UNDATED (AP) — Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield is downplaying death threats he received following his four-interception performance at Green Bay.
In a Zoom call with reporters as Cleveland prepares to face Pittsburgh Monday night, Mayfield said his focus is solely on the Steelers and dismissed his social media critics as “keyboard warriors that make empty threats.”
Mayfield’s wife, Emily, first revealed the threats in an Instagram post earlier this week.
Mayfield has had a stormy, injury-slowed fourth season in Cleveland. He threw a career-high four picks in a 24-22 loss to the Packers on Christmas after missing two weeks of practice because of a positive COVID-19 test.
Elsewhere around the NFL:
— Ben Roethlisberger could be making his final start at Heinz Field when the Steelers host Cleveland on Monday night. The Pittsburgh quarterback says he never speaks “in definites or guarantees,” but adds “looking at the bigger picture, I would say that all signs are pointing that this could be it.” The 39-year-old insists he won’t make any final decisions until after the season, but the comment stands as his first public acknowledgment that Monday could be his final home game.
