 today does feel like a big football day in New York. Why? Because there was a GQ interview with Baker Mayfield, in which he was quoted as saying that he, quote, cannot believe the Giants pick Jones' six overall, and that it, quote, blows his mind. After the writer, Clay Skipper, told Mayfield, it's seen that scouts can't accurately predict who will be a good quarterback. Mayfield is, forget it. You've got to win, and then goes on to say a player has, quote, a history of winning and being that guy for your team, or you don't, implying that Daniel Jones' 17 and 19 record at Duke doesn't make him really a capable winner. Mayfield, though, then jumped on an Instagram post later today and said, this is not what I said. Just so we're clear, I also said I was surprised I got drafted number one, then was talking about the flaws and evaluated quarterbacks where I brought up winning, being important. Reporters and media will do anything to come up with a clickbait story, heard nothing but good things and wish nothing but the best for Daniel. Of course, people still got very excited. For the sake of argument, I'm not saying I don't believe Baker's walk back, maybe it is true, I don't know. Writers often who are writing a story in which it's a feature like that, they don't have to go face the guy again the next day, so if they take it a little bit out of context, it's not the same as when you were covering the Knicks and you'd have to walk in the locker room the next day. So you never know, that could be slightly out of context. I'm willing to guess the truth somewhere in the middle. He probably did say some other nice things about Jones that didn't get included because they weren't interesting and he probably did say, I can't believe they picked him that high. And guess what, is that a big surprise? Well, because of a couple of series in the pre-season, everyone now goes, oh, of course you should have picked him that high? We're just changing the story right away. Why are people surprised by this? I don't think it should be a surprise. What we're surprised is that Baker Mayfield is that guy. Why would he be surprised by that? What I'm saying is that the surprise is him saying something like that about another player in the league when you haven't reached the status that, look, Baker has a lot to say. I think we've learned that about him. We knew that about him when he played in college and he clearly believes that the world needs to hear everything he has to say. He has an opinion and he's not afraid to share it. This used to be a, he's got a chip on his shoulder. He's a small town kid who nobody believed in, always gonna have to defy the odds. Something about, what makes him like this is what makes him good. But now we've kind of reached the point of arrogance, I think, with him, where he'll say anything. And that might have been a moment where, as I think it was described, he's with the writer. There was something on Sports Center that inspired him just to, he wasn't asked about Daniel Jones. Like let's make that clear. It wasn't as if he was asked directly what do you think of Daniel Jones. He saw him on Sports Center and then just kind of off the cuff was like, I can't believe they drafted him. Right. You know, and that sort of was a reaction and the writer probably was like, well, there's some gold. Right. And took it and knew, of course, because it's New York, it's going to catch fire as it has. And it also gets the story that you clicked that you wanted to get. But that's all comes back to Baker though. And that's the awareness of probably not something you need to be saying. But he has an opinion on things and he's not afraid to share them. In fact, I think he believes that people want his opinion. Not only that. People want to know what he's thinking. But we all know he's got a lot of nozzle in him too. Of course, come on. But that's my point. Right. So we could play this game though, however. And I'm curious again from the fans who are upset about this, 800-993-776, is how many of them now want to take on Baker Mayfield? And how dare you say that about Rookie quarterback? Because I think we can play this game called Who Said It. And we can use the quote like, I can't believe they drafted him that high. And then choice A is Baker Mayfield said this. Choice B is most Giants fans said this. Choice C, all of the above. Exactly. I'll go all of the above. That's what I mean. So let's not be stunned that something like this was said. What I'm kind of taken aback by is a guy going into his second year has a lot to say and not necessarily has a lot of accomplished yet. So that's the stuff I think people warn you about. It's the karma thing. It's like, you know, worry about your own game. There's enough there to keep you busy. Now, Freddie Kitchens weighed in. Oh, head coach in Cleveland first year. Why not? Let's hear from the coach. No, I don't have any comments. It's, I think you probably need to go back and look. And you know, he's got the ability to decide what everyone wants. But that was during the draft when that was going on. I mean, he's a football fan also. So I don't really have any comment for it. