Welp, people have been wondering if Duke Johnson has an idiot in his ear. Question: answered. Maybe :laugh:
Evidently Duke's agent is a woman married to the infamous Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew, and he's after Baker on Twitter.
Is Duke being a d00sh. Yup. His comments about the Browns' loyalty to him, after his many contributions got them 1-31, were beyond ludicrous. He's a solid player in my mind, but he has been essentially a healthy scratch, a series at a time. They haven't wanted to play him, for whatever reasons. They have little to be loyal to. He got his checks. Didn't make a difference. Good player on a sh1t team, then an inferior choice behind a rookie, now an OK player with an attitude problem. His contract is going to make him the 21st highest paid RB in the league. What has he accomplished, except get paid and make himself a tough trade ?
Was what Baker said correct ? Yup. Does Baker need to learn to shut up when the mic is in his face on some topics ? Yup.
Maybe Duke's recent dumb disloyalty comments made Baker think Duke was fair game, but contracts and trade requests are one place where the "face of the franchise" player SHOULD NOT represent the team. The media kind of baited a frustrated Duke into saying things he should not have said, and Mayfield has to know that. Brush the question aside.
https://heavy.com/sports/2019/06/legendary-rapper-calls-out-baker-mayfield-cleveland-browns/
Good team leaders don't get sucked in to divisive public commentary. Use his dumb for 8 games and say goodbye.
https://heavy.com/sports/2019/06/duke-johnson-jr-trade-message-cleveland-browns/
Duke should have asked the Lord for the strength to keep his mouth shut. This ain't the NBA.