CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Baker Mayfield has already been the star of a nine-part pre-draft series called Behind Baker, and now he's eager for HBO's Hard Knocks to pull back the curtain again on what's in Front of Baker during training camp.

"For me looking at it, and us as a team, I'd say it can be good if you handle it right,'' he told Jim Miller and Pat Kirwan of Sirius XM NFL radio from the NFLPA Rookie Premiere in Los Angeles. "If you think about it as a way to get on camera and try to show off and do certain things and handle it the wrong way then that can be very negative, it can be a distraction. But if you use it as a sense of, 'OK, I got to block out everything else and just focus on playing ball,' then that can be a great thing for us."

Mayfield believes that Hard Knocks can help prepare the Browns for the some of the adversity they'll face during the season.

"Having people within our practices, within our training camp, right there trying to, not like they're trying to distract us, but they're there,'' he said. "You could worry about it, you could think about it, but if you're able to focus in, that can be a beneficial thing for us, talking about going into away stadiums and going into environments where you have to focus on doing your job, so I'm looking forward it.

"I know my family is probably looking forward to it as well to be able to get to see practice and what's going on since they won't be able to see it there firsthand in person.''

As for having cameras capturing his every move from when they come to town soon until now until Sept. 4, he's up for the challenge.

"There's always tugging and pulling from a little bit of every direction,'' he said. "I was fortunate enough to do a docu-series throughout the draft process but I did that to show the behind-the-scenes stuff. But when it comes to business, I can always flip the switch. I know when I need to turn it on and go to work.''

What's more, the series will be a reminder of what the Browns don't want moving forward.

"Hard Knocks wouldn't be there if we weren't 0-16 last year,'' he said. "So, we're working towards never having to have that situation again. I'm looking forward to being a part of something new there in Cleveland."

"Hard Knocks wouldn't be there if we weren't 0-16 last year. So, we're working towards never having to have that situation again. I'm looking forward to being a start of something new there in Cleveland"



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The Browns will be featured on the five-episode training camp series on HBO, beginning Aug. 7 and running through Sept. 4.

Mayfield, the No. 1 pick out of Oklahoma, will be one of the biggest storylines of the show, even though coach Hue Jackson has already declared Tyrod Taylor the starter for 2018.

Mayfield, one of two Browns participating in the premiere along with second-round running back Nick Chubb, also told Miller and Kirwan that he didn't know he was going first until Browns GM John Dorsey called him.

"You know, within about three, four days leading up to the draft I had a good feeling it was between Josh Allen and I,'' he said. "I never knew for sure. ... I'm not necessarily sure why, but I had a dream about it and it was just kind of all sort of coming in to focus. I will say this. I didn't know until I got the phone call from John Dorsey.''