Reason Behind Mayfield, Kevin Stefanski’s Soured Relationship Revealed

Baker Mayfield  and his former head coach Kevin Stefanski were already on the outs long before he ever got traded.

Mayfield and Kevin Stefanski had some issues last season, with glimpses of the discord showing up in different ways. Mayfield talked about needing better protection schemes and Stefanski’s playing calling seemed to put the QB in make-or-break situations at times. Jason Lloyd of The Athletic detailed some of the problems behind the scenes between the two.

All of them led to “a quarterback who didn’t trust his coach and a coach who didn’t trust his quarterback.”

Via Athletic:  

“Stefanski missed a meeting so he could meet with Myles Garrett privately. Mayfield had a problem with that which led to “a glaring spotlight” to be shown on the QB during film sessions from that day forward.

Lloyd may have made the strongest statement yet about Mayfield’s presence in the locker room:

Mayfield was widely viewed as childish and immature. His behavior annoyed teammates and divided the locker room. He was often difficult to coach.”

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Just getting to this…excellent look at (another) turbulent tenure for a Browns quarterback, and the next one isn’t off to such a good start either. My man ⁦@ByJasonLloyd⁩ with the details https://t.co/7Ru98Urz0f

— Joe Vardon (@joevardon) July 8, 2022

Baker Mayfield is now on to Carolina where he has a chance to turn things around. Perhaps the divorce will be best for all involved as it seems the relationship between coach and quarterback was beyond fixing.

Hopefully Baker doesn’t butt heads with his new head coach…

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