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WATCH: Cleveland Browns QB Baker Mayfield completes first regular-season pass, leads scoring drive

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield completed three of his first four regular-season passes and led a scoring drive prior to halftime against the New York Jets at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Credit: Derick E. Hingle
Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield completed three of his first four regular-season passes and led a scoring drive prior to halftime against the New York Jets at FirstEnergy Stadium.

CLEVELAND -- The best laid plans Of Mice and Men…well, maybe not.

Since acquiring Tyrod Taylor in a trade with the Buffalo Bills in March, the Cleveland Browns’ coaching staff and upper management stated he would be the starting quarterback throughout the offseason program, training camp and the regular season, but an injury changed those plans.

After Taylor was taken to the locker room to be evaluated for a concussion, which he was later diagnosed with, rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield entered the game and led a scoring drive that was capped off by a 45-yard field goal from newly signed first-year kicker Greg Joseph with 29 seconds left in the first half against the New York Jets at FirstEnergy Stadium.

Not one to shy away from the moment, Mayfield came out firing and completed back-to-back throws for a combined 31 yards, and after being stripped of the football on a sack, came back and threw a 16-yard completion to wide receiver Jarvis Landry on the ensuing play.

On first-and-10 from the Cleveland 34-yard line, Mayfield took the shotgun snap, quickly surveyed the field, pump-faked a throw, and then, fired a pass to wide receiver Jarvis Landry down the seam on the right side of the formation.

Mayfield threw the pass in-between two Jets defenders, and Landry secured the catch near the first-down marker before hustling up the field for another five yards. On the next play, Mayfield threw low and to the right of David Njoku, but the second-year tight end snared the pass for a 17-yard gain down to New York’s 35-yard line.

After being sacked and losing eight yards, Mayfield completed a 16-yard throw to Landry and set up Joseph for the field goