Baker Mayfield discovered his name close by Cleveland Browns sovereignty during the principal half of Sunday’s Week 13 game against the Titans. Mayfield turned into the main Browns quarterback since Otto Graham in 1951 to toss four scores in the principal half of a game. Graham, a Hall of Fame quarterback who drove the Browns to three NFL titles, tossed four first-half scores in Cleveland’s 49-28 triumph over the Chicago Cardinals on December 2, 1951.
In the first half of Sunday’s game against the Titans, Mayfield hurled score passes to Jarvis Landry, Kendall Lamm, Donovan Peoples-Jones and Rashard Higgins, as the Browns leaped out to a 31-7 lead. Mayfield then coordinated the Browns on another scoring drive not long before halftime to stretch out Cleveland’s lead to 38-7.
The Browns’ 38 focuses in the most for a first half in establishment history. Mayfield, who went 20-of-25 for 290 yards passing in the primary half, is only one score away from coordinating his own establishment record for score passes in a game. Mayfield tossed five scores in Cleveland’s Week 7 win over Cincinnati.
Mayfield’s success this season is one motivation behind why the 8-3 Browns are 30 minutes from securing their first winning record since 2007. The No. 1 by and large pick in the 2018 draft, Mayfield has tossed 21 scores against only seven capture attempts this season.
He has additionally been helped by a Browns running match-up that highlights Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt, who are poised to turn into the eighth pair of colleagues in NFL history to both run for more than 1,000 yards in a similar season. The Browns have likewise observed consistent improvement from their guard, as protective end Myles Garrett (9.5 sacks entering Sunday’s down) has driven a unit that is right now ninth in the class in hurrying and red zone productivity.
Not exclusively are the Browns attempting to post simply their third winning record since getting back to the NFL in 1999, they are likewise hoping to make the end of the season games unexpectedly since 2002. Cleveland has not dominated a playoff game since 1994, when Bill Belichick’s group defeated the Patriots in the special case round.