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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield, the Browns quarterback of the future, signed his four-year rookie contract just in time to avert a holdout.

Players report on Wednesday and begin practicing on Thursday, and now Mayfield won't miss a beat.

The contract, which includes a fifth-year club option, is worth bout $32.68 million fully guaranteed with a $21.85 million signing bonus.

Mayfield returns to Berea after an eventful summer break that included getting engaged to Emily Wilkinson, a trip to Hawaii, working out with teammates such as Tyrod Taylor at USC, and winning an ESPY for the nation's best college athlete.

Promoted to second-team offense during the final week of organized team activities in May, Mayfield has vowed to try to win the starting quarterback job even though Hue Jackson has told him it's Tyrod Taylor's.

"I'm always competitive,'' Mayfield said during rookie camp. "It wouldn't matter what (Jackson) was saying in regards to the competition. I'm still going to compete and try and win that job. So I'm going to listen to him, but I've got to go compete, and first and foremost, I've got to go learn my job.''


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Jackson set the tone right from the start, announcing on draft day that Taylor was his starting quarterback and that he wouldn't hold an open competition in camp. He had enough of the rookie blues his first two seasons, and is committed to a proven veteran after 1-31.

"I'm not going to back off of this," he said during rookie minicamp. "We can keep writing this narrative. Tyrod Taylor's the starting quarterback of this football team, and that won't change."

The fact that Taylor and Mayfield worked out together at USC before camp is a good sign. Mayfield heads in striking the right balance between competing and knowing his place.

"It's not about individuals,'' Mayfield said in May. "They brought him and I in because we're both team-oriented guys. He's the starter, and all I can do is help us out. So when you get a guy like that that helps out a locker room in just the best way possible, he's a grinder. He comes in early. He's the last one to leave, and I can only aspire to be like that.''

During minicamp last month, offensive coordinator Todd Haley echoed Jackson's sentiments that Mayfield isn't ready to supplant Taylor anytime soon.

"He has a long way to go,'' said Haley. "I'd say it's clear that Tyrod is the leader of this team. That is a big component of that position, also.

"Anytime that you're a young player coming into this league, especially a quarterback, it's going to take time. You have a lot of different things that you're dealing with at that position. For him, a guy that has been in the [shot]gun 99 percent of the time, in this division you have to be under center some.

"Whether it's running or play action, those are some of the things that he has really had to work hard at. But I'm happy that we have training camp because young quarterbacks need all of the time they can get."

And now that he's signed and in on time, Mayfield won't miss a rep.

All set for Training Camp.

Never taken a snap in a live pro game and already set for life.

Just need to get Ward under contract and we're good.

great news!

Good, but I wasn't worried about this. TT is our quarterback for now. And maybe longer.

He's supposed to be starting, not backing anybody up as Mayfield is. We REALLY need to get Ward under contract.

That's how I feel... but good to get him in on time... more practice he gets the better...

Fiance bought me a Mayfield jersey Sunday so great timing. Now baker go out and take the starting spot

Why not the 5 year deal? I thought recently that the 1st rounders could be signed to 5 year deals and almost all of them had been.

I thought they were being signed to 4 year deals. And to tell you the truth, I'm glad it wasn't a 5 year deal. I'm not as sold on this guy studding out as some folks are.

1st round contracts are 4 year deals with a team option for a 5th year.

okay good, now get Ward to sign

I have to expect that all of the guys will be signing papers today.
With Mayfield done, everyone else falls into place.

If TT is our starter next year Baker was a bad pick ...

Thats your opinion ... my opinion is it means Baker was a bad pick ... and it has ZERO to do with Barkley to me ...

I dont agree with your take ... u dont agree with mine ...

Yup.

If u insist ...

- TT won’t stud out ... he could get to above average cause the quality of qb’s in this league is so bad ... but he’ll never stud out ... and u know why ... he will improve this year for a bunch of reasons ... the reason he won’t stud out ... ACCURACY ... he has BRUTAL BOUTS OF INNACURACCY ... thats not gonna change bro .... and u know it ...

- lets just say he did stud out or brought us to the SB ... were going to commit to him for a long term contract or franchise him to keep him for another year ... possibly franchise him but Baker should have shown enough by then to make us do a franchise and trade .... are u kidding me .. what he’d be worth after being a ONE HIT WONDER would be worth gold ...

