Baker Mayfield steals the show at Providence House fundraiser Browns host 23rd annual fundraiser
By Brian Duffy | December 11, 2018 at 11:37 PM EST - Updated December 12 at 5:14 PM
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - It was a night that will be remembered by the people who were there as another moment in the growing legend of Baker Mayfield. Mayfield stole the show at the Providence House Deck the House Auction Benefit, presented by the Cleveland Browns.
“Who has the deep pockets in here," Mayfield asked as he auctioned off dinner with him and his fiancee. When the bidding started, it was dinner for six. By the time Mayfield was done working the crowd, the bidding was well over $40,000, and up to two dinners, which included 20 people.
Mayfield promised the dinner with his new friends would be a night to remember, “If there is one thing I learned in Oklahoma, since there is not much out there, it’s how to have a good time.”
Mayfield may have stolen the show but, the real winners will be the young children that Providence House helps with safe and stable housing.
For 37 years, Providence House has provided a safe landing spot for kids who have parents that may be struggling, “Anything from homelessness to domestic violence or alcohol addiction to a mental health crisis,” said spokesperson Kayla Naticchioni.
Providence House takes in those young kids at no cost to the parents, and it is an expensive proposition.
Can't we let go of the whole "Someone said about Hue" stuff?
It's been 6 weeks. 5 games. It was the right decision for the team to make. It's been over and done with for a month and a half.
Some of us wanted Hue to remain as the coach, with a more talented roster. Others did not. I did. I was wrong. Not the 1st time, and it won't be the last. I challenge anyone to read that statement and not apply it to themselves.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
The whole premise of this thread is ridiculous. Vers was screaming to anyone who listened "Oh, now that Hue is fired we better be lighting it up" and continuously tried to gloat after we lost to the Chiefs.
Now that we're playing good and everyone can see how inept Hue really was, he had to start a new controversy to deflect all the shade being thrown at him.
The more I look back on things, the more I realize that 'inept' is putting things kindly.
One of the points I tried to make in some of these threads was that working with a guy like that on a daily basis can wear on you. It's that push and pull between respecting your boss's authority and doing what's best for the organization.
When the boss doesn't have a clue what he's doing, those under him can act in strange ways. We saw it with Sashi and the flubbed McCarron trade. We saw it with Haley supposedly tanking the offense or whatever.. I highly doubt that's what was actually happening, but I do recognize how Kitchens has done a pretty great job with the offense. We saw it with some of Baker's comments about Hue and calling out one of the talking heads on his Instagram account.
Daily frustration... that is working with an inept boss in a nutshell. Ever since that cloud has been lifted, we see how the players and coaches have performed to their full potential, or at least much closer to it.
Can't we let go of the whole "Someone said about Hue" stuff?
It's been 6 weeks. 5 games. It was the right decision for the team to make. It's been over and done with for a month and a half.
Some of us wanted Hue to remain as the coach, with a more talented roster. Others did not. I did. I was wrong. Not the 1st time, and it won't be the last. I challenge anyone to read that statement and not apply it to themselves.
Been wrong many times myself and try to own it when I can.
Yeah it's probably a good idea to let some of this stuff go. There's still some frustration there, because seasons matter. When it comes down to it, we threw away a season to give a 1-31 coach another shot. Trashing the players and coaches and joining the Bengals a week later is still a little peeving. Not sure what else to say about that.
The best thing I can say is that this extra time has given all of us (and most importantly, John Dorsey) more time to evaluate the situation here. This young and very talented team can grow and showcase itself to potential coaches. It's also a very good lesson in just how important coaching is, especially in a league like the NFL which has so many players, so many moving parts, and frequently such close games. If you can find the guy who can just get that little extra out of players, that is often the difference in this "game of inches".
Baker Mayfield steals the show at Providence House fundraiser Browns host 23rd annual fundraiser
By Brian Duffy | December 11, 2018 at 11:37 PM EST - Updated December 12 at 5:14 PM
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - It was a night that will be remembered by the people who were there as another moment in the growing legend of Baker Mayfield. Mayfield stole the show at the Providence House Deck the House Auction Benefit, presented by the Cleveland Browns.
“Who has the deep pockets in here," Mayfield asked as he auctioned off dinner with him and his fiancee. When the bidding started, it was dinner for six. By the time Mayfield was done working the crowd, the bidding was well over $40,000, and up to two dinners, which included 20 people.
Mayfield promised the dinner with his new friends would be a night to remember, “If there is one thing I learned in Oklahoma, since there is not much out there, it’s how to have a good time.”
