While it's clear Baker Mayfield had a lot to do with the resurgence of the Cleveland Browns as a playoff contender, he couldn't get them too deep into the postseason, if at all.
It's been reported that Mayfield, the former 1st round draft pick, has been traded to Carolina for a draft pick. That means Sam Darnold's days in Charlotte are numbered, if they weren't already.
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It may also mean the end of those silly commercials Mayfield did for Cleveland-based Progressive Insurance. At Home With Baker Mayfield was a little too campy at times in its run, so now what does Progressive do, other than have Jon Hamm (ex-Mad Men) hang out with Flo and friends?
However, the trade could come back to bite the Browns, assuming the NFL decides to suspend Deshaun Watson for his off-field sexual harassment allegations. They got Jacoby Brissett as the backup, and he's proven to be a quality starter, so......!
Stay tuned.
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Fox has already said that the USFL will return next year, and they're talking expansion already. Birmingham won the league title on Sunday. At least XFL 3.0, under the direction of Dwayne Johnson, will provide some company.
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We are so not digging the greed coming from Panini as it relates to certain of their sports card brands.
Their Diamond Kings baseball cards, for example, not licensed by Major League Baseball, are being priced at roughly $15 per pack at Walmart. It's greed, plain & simple. They're asking retailers like Walmart and Walgreens to overcharge for their cards at 5 times the basic price for rival Topps. Imagine what will happen once Topps falls under the Fanatics banner in a couple of years.
Who loses? The kids do. So do veteran collectors (like ye scribe). Panini has licenses with the NFL & NBA, Topps/Fanatics has the MLB license.
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Following Saturday's Money in The Bank event on Peacock, WWE's Shotzi (formerly Shotzi Blackheart) was poking fun in a good way toward AEW star and musician Chris Jericho. Unfortunately, online trolls and modern Jericholics forced Shotzi to close her Twitter account, leading fans to be concerned about her mental health. She says she's fine. Wrestling trolls are a sensitive and cowardly lot, perhaps too much of the former, which leads ye scribe to think they don't spend too much time doing anything other than being online during the day when the rest of us are working. Just sayin'.
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