Browns QB Baker Mayfield says loss to Chiefs ‘should sting’
The Cleveland Browns narrowly fell to the defending AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs.
Cleveland held the lead throughout the contest, but a pair of fourth-quarter miscues prevented an impressive season opener win. As the Browns head into Week 2 action against the Houston Texans, quarterback Baker Mayfield voiced plenty of confidence in his team.
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“I think there’s a fine line of walking, you know, beating yourself up about it and then realizing there’s 16 more. And I think we should beat ourselves up about it because we feel like we should have won that game, but there’s 16 more,” Mayfield said, via Daryl Ruiter of 92.3 The Fan. “This one should sting, and you need to learn from it because we had that game, and we gotta close it out.
“So I think there’s a fine line of walking that, and my message to them was, you know what? We’re going to be really good if we just do our jobs and continue to be efficient and move the chains and help out our defense by staying on the field.”
Mayfield holds much reason to voice confidence in his team as they performed quite well. He may not have passed for a touchdown, but he completed 21-of-28 passes for 321 yards. Meanwhile, the Browns’ two-headed running game attack of Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt racked up 126 of the 153 total team rushing yards.
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It was discouraging to fall to a loss, but Mayfield and his teammate have a promising outlook ahead in the 2021 season.
