Postgame Comments Could Land Baker Mayfield in Hot Water

Baker Mayfield wasn’t too happy after his team’s loss on Sunday, and he knows the loss doesn’t sit solely on the shoulders of the officials who called the game.

That didn’t stop the Cleveland Browns quarterback from calling out the Refs after their 47-42 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium.

“Late in the game … might as well forward the fine letter now. We asked the ref on the sideline how the hell he missed that call,” Mayfield said, via The Athletic’s Zac Jackson. “They were shoving [receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones] out of bounds and then [receiver Rashard Higgins] gets grabbed, so there’s two PIs in one play. They didn’t call it, but we shouldn’t have even been in that position.”

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Here’s Baker’s full answer pic.twitter.com/5nmTVS6LSx

— Zac Jackson (@AkronJackson) October 11, 2021

It’s obvious why Mayfield is upset.

Their final attempt to win the game came down to a last-ditch effort, and there was plenty of contact in the end zone that could have warranted a flag. It was definitely PI.

Watch below:

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I just don’t understand this. Lots of things we could have done better to win this game, but this can’t happen @NFL pic.twitter.com/XQXuysKEaW

— BURNT ORANGE (@BURNTORANGE_CO) October 11, 2021

Still a Hail Mary, and you can’t expect to get any PI calls on a heave ho.

Mayfield and others were also pissed over a pass interference call on fourth down, which set up the Chargers for their game-winning touchdown. Cleveland cornerback A.J. Green was called for interference on a ball directed to Chargers receiver Mike Williams.

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This was called defensive pass-interference on the #Browns. Yikes. pic.twitter.com/zqiJoKlUup

— Jon Doss (@JonDoss) October 10, 2021

That call, Myles Garrett said, was “terrible.”

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#Browns Myles Garrett said the PI call at the end on A.J. Green was 'terrible.'

— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) October 11, 2021

Mayfield acknowledged, it’s not fair to blame just those plays for the loss.

“We left too many points on the field in the first half,” Mayfield said. “It’s very frustrating that we didn’t do our job well enough to just take the ballgame away. We left it in the hands of somebody else. We have to be better on that.”

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Here’s Baker’s full answer pic.twitter.com/5nmTVS6LSx

— Zac Jackson (@AkronJackson) October 11, 2021

You win some you lose some. At the end of the day the refs aren’t the one responsible for the loss. For making bad calls, definitely.

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