BEREA, Ohio — Baker Mayfield has no regrets about ripping the officiating after the Browns’ 32-28 loss to the Seahawks. His only regret is that he got fined $12,500 by the NFL -- but he’ll appeal.

“Well, one, I wouldn’t say it’s complaining when it’s blatantly obvious,’’ he said Wednesday. “I’d say that’s just stating facts. Freedom of speech I thought, but that’s OK, I get fined for it. It’s the league, that’s what they do. They fine you for some ridiculous things. That’s just how it is. There’s a reason that everybody is talking about it. It’s not just me.

“It goes for every team. We’re not going to get a lot of calls, and we know that, especially going into this week. There’s no time to worry about it. No time to stress about it. Just play our game.”

He said he knew he was going to get fined, “but it needs to be said. People need to be held accountable for their job. When it affects my job, it sucks because it’s not in my control.”

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Coach Freddie Kitchens said his players remarks about NFL fines and officiating don’t matter to him as long as they don’t hurt the team. Odell Beckham Jr. also vented on Tuesday about getting fined $14,037 for his pants not covering his knees.

"As long as those guys are not hurting the team, it doesn’t matter,'' Kitchens said. "My concern is the team, and I don’t want them hurting their team with comments -- and neither one of them has.''

Kitchens has already been warned in a memo from the NFL office this season to dial back questioning the officiating.

“As far as comments about officials and stuff like that, I’m going to stay away from that because I can’t control the officials,'' he said. ”I’m not in their meetings. I’m not in their pregame deals and all that kind of stuff. I just want to control our team from the standpoint of putting them in the best position to win.”

He also noted that “I like money so I’m not going to complain about the officials. If they want to give their money to the league, they can do it. It doesn’t matter to me either way.

"I’d like for them to keep their money, but I also like our guys to be passionate about what they are doing. They have a decision to make, I guess.”

After the Seahawks game, Mayfield vented about the officiating, which he felt contributed to the loss.

“The refs are never an excuse,’’ he said. “I’ll probably get fined for saying this, but it was pretty bad today.’’

Mayfield spoke for the 67,000 angry fans in the stadium, who bellowed after the big screen showed a replay of what looked like a bogus blindside call against Jarvis Landry on safety Marquise Blair in the third quarter and the Browns trailing 25-20.

The flag was thrown after a 4-yard run by Nick Chubb that would’ve put them in third-and-9 at their 26. Instead, the 13-yard penalty — one of nine for the Browns in the game — made it second-and-22 at the 13. They punted three plays later.

“The guy is squared up with him, running at him and he’s lowering his head into Jarvis,’’ said Mayfield. “What is [Landry] supposed to do? Avoid him? This is not bull fighting. I don’t know. It ticks me off.”

For Mayfield, it was worth the price of a decent used car to speak his mind.

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