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't. So it's nothing against Daniel Jones. It's just, he was talking, you know? I think he did have something to say about it though. He was also asked if the Browns bullseye is growing. We don't care. We don't care. All right, it's already on there. So it doesn't matter. We'll be ready to play. I don't know what a bullseye is. I don't know what that is. Anybody know? Anybody know what a bullseye is? If they're not trying to beat our, we're not trying to beat their, I don't know what else you do. Because that's what we're gonna try to do. Hopefully they try to do the same. I'm gonna tell you one thing now. Let's coach me, coach Kitchens. I already made a Garandam tee. If anyone runs their mouth in this locker room and talks to the media, I said I was gonna kill them. And now I gotta kill somebody. Who's it gonna be? Who wants to tangle with old Freddie K? There's something about Freddie Kitchens that is just wild, crazy man. He's one not to weigh from killing somebody. He does sound like he's wearing a cowboy hat when he's speaking. There's just something very... I don't know, what's a bullseye? What's a bullseye? Only bullseye sees right in your face. Now I'm gonna take these pants off. Coach, coach, calm down. Coach, he does sound a little triggered, doesn't he? He does. Like all of a sudden, you feel there's a bullseye, and you think, why, why would there be a bullseye? Why wouldn't there be a bullseye? Like he got real triggered real fast about that, which again suggests that this bothers him. If somebody said to you, do you think there's a bullseye on your team? And he just was like, oh, I would hope so. You know, just kind of plainly just says it. Yeah, I mean, I'm... There's a bullseye in everyone's head. Every team we're playing this year, we have a bullseye on them. But he sounded triggered by it. This is good. Look, this Browns thing is interesting. Besides the fact that those guys, especially O'Dell, we'll get to that in a minute, can't stop talking about the Giants and can't stop talking about New York, I feel like this Brown season, which seems to have a lot of, there's a lot of interest in this team because A, the franchise has been epically bad for so long that Baker is an outspoken quarterback who's a Heisman winner who played well. And then you add O'Dell to the mix. And there's a lot of anticipation for this team, but I wonder if this is gonna be one of those things where they are compelling to a point where they might be more compelling if this whole thing just blows up on them. Because there's a lot of emotions and a lot of egos being crammed into this team and now a lot of attention. And when there's a lot of attention and emotion and egos put that into a drink, it's toxic. So that's the second thing I'll ask to everyone is expectations for the Cleveland Browns. Do you think they're gonna win the AFC North? And there will be, you make a really good point. I mean, Baker Mayfield talks a lot. And last year, things went really well. They had zero expectations. And they exceeded the mull. Easy to talk. They were seven, eight and one. They easily could have been nine and seven. They were, there were a couple of games. They lost heartbreakingly, bad field goal kicking, et cetera. So they had no expectations. They exceeded the mull. Remember, they fire the coach and then he starts making face, right? Like he and Hugh had that altercation or not really an altercation. He was calling him, I get a rookie and he's being brash. This year's different. This year it's all expectation. There's something about it. You could argue, like you won athletes who are personable, personality, who are willing to say things instead of being boring. Like what was Daniel Jones' reaction to what Baker Mayfield said? Quote, I think he's a great player. He can throw it and I enjoy watching him play. I know. That's a direct quote. You know, so do you prefer that? He can throw it. Or someone that's got, you know, you enjoy watching him play. You know, there's some entertainment to this player, but there's also something to be said about speaking up too soon. You and I talked the other day about something that wasn't sports related and it's sort of like when you're young and you're a fast riser, you still have to show some humility. It's still very important to show some humility and not walk in and look at the generation ahead of you and say, you guys don't know what you're doing. We're here to clean up your mess. Like, you know, don't start acting like that. And I think Baker's got a lot of that in him where he's got a lot to say and he feels like everybody wants to hear it.