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2018 Draft: Magnets, Mayfield and the Browns’ Big Secret
Do you want to know how to keep a secret? Inside the draft room of the Cleveland Browns, on the MAM (Morning After Mayfield), I found out a couple ways GM John Dorsey kept the identity of the first pick under wraps for the draft season. My favorite: Dorsey and a contingent of scouts and coaches spent the week of March 19 visiting four quarterbacks—in order, Josh Rosen, Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield and Josh Allen. They dined with Rosen on Monday, worked him out Tuesday, dined with Darnold on Tuesday, etc.
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They hosted Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield in Colorado last week, and Keenum indirectly walked in on a lunch meeting between John Elway and Mayfield . Elway sat alone at one table with Mayfield , conversing. Walking through the salad bar at the time: Case Keenum .
Case Keenum walked into an unwelcoming scene in the Denver Broncos’ cafeteria. “The Cardinals don’t like Baker Mayfield . They love him. That’ s a good thing, because John Elway If Keenum saw the meeting of Elway and Mayfield (and Keenum said he hasn’t seen Mayfield around the facility)
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Case Keenum had a career season with the Minnesota Vikings in 2017, bringing them within a game of the Super Bowl. The Vikings let Keenum walk in free agency in favor of Kirk Cousins.
While Keenum landed with Denver on a two-year deal, the Broncos have made it no secret that they will consider a quarterback with the No. 5 pick in the draft.
They hosted Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield in Colorado last week, and Keenum indirectly walked in on a lunch meeting between John Elway and Mayfield.
Baker Mayfield will start third on Browns’ depth chart
Baker Mayfield was the No. 1 overall draft choice, but the Oklahoma quarterback will start his career No. 3 on the depth chart. Coach Hue Jackson told reporters in Cleveland that the Browns will list Tyrod Taylor and Drew Stanton ahead of Mayfield, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Jackson reiterated that [ more ]Coach Hue Jackson told reporters in Cleveland that the Browns will list Tyrod Taylor and Drew Stanton ahead of Mayfield, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Jackson reiterated that Taylor is the starter for 2018, adding the Browns will resist the temptation to throw Mayfield into the fire “too soon.
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Denver Broncos general manager John Elway speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Feb. And it wasn’t all on Case ,” said Elway , who obviously feels empathy for Keenum ’ s failure, but didn’t feel so badly it prevented Denver from
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MMQB's Peter King detailed the scene (while predicting that Arizona trades for Denver's pick):
Call this hunch the Won't Get Fooled Again Pick. I've always thought a segment of the Cardinals had regrets over the 2017 draft when, with a 37-year-old quarterback (Carson Palmer) possibly in his last year, they were leap-frogged by teams that took Pat Mahomes and Deshaun Watson one and three picks ahead of them. Plus, the Cardinals don't like Baker Mayfield. They love him. That's a good thing, because John Elway likes him a lot too. Interesting strange-bedfellows scene at the Broncos' cafeteria during Mayfield's on-campus visit. Elway sat alone at one table with Mayfield, conversing. Walking through the salad bar at the time: Case Keenum.
Agent: Patriots might’ve traded up for Baker Mayfield at No. 2
The Cleveland Browns selected Baker Mayfield with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2018 NFL Draft, and the Oklahoma quarterback will be focused on turning around the franchise. But if Mayfield hadn’t gone first, the New England Patriots had interest in making a jaw-dropping move for the signal-caller.During an appearance on a podcast with Andrew Brandt, Mayfield’s agent Jack Mills said they knew the New York Jets at No. 3 would be the “bottom line” but had heard of a potential trade-up by the Patriots.“We had another team — which is gonna surprise you — another team had said you may get a big surprise on draft day at No.
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Les Levine and Bud Shaw discuss the significance of Case Keenum ' s role to the 2020 Cleveland Browns. Watch More Sports & Les Levine Monday-Friday live from
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After what happened in Minnesota, nothing about the NFL's business is going to surprise Keenum. But man, there's not much that will ruin an appetite more than spotting your boss interviewing your replacement five weeks after getting hired.
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