Baker Mayfield remembers the last time he met the Tennessee Titans well. Though not necessarily with fondness…
The Titans destroyed Baker’s Browns in Week 1 of the 2019 season. In the debut game of the Freddie Kitchens regime, Mayfield threw three interceptions and was sacked five times in a 43-13 blowout loss.
The Browns have come a long way since that awful loss some 15 months ago. New coach, new attitude, newfound success. And it’s led by an improved quarterback in Mayfield.
Mayfield was asked about how much the team has changed from the team on the wrong end of the lopsided score to the 8-3 team heading to Nashville on Sunday.
“It is night and day,” Mayfield said in his press conference on Wednesday. “Obviously, staff and personnel on the team, but like we talked about, it starts with culture. A lot of that was the moves in the offseason to create this culture change. We are going to continue to build on it. We are not satisfied whatsoever.”
Mayfield is motivated to have a better showing and lead the team to a well-rounded effort in all phases. He knows it starts with No. 6.
“It starts with me just kind of looking at my game that I can definitely always improve,” Mayfield said. “We have not played a complete game as a team, complementary through and through, but we are improving as the weeks go on and we are improving at the right time. I am going to be hard on myself because these moments here down the stretch are the ones that you have to make every play count, especially in a game like this where it is going to be two strong rushing attacks that you do not know how many series you are going to get. We have to make these counts. We need to keep improving. Sunday is going to be a great matchup.”