Mayfield may have stolen the show but, the real winners will be the young children that Providence House helps with safe and stable housing.
For 37 years, Providence House has provided a safe landing spot for kids who have parents that may be struggling, “Anything from homelessness to domestic violence or alcohol addiction to a mental health crisis,” said spokesperson Kayla Naticchioni.
Providence House takes in those young kids at no cost to the parents, and it is an expensive proposition.
Good stuff. It's another reminder that there's often another side to people than what you see in the media or whatever. Kudos to Baker for helping raise this money for such a good cause.
Can't we let go of the whole "Someone said about Hue" stuff?
It's been 6 weeks. 5 games. It was the right decision for the team to make. It's been over and done with for a month and a half.
Some of us wanted Hue to remain as the coach, with a more talented roster. Others did not. I did. I was wrong. Not the 1st time, and it won't be the last. I challenge anyone to read that statement and not apply it to themselves.
True. But you also didn't call others out, call them names, or continually insult them because they didn't agree with you.
We've all been wrong. Most of us can admit it. Some can't.
One guys is called "refreshing" for speaking his mind in the media. Another guy does the same thing and he is "throwing people under the bus."
The refreshing one is not saying his comments to hurt another person so he can save his job. hes telling people what he thinks is the truth. The other person is throwing crap at a wall trying to get it to stick so someone other than himself.
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One guy gets praised for charity work and another guy gets trashed for not jumping in the lake soon enough when he was raising money for charity.
Any charity work is to be praised. I would suspect that 0-16 had more to do with hue getting "trashed" for jumping in the lake than the actual good it did.
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One guys is said to have "bailed" on his team after he was fired while there is no problem for a guy who leaves his team for an in-conference rival.
One is a kid playing college football who if he didn't play his career may have been over before it ever started. The other was a guy who have 20+ season in the NFL. Who tried to blame every person but himself on national TV for his firing - along with said kid whom if he would have played week 1, he may still had a job. Mayfield went on to win the Heisman and become the fist pick in the draft, Hue has since still not won a football game, and will have coached two teams into last place in the same season.....
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It's also okay for certain posters to trash a member of the Browns multiple times daily for over a year straight, but it's really wrong for other posters to question another member of the Browns.
Stating the glaring obvious that a HC is not a good HC is not "trashing" a HC. its calling him what he is.
Calling someone a jerk that you have never met.....that's trashing.
But go on with your bad self......keep hating playa.
Baker is winning games, Hues a joke of a coach.
I think Diam used to say 1+1=0 with some people. I guess you are holding 0 in your hands.
Why am I reminded of the scene from Groundhog Day ..... where the old lady bids $0.25 for Chris Elliot .....?
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
I have not posted on this thread for quite awhile. I keep reading how I insult posters and call them names. Take a look at the thread and count how many insults I have made and how many have been made towards me. I haven't replied to a certain group of posters for a fairly long time. But, they don't stop.
Are the good posters going to step in and help keep discussion on track or are you going to allow the bullies to rule this board?
The problem is, his take went on for well over a year, and he belittled and roasted anyone that didn't agree with him. Football talk is good. You know full well why he started this thread.
I have not posted on this thread for quite awhile. I keep reading how I insult posters and call them names.
Take a look at the thread and count how many insults I have made and how many have been made towards me. I haven't replied to a certain group of posters for a fairly long time. But, they don't stop.
Are the good posters going to step in and help keep discussion on track or are you going to allow the bullies to rule this board?
This will be my last post on this thread.
Not much discussion to keep going forward since it was about Baker, the bad dude.
I still consider you a friend.....welcome back anytime.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
The problem is, his take went on for well over a year, and he belittled and roasted anyone that didn't agree with him. Football talk is good. You know full well why he started this thread.
I agree Arch, and it pains me. I like Vers. I consider him a friend and always will. I stick by my friends.
I find it painful that when you disagree with them they no longer consider you one of theirs.
It is what it is......nothing has changed here. I still consider Vers a friend, so go easy.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Vance Joseph and the Broncos’ coaching staff gathered in Mobile, Ala., last winter to lead the North Team at the Senior Bowl for an opportunity to coach and evaluate among the nation’s top NFL prospects.
Joseph organized several practices with a 12:30 p.m. start time.
The quarterbacks, though, arrived well before noon.
Baker Mayfield’s idea.
“He grabbed the quarterbacks and they had an hour before we got there (with) footwork and taking snaps from center,” Joseph said. “Those things that he wasn’t very good at, he worked on every single day. You could see it right away that he wants to be a great player.”
Few predicted the Browns would select Mayfield with the No. 1 overall pick four months later and even fewer expected Cleveland’s playoff chances to be mathematically alive with three games left at 5-7-1. But little doubt surrounds Mayfield’s star potential as he faces off against his former Senior Bowl coaching staff Saturday night at Mile High. The Broncos are at full attention.
“When you look at him on film you’re like, ‘This guy is a baller,’” safety Su’a Cravens said. “He goes out there and doesn’t care what any defense does. He has that swagger of: ‘I’m going to make these throws. Go ahead and treat me like a rookie if you want to.’ ”
Mayfield’s transition from Oklahoma Sooners’ Heisman-winning quarterback to No. 1 pick took a significant step at the Senior Bowl with ESPN calling Mayfield, “the most comfortable running the offense, and he also showed the most consistency with the biggest variety of throws.” The Broncos, one month after signing quarterback Case Keenum to a two-year, $36 million deal, brought Mayfield in for an April workout at UCHealth Training Center including dinner with team brass. However, any possibility of landing Mayfield ended with the Browns’ top selection.
“I really enjoyed working with all of those (Broncos) guys on the offensive side and Coach Joseph,” Mayfield said. “How detailed they were, how they wanted to get us better and help us learn different things. To kind of give us a new perspective on a different offense that we hadn’t worked with before. I really enjoyed it.”
Added Joseph: “I knew that he had the arm talent to (be the No. 1 pick) and the football IQ. After the first (Senior Bowl) install, he could’ve taught the offense.”
Mayfield’s rookie season can be broken in two parts: before and after the firing of coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Under the old regime, Mayfield completed 58.3 percent of his throws at 6.6 yards per attempt, eight touchdowns, six interceptions and a 78.9 quarterback rating. With interim coach Gregg Williams and Freddie Kitchens running the offense, Mayfield’s completion percentage is up to 73.2 with 9.2 yards per pass, 11 touchdowns, four interceptions and a 114.5 passer rating.
An uptick made possible with increased participation from Mayfield in game-planning, Williams said, with scheme and play-calling directly reflecting Mayfield’s strengths utilizing weapons like running back Nick Chubb (5.3 yards per carry and eight touchdowns) and wide receiver Jarvis Landry (69 receptions for 791 yards). It has given Mayfield increased confidence and flexibility making calls at the line of scrimmage, plus adding shades of what made him must-see TV in college.
“I try and give my perspective on some different things, a little twist or turn here and there of what I’ve done in the past and how to teach it to the receivers,” Mayfield said. “Those are the things that I do, but we’re not running just our Oklahoma offense, it’s a combination of what I’ve done in the past, what Freddie Kitchens does and our old system we had installed at the beginning of the year.”
Mayfield’s moxie has impressed many in the Broncos’ locker room.
“I’ve always liked Baker, even in college,” running back Phillip Lindsay said. “You’ve got to admire someone like that and especially at the quarterback position. I can’t wait to talk with him after the game, but during the game, he’s gonna have to watch out because (Bradley) Chubb, Von (Miller) and the defense, they’re not playing around.
“It’s about that time to go out there and get us a win.”
High praise from another coach (although, I realize they kinda have to say that) ... but there's no doubt Baker is SMART, a LEADER and someone who has "it"
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
I think lost in all this, is that Baker's personality and character are some of the reasons teams wanted to draft him as high as he went. I don't know that many teams had negative things to say about Baker heading into the draft.
I wanted darnold I thought he had the SKILL to win here (fight on) but my on the record dawgtalkers take was that Baker was the only other guy that could do it - he had the WILL
I wasn’t a hater (that’s just not me anyway) but wasn’t a fan either - now I’m a fan
Agreed. With all the work he's done for the special olympics, his leadership qualities on and off the field, raising money for charity, and now this secret santa thing.
The Browns are in good hands and have a quarterback we can be proud of.
Where's BakerBrown at? That guy should post more often. Him and the other Baker/OU fan whose name escapes me at the moment.
Problem is that he's not a person.. he's a cyborg. Sent here from the future by the grandson of a current Browns fan who wants his grandfather to see the Browns have some success.. he just hasn't kicked in the real future cyborg sh*t yet because he doesn't want it to look unbelievable.
Problem is that he's not a person.. he's a cyborg. Sent here from the future by the grandson of a current Browns fan who wants his grandfather to see the Browns have some success.. he just hasn't kicked in the real future cyborg sh*t yet because he doesn't want it to look unbelievable.
