Jarvis Landry perfectly sums up Baker Mayfield.



"He has the charisma. He has that IT. That stuff that you really can't coach IT."



"You want to try to tame it, but it's probably best if you just let him off the leash."#OUDNA | #BoomerSoonerpic.twitter.com/5xjlyoLGfg — Sooner Gridiron (@soonergridiron) July 29, 2019

NORMAN, Okla. — When the Cleveland Browns selected Baker Mayfield No. 1 overall in last year’s NFL Draft, they had expectations of him turning around a franchise that’s been abysmal for years. He wasted no time accepting that challenge, directing a thrilling rally against the New York Jets in a Week 3 “Thursday Night Football” game to snap a 19-game winless streak.

After starter Tyrod Taylor left with an injury, Mayfield brought them back from a 14-0 deficit for the 21-17 triumph. The NFL world, from his teammates to others around the league, began to take notice right then and there.

“He has the charisma,” said wide receiver Jarvis Landry in a special feature recently by NFL.com. “He has that ‘it,’ that stuff that you really can’t coach it. You want to try to tame it, but it’s probably best if you just let him off the leash.”

Others in the huddle concurred.

“Baker’s a stud,” said Browns offensive guard Joel Bitonio. “I mean, I love playing with that guy. He’s a leader, and he has this crazy, competitive energy. Always fighting to be the best, always competing with anybody at anything. When you have a guy like that, you always have a chance to win.”

Said wide receiver Rashard Higgins: “Oh, it was right then and there. That Jets game when he came in, the crowd erupted. The first play he threw the ball to Jarvis on a rope. Here it goes. That day forward, we never looked back.”

On the other side of the ball, it’s the same way. His passion and energy is infectious on both sides of the pigskin, and it was from that very moment he took over and threw for 3,700-plus yards and 27 touchdowns to 14 interceptions.

“He throws throws where it’s like, ‘Did he just throw that? That’s disrespectful,’ said Browns cornerback T.J. Carrie. “There’s no way there should be a throw over here to this receiver, but he puts it in there, and he made a lot of those throws. He’s going to dice some people up.”

Said Browns linebacker Joe Schobert: “Against the Falcons, he stepped up in the pocket and then got pressured and then he rolled out and just threw it off of his back foot 35, 40 yards and a dime into the end zone. I mean, there’s very few guys in the NFL who can make that play, and a lot of them will for sure be on the list.”

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That list he’s referring to is the Hall of Fame. Speaking of Hall of Famers, Green Bay Packers legendary signal caller Brett Favre praised Mayfield recently by saying he’s going to have a long and illustrious career.

Current Carolina Panthers star linebacker Luke Kuechly had more positive things to say about him.

“He’s super competitive,” Kuechly said. “He’s got a good edge. And you see people want to play with him…He’s kind of like a Russell Wilson where the play’s never dead. He can make the throws. He’s got a big arm, and he’s not afraid to just sling it out there.”

The praise didn’t stop there, and it won’t stop anytime soon. Mayfield enters year two with plenty of promise, both in terms of individual accolades and what he can turn the Browns franchise into.