I like TT but he is what he is as a QB ... hes inconsistent accuracy will limit his upside ...

He’s incredibly smart and safe with the football ...

The SB .. come on bro .. ...

TT is/was smart and safe QB on a run football team, lets see what he is able to do in a pass happy offense...

Haley and Landry are the keys....

It has zero to do with Darnold ... its all about TT not studding out and Bakers potential and the fact he’s an old man in terms of a rookie nfl qb ... he’s smart and a hard worker and has a better arm than TT in terms of throwing with zip on the intermediate stuff and he was way more accurate in college and he needs to be ass accurate throwing into the nfl windows ...

Baker best have shown enough to be able to overtake TT by next year ... hes not sitting behind Brett Favre after all ...

I don't believe we're going to see a pass happy offense. I look for a more balanced offense and I'll be happy to see it.

Glad Baker is signed and will be in camp on time.

As PPE said, once the #1 pick is signed the remaining dominoes start falling. Ward should be signing quickly unless offset language becomes an issue.

He signed. Check the Mini Camp thread.

Bleacher is sending my phone a notice that Ward is signed and Ricardo Lewis out for the year (neck)

isn't he like a 62-63% career comp %?

He also doesn't turn the ball over. I haven't watched much of him to be honest, but I don't recall anyone saying he was inaccurate before.

He's streaky. He'll make crazy good throws sometimes and make you wonder who he's throwing to at other times.

The Cleveland Browns and 2018 No. 4 overall draft pick Denzel Ward have agreed to terms on his rookie contract, general manager John Dorsey announced Wednesday. NFL.Com

how much of that do you think that's on him, or just the lack of talent he has played with his whole career? not arguing, asking.

I guess one could attribute it to his surrounding talent but it just seems from what I've seen that it's an accuracy issue. It doesn't appear that he's just throwing the ball away to me. I watch a lot of NFL football. Living in Nashville the only way to see the Browns live every week is the NFL Ticket.

So I DVR a lot of games and watch a lot of them. So I'm just giving you my opinion based on what I've seen. However, Diam sees pretty much every down of the Bills games and he seems to agree with what I see as well. Given that I'm going to have to say that I believe what my eyes have seen is pretty reliable.

I have heard a lot of Bill's fans problems were overthrows downfield sidelines.. out of bounds. They thought the WR was in a position to make catch. Still had an excellent completion % though...

he misses guys open by 15 yards rather consistently. i have seen the guy throw one horrible pass then next guy beats his man by 10 yards, he looks right at the guy and then checks down. Those things have nothing to do with supporting cast. When he starts doing this in camp and preseason, the door opens for Baker. He wasnt ready to compete in mini and OTAs but if he is the guy, I expect him to start making that push by the end of week 2 of camp.

Now if you want to just run the ball and pound it out, use the RPO with TT, and limit his thowing opportunities, We can win with Tyrod in that role.

I’ve watched almost every snap he’s taken in the nfl ... missed a few games last year ... other than that ... every single one ...

His completion % is so high for a few reasons ... its not cause he’s accurate ... i used the words “inconsistent accuracy” together cause thats what he is ... he’s INCONSISTENT ... extremely inconsistent ...

One of the reasons his completion % is over inflated is he throws a ton of short stuff ... he had a great recieving back and not much else in the way of recievers ... thats not a bad thing when u have the shady one ... he also checked down a lot cause he didnt anticipate his recievers open ... that is a real bad thing ...

His numbers will improve here for multiple reasons ... coaching, surronding talent he’s got another year under his belt ... but he’s just never going to be a very accurate QB ...

One thing he really needs to work on is anticipating recievers open and he also needs to trust his recievers more ... he doesn’t throw balls that allow his recievers to make plays ... a poster mentioned above about the balls he throw out of bounds ... thats true ... one of the reasons for that is he is so safe with the ball .. hes going to make sure he throws it out of bounds before he throws it even a smidge inside ...

Hes not a bad QB ... he’s also nothing special ... his accuracy issues will always limit him ...

Looking at his completion % and ASSuming it makes him accurate is exactly why ....

STATS ARE FOR NON WINNERS .... ...

Taylor would need a great year to be our starter next year... I expect that baker will be our starter next year... hoping Taylor has a good year

I find this hilarious:





https://twitter.com/jake_burns18/status/1023273082407059456

LOL! But hey, I'm totally okay with it.