Do your work against a rivalry assist in our or so hour and a half so away from, you know, I mean, I've made that ride numerous times.

I was a part of that rivalry.

Do your work against them then, because he look.

The reason why we're talking is because they were the ones who were talking first.

They were the ones who, coming into this football game against the Steelers e.

I believe it was Kareem, Kareem Hunt said.

We're you know, we're gonna do this for Miles.

They were the ones who were chirping.

Pittsburgh wasn't saying a word, except that afterwards, I believe Mike Thoma made reference to That's how you played varsity ball.

That's what we just put out there on the football field.

Don't make statements, speak with your actions because that's what people are tired of with Cleveland.

People are tired of there being expectations.

Well, first it was hope.

Then it was expectations, and now it's unmet expectations and it's inconsistent play and see that That's the thing with Baker hit himself.

He has to understand you were the number one overall pick in the draft With that comes the expectation that you're gonna have a Q B are better than five against your rival.

You're gonna be someone who can lift the rest of the of the people around you.

You're someone who they can put the organization on your back.

It's not happening right now.

So for me, it's like, You know what?

We're gonna keep talking.

We're gonna keep talking until you perform a simple is that it is not gonna end.

I'm just trying to read your reaction here, Nick.

What are you thinking?

That was painful.

He scorched him.

Was.

Unfortunately, I I honestly, after yesterday, like I had some sympathy for Baker and I thought that he was saying the right things.

Like he can't be completely quiet cause we're gonna put a microphone in front of his face and asking the question, but loses right?

He has.

He has not lived up to expectations, but I'm not sure what else he's supposed to say yesterday other than were foreign to, and we got it.

We're in decent position.

We're doing our job.

It's your job to talk.

And he's right.

Like I'm sure Lewis understands, too.

As a former player gets annoying to hear people tell you how bad you are, even if you are bad.

You don't want to hear people on TV telling you how bad you are.

But the only way Baker can get from under this if you can ball out and if he balls out, then he's gonna come talking trash for all of us and well deserve it.

You know what?

You know, Nick.

It's not even about him talking trash.

I mean, I don't care about him talking trash.

I mean, he could do that.

It's this, this You know, this when you go up against your rival's, though.

The guy the team that has just been stopping your back out for years and then you put a performance up like that What happened?

I mean, this is what's gonna happen so that that's what I'm talking about.

You know, you need to beat the quality opponents in the big moments and put the organization on your back.

Give Cleveland what they have been hoping that when you're drafted is the number one overall pick that you're gonna bring to him.

There is nothing I would like to see more than as a guy who played up there for multiple years in that rivalry than for them.

The Thio go ahead and put a big win up on the wall against the Pittsburgh Steelers and then really get on a roll because that town would absolutely do CART wheels for him.

It's just unfortunate that it just seems in the biggest moments they're not able to do that, and he's not able to do it.

And once they're able to figure that out, look, they'll have the world at their feet, especially in Cleveland, because they're dying for it up there.

And it's too bad.

And I'm not trying to be hypercritical Baker of Baker Mayfield, cause I like the player and I don't mind his trash talking.

I'm just hoping they can string together the results that matter.

Chapter your thoughts.

Well, they are four and two.

The Cleveland Browns are four into who in Cleveland wouldn't take Foreign, too, and they just lost the game and he's right.

Okay, so what it feels like going six.

Guess what?

Green Bay just lost the game.

The Packers of foreign one and people are wondering if Green Bay is that good when they got abused by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Over we get.

That's the NFL.

It is a week to week business.

You wink for a week.

You get peace and happiness and celebrations and praise.

You lose, you get scorned, criticized, Ripped.

That's the way the league works, whether you're foreign to or whatever it may be.

So to me, I don't think this is anything usual.

I would have my nose to the grindstone.

I would be focused on the Cincinnati Bengals and the next game, and it's pretty simple.

Cleveland is where it wants to be right now, four into period.

I get that part of it.

I would say that this did feel like a particularly big measuring stick this past week because of the history off the rivalry, because of what felt like it was a steak.

Because the programs tend to talk a little bit leading into these games, they can't help themselves, and you know what?

God bless them for it.

It does make it fun.

And if they should ever win one of these games, I can't wait to hear what they say.

But Nick, until they do this is the kind of conversation that's going to ensue absolutely in because this season is about Baker like even though they're four and to this season's about Baker.

And Baker hasn't really played all that well this season.

The games that they won on the strength of that running game, it was kind of winning.

In spite of Bacon.

He's been mediocre at best, and throughout his career he hasn't lived up to that number one pick.

So I think that's why the four and two feels like Oh, and six because they know that they're not gonna win a championship or do with this roster.

Should do until they have a quarterback who can play at a consistently high level.

And it seems like Baker is not able to do that, no matter who they surround them with.

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