The Cleveland Browns have been injected with new life after the arrival of 2018 first overall draft selection Baker Mayfield. Mayfield has seemingly set the world ablaze Authentic Maurice Canady Jersey , leading Cleveland to their first win in nearly two years over the New York Jets two weeks ago - going 17-for-23 (73.91% completion percentage) with 201 yards. This week, he will have to take on the second-ranked defense in the NFL, the Baltimore Ravens. Baltimore is currently 14-2 against rookie quarterbacks during John Harbaugh’s tenure. Though Mayfield has been able to throw for over 200 yards in both games that he’s played, the Ravens have held opponents to just 193.2 passing yards per game. This test will not be easy for him and he realizes that. ”Obviously very talented, physical, they come up and intimidate you, try to hit you, set the tone for the whole game,” Mayfield said of Baltimore’s defense in Wednesday’s conference call. “But then on top of that, they’re just good at what they do. They trust their guys are going to be in the right spots. They trust the guys on the outside and they allow the defensive line and linebackers to make plays because of that.”As stated previously, Mayfield is no ordinary rookie. In the Browns last game against the Raiders on Sunday, Mayfield went 21-for-41 (51.22%) with 295 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. He also fumbled the ball twice. If you adjust his stats to include the 13 drops that his team has had in his two games — Mayfield would be 51-for-64 (79.69%) with over 600 yards through the air. Despite this, head coach Hue Jackson has told him to keep an eye out for Baltimore’s defense. ”I think just with how the defense is, they set the tone Womens John Brown Jersey ,” said Mayfield. “He talked about how they’re the leader of the team, how they want to take control of the game, they want to be physical -- stuff like that. I think he just spread the message on what their mindset is — what their mentality is and that’s important for us to realize that.”Mayfield will also be competing against some of his fellow Oklahoma alumni. Ravens safety Tony Jefferson has been a friend to him, although they never played together with the Sooners. They have talked and engaged in friendly banter through texts. ”Mostly just teaming up against the University of Texas, stuff like that,” Mayfield said of the content of his texts with Jefferson. “Tony is a great guy. [It’s] been great talking to him — getting little pieces of advice throughout my process. But now, [it’s] just talking to him, wishing him good luck — just friendly trash talk — nothing more than that.”Mayfield had two teammates on offense with Oklahoma that joined him in the AFC North. Offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. and tight end Mark Andrews have been some of Mayfield’s closest comrades on and off of the field. ”I talk to them a couple of times a week,” Mayfield said about Brown Jr. and Andrews. “Those are two of my best friends and two of the best teammates I ever had. So, I’m looking forward to seeing them on Sunday. But the message is definitely mutual, that it’s going to be competitive. Everybody here wants to win, so it will be great, but then we’ll be friends after.”Andrews specifically has broken out through his first four NFL games. With 10 receptions for 119 yards and a touchdown, the 22-year old tight end has garnered a 73.4 Pro Football Focus grade - ranking eighth among all tight ends and number one among rookies at his position. His former college quarterback expected this type of play from him all along.”Obviously, he’s a very Womens Hayden Hurst Jersey , very big dude,” said Mayfield of Andrews. “He’s 6-5. I think he’s about 260, but he can run. I think it’s the size plus the talent — which normally you don’t get that mixture -- so he’s blessed with that. And then, his football I.Q. is something that people didn’t realize until you sit down and talk with him. He’s a guy that realizes what you want to accomplish on offense and then when you mix that with how talented he is, that’s a dangerous duo.”The 23-year old quarterback has seen a great deal of turmoil in the receivers room. Corey Coleman demanded a trade after being demoted on the depth chart, which was chronicled on HBO’s Hard Knocks. Coleman would be traded to the Buffalo Bills before the season. Josh Gordon was then traded to the New England Patriots on September 17 after he injured his hamstring in an off-the-field event and “wasn’t himself”.He still has a bevy of formidable receivers in the form of Jarvis Landry (24 receptions, 312 yards and one touchdown), Rashard Higgins (13 receptions and 178 yards), Antonio Callaway (10 receptions, 155 yards and one touchdown) and tight end David Njoku (14 receptions and 112 yards). The talent surrounding him — Mayfield believes — has and will shape the type of quarterback that he is.“You can have all of the talent in the world at quarterback, but if you don’t understand your receivers and you’re unable to adapt to the way they run routes, their catching abilities, then that all goes out the window,” Mayfield said. “So, being able to see how they run Authentic Tony Jefferson Jersey , how talented they are and kind of adapt to what their skill set is, is the most important thing and they’ve made my job very easy. “Obviously, Jarvis [Landry] is one of the best receivers in the league and we’re hoping Callaway takes right in his footsteps and follows him along.” Football purists are smiling. For one week, the video game nature of the NFL hit pause.Only one quarterback on Saturday or Sunday threw for 300 yards, let alone 400. No pinball shootouts.Ten players rushed for at least 100 yards, and Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson went for 95. There were two shutouts!Quite the reality check to learn that strong defense, an efficient ground game, and control of the clock still can win. Yes, some nasty weather in Baltimore and the New Jersey Meadowlands contributed to the lower number of points. We figure to see more of that over the final two weeks of the schedule; it is December, after all.These developments, if they aren't an aberration, could bode well for such teams as Baltimore, Chicago, Seattle — which actually was upset at San Francisco — and Dallas, which also lost http://www.ravenscheapstores.com/nick-boyle-jersey-cheap , blanked at Indianapolis. They could be bad news for the high-scoring machines whose defenses are leaky, including previously considered powerhouses in Kansas City, New England and Pittsburgh."You've got to stay on the field on offense," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Sunday after a wet 20-12 victory against Tampa Bay. "If you do that, you have a chance to generate some points."And yards. Baltimore rushed for 242 of them on 49 attempts. Unheralded rookie Gus Edwards finished with 104. Jackson averaged 5.3 yards per rush and the Ravens are 4-1 since he replaced injured Joe Flacco as starter."He makes you play 11-on-11 football instead of 11 on 10," Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said of Jackson, the 32nd overall pick in April's draft. "We had him wrapped up a couple of times and he squirted out of there and was able to extend plays."Ah yes, 11-on-11 football. Not the flag football, 44-40 variety that excites fantasy fanatics, but the balanced game in which solid tackling, crunching blocks and a variety of strategies are paramount.As the playoffs approach, the supersonic offenses could sputter. Teams primarily relying on them should know they might need to win man against man in the trenches, rule in a slugfest rather than in a points spree.Of the division leaders, the Saints and possibly the Rams own that balance, though neither is as physical as Tavon Young Jersey , say, the Cowboys,Bears or Seahawks. But the clubs unlikely to light up scoreboards also know if they can establish the tempo with their ground games and their stingy defenses — and an attitude that no opponent will intimidate them — they can be valid contenders in January.Two of those clubs took a step backward on Sunday. Still, the Cowboys figure to win the NFC East and the Seahawks aren't likely to blow a wild-card spot. Rather than panic after their defeats — Seattle's loss against the lowly 49ers being the more problematic — they'll go back to what they do best.Because they have confidence in what they do best, which helped them turn around 2018 after slow starts."We didn't give ourselves a chance," Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said. "We weren't scoring and so it wasn't a complementary game of football. That's what we've been playing these last five weeks and we didn't do that tonight."Heading into December, the prevailing view was that a prolific offense was a necessity to win the NFL championship. People became enamored of the fireworks the Rams, Saints, Chiefs and Chargers could provide.Now, with two weeks left in the schedule, it's becoming clear that asymmetry isn't such a great thing. Maybe some of the clubs who are showing they feature balanced game plans and approaches and talent — say Houston, Chicago, Indianapolis and the Chargers — should be reckoned with as much as New Orleans and Kansas City and the Rams.
