11:02 am | November 28, 2018 | Go to Source | Author:
BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said Wednesday he has no regrets over calling former coach Hue Jackson “fake,” and snapped back at those who questioned his maturity.
“People get maturity confused with me being 100 percent comfortable in my own skin,” Mayfield said. “So that’s absolutely how I am. I’ve always been that way. It’s not immature. It’s me being exactly who I am every day being that same guy for our team and I think that’s very important right now.”
Mayfield acknowledged that he referred to Jackson as “fake,” but declined to explain why.
“There were just things that happened inside the building that I’m not going to get into detail with,” Mayfield said Wednesday. “It’s in-house information.”
Jackson has not been available to the media since Mayfield said Sunday that he took it personally that Jackson had joined the Bengals coaching staff after being fired by the Browns. After ESPN’s Damien Woody criticized Mayfield on First Take, Mayfield shot back with his Instagram comment.
Mayfield’s brother Matthew later followed up with more criticism of Jackson, saying he was “uniquely and statistically bad at his job.”
Mayfield acknowledged that he understands it’s tough to put the word fake in the public realm without elaborating, but still declined to say more.
“I get it,” he said, “but I don’t have to go into details. That’s how it works.”
Mayfield said he’s going to state his opinion, he always has and nobody should be surprised when he does.
“People took it as me personally attacking Hue,” he said. “That’s not it. It’s the fact that I get to have my own opinion on how (the move to Cincinnati) transpired, and he gets to do what he wants. That’s how it is.
“Although I’m an athlete, I’m not a cookie-cutter quarterback. Never have been, never will be. I speak my mind. That’s how I am. I didn’t like the move and people don’t have to care.
“I’m not looking for anybody’s approval. I don’t regret any of it.”
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