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Baker Mayfield upended Browns' carefully laid out plan

BEREA, Ohio -- This wasn’t the plan.

Baker Mayfield was not supposed to be starting by the fourth week of the Cleveland Browns' season. He was supposed to be incubating, learning behind Tyrod Taylor.

But the way things played out, the move from Taylor to Mayfield happened naturally, organically. Which made the Browns' decision to start Mayfield the least consequential quarterback change the team has made in years.