Hey Vers I have really enjoyed the time I have spent listening to you this year. Your insights are excellent on football But the thing that stands out about mayfield good side is this he auctioned dinners with him and his wife or girlfriend and had that money donated to charities Also tentitled trust fund kids of which I am one of do not in any ways work at his job as hard as he obviously does.. Any ways thank you for a great year
BAKER MAYFIELD & FIANCEE Dinner Dates Auctioned Off RAISE $96K FOR CHARITY!!
How much would you pay to grab dinner with one of the hottest young couples in sports??
For 3 lucky (and rich) Cleveland Browns fans ... we're told the answer is a whoppin' $32,000 each for a night out with Baker Mayfield and Emily Wilkinson ... and it's all for charity!!
The Browns stud and his fiancee were the hot item at the Providence House's Deck the House auction event on Tuesday night ... with their dinner date starting a fierce bidding war.
The original plan was to auction 1 dinner ... but when the price started to skyrocket, Baker agreed to 3 separate evenings out -- ultimately raising $96,000.
FYI -- the Providence House is a crisis nursery that protects at-risk children and families in crisis ... and the couple has been very passionate about the cause ... spending time with the kids at a recent visit a few weeks ago.
We're told Baker was the star of the night ... and even tried his hand at auctioning off some of the items.
On top of the dinner dates ... Baker's game-worn cleats went for another $14k!!
Bake also got in on the action ... bidding $9,250 to win a purple guitar autographed by PRINCE!!
No word on who's gonna pick up the tab at these dinner dates ... but we got a hunch.
I personally feel that when you raise over $100,000 for charity, you can get away with some on-field theatrics and gamesmanship. Others may disagree.
They can be mutually exclusive u know .... *LOL* ....
He’s got a great heart ... great kid that gets it ...
And bro ... what he does is inmature IMO ... so in the grand scheme of things ... its no biggie ... really ... well other than throwing the football at someone’s back ... that could be dangerous especially if it hits in the head or neck area ... and what if they turn around mid-flight and it hit them in the face ...
With that said ... the fact u think the good things he does gives him “more rope” than others lends right into the ENTITLED ATHELETE mentality we all dislike so much ...
DISCLAIMER: I SUPPORT BAKE and am THRILLED he is our QB ... i think he’s human and has faults like all of us and IMO he does some inmature things .... THE HORROR ... *LOL* ...
Just curious .... where did u fall PRE-DRAFT on Bake’s issues in college? ... sometimes were all hypocrites .... i just dont happen to be on this topic as i called his antics inmature then also ... i have NO CLUE where u stood on the “incidents” before the draft ... crap .. a few were competing him to JFF ... that was just BLIND IGNORANCE ... they were NOTHNG alike in COLLEGE ...
And thank god that carried over on to the football field in the NFL ...
Outside of the Buckeyes, I don't follow college football that closely.
Interestingly enough, I did see Baker Mayfield light up the Buckeyes and Sam Darnold falter vs them, and I ended up on the Darnold train anyway. Guess I talked myself out of what my eyes told me.
For some reason, I didn't view Mayfield as a serious possibility for the #1 pick. I think I got too far away from the numbers/analytics, because I had the mistaken idea that it was Sashi Brown who was mainly responsible for 0-16 instead of the real cause-- Clueless Hue.
I must have defaulted to more traditional evaluations, where height, stature, and hand size are supposed to be major determinants of a quarterback's quality.
I'm sure he had his faults leading up to the draft. I didn't look too deeply into them. For example, the throwing a football at someone's back-- I don't know the context of it. If it's something that could have led to injury, I agree-- not cool. Running from the cops, same thing.
I will say this, nothing he's done since he's been a member of the Cleveland Browns has given me any such uneasy feelings. I'm glad he speaks his mind and will call out the occasional person who needs to be called out.
One of the unfortunate realities of modern society is that there is an ever-dwindling amount of people who have a zest for life, who can be themselves and not have to apologize for it. Baker is one of those people and I respect him for that. I do not wish for him to change!
I am old enough to remember another brash guy who in the beginning was far from popular his name then was Cassius Clay.
Personally as long as they don't commit crimes and are not way out there; I don't care. As long as they can back it up with play on the field.
Rodgers did his belt thing. Others do all kinds of stuff. I come from the Jim Brown, Barry Sanders era of hand the ball to the ref. Be humble and let your play speak.
But I have grown to accept all crap I see.
If you ball that is all I care about.
Clearly Baker is a guy who stirs the drink. Just win baby.
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