coordinators both said they chose to come to Cleveland because of the Browns' situation.

"This was the first place I wanted to come," defensive coordinator Steve Wilks said Thursday.

"It just felt right," offensive coordinator Todd Monken said. "I felt like I wanted to be a part of this moving forward."

Mayfield's attitude about the upcoming season came in a statement he made about the team's most exciting win of 2018: "It shouldn't be that the whole…