Panthers quarterback Baker Mayfield seems fired up after slaying the Bulls for a 21-0 in the third preseason game this week. The 2018 first-overall pick was confident in challenging his former team Cleveland Browns, to face in the season opener. In fact, the veteran made some bold remarks by venting out his frustration for cutting him loose this offseason. Reacting to his statement, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett came forward with a classy response.

After displaying a great play against the Bills, Baker Mayfield proved himself to be a worthy candidate for the starting position over Sam Darnold. Just after the match, he spoke to the reporters, saying that he was eagerly waiting for the week 1 game, and used cuss words to address the situation.

This took no time for the comment to spread like wildlife, and instantly, Garrett came forward to speak about the issue.

“Talking like that and moving the way he does, it’s worked for him,” he said. “He uses that for fire, for motivation and I think speaking like that helps amp him up,” he added to his explanation.

Moreover, the three-time Pro-Bowler mentioned that he will use this as a motivation to face his former teammate on the other side of the field.

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“It does the same for us as well. We’ll take it, and we’ll use it, and I’m hoping for a great matchup. I don’t think any less of him. Because he’s going out there and doing the same thing he did when he was with us. He’s the same guy personally, and maybe we’ll see a different Baker when we get on the field. Who knows?” he said to the reporters.

What did Baker Mayfield say about facing the Cleveland Browns in week 1?

Everything started falling apart for the former Heisman trophy winner this off-season. Despite putting up some really impressive performances, Mayfield’s former team went in pursuit of Deshaun Watson over him. This left him stranded inside the locker room and no place in the league to set up his base.

But the Carolina Panthers baited him and gave him an opportunity to start for the team. After putting up a good fight this week, Mayfield said, “I’m gonna f–k them up.”

He was talking about facing the Browns in the week 1 game, per the reports of NFL Network’s Cynthia Frelund. He revealed that he wasn’t happy with the way the Browns handled the entire situation with him.

To get this deal done, Mayfield had to make several sacrifices; one of them being his salary. The quarterback took a $3.5 million hit off his salary and made adjustments to his contract. So it becomes an unsaid responsibility for Mayfield to give it back and prove his worth as one of the best signal-callers in the league.

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