On Saturday night time, the Atlanta Falcons employed former Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski for a similar position.
Stefanski is attempting to place the mess he made with the Browns behind him along with his new enterprise. Nonetheless, a vital mistake he made may come again to hang-out him within the NFC South.
Stefanski and the Browns determined to surrender on quarterback Baker Mayfield through the 2022 offseason after they traded for Deshaun Watson. Mayfield was traded to the Carolina Panthers a yr after the 2018 No. 1 decide led the Browns to a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers within the wild-card spherical for the 2020 season.
After a bumpy pivot with the Panthers and Los Angeles Rams, Mayfield has develop into a offered beginning quarterback within the league, main the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to divisional championships in 2023 and 2024.
Baker Mayfield hasn’t forgotten about Kevin Stefanksi
Mayfield hasn’t forgotten how the Browns handled him, and he nonetheless appears sore about it. Mayfield responded to a submit on X from Atlanta Journal-Structure Falcons beat author D. Orlando Ledbetter. Ledbetter recommended Mayfield “failed” throughout his time and Cleveland and was a part of the “dumpster hearth” of quarterbacks Stefanski was unlucky to should take care of.
Mayfield despatched a fiery response to Ledbetter and Stefanski, saying he could not wait to play the Falcons twice a yr. He claimed Stefanski has not contacted him for the reason that commerce in 2022.
“Failed is kind of the attain pal,” Mayfield wrote. “Nonetheless ready on a textual content/name from him after I obtained shipped off like a chunk of rubbish. Can’t wait to see you twice a yr, Coach.”
