Breaking down Baker Mayfield’s record-setting 1st half vs. the Titans

Mayfield and the Browns posted several first-half records in Tennessee

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Baker Mayfield has heard the criticism. He is acutely aware of the missed throws and blown opportunities that have pockmarked an otherwise solid season for the Browns quarterback.

He had no such problems in Tennessee against the Titans in the first half of Sunday’s game. In fact, Mayfield had one of the best halves of football in Cleveland Browns history.

Mayfield’s line at halftime:

20 completions on 25 attempts, 290 yards, 4 TDs, 0 INTs, QB Rating of 154.6

Now factor in that one of those incompletions was a perfect throw that should have been a touchdown but rookie wideout Donovan Peoples-Jones dropped it. Two others were intentional throwaways to avoid negative plays. Peoples-Jones redeemed himself with a 75-yard catch-and-run that was perfectly executed, too.

Oh yeah, Mayfield also caught a pass from Jarvis Landry.

The Browns scored on each of their first six offensive possessions. They’ve never topped scoring on the first five possessions in the expansion era.

In the process, Mayfield became the first Browns quarterback since Otto Graham to throw four touchdowns in the first half of a game. It’s been almost 70 years since the Hall of Famer pulled that off.

The 38 points the Browns scored before halftime are a franchise record. So are the 344 net yards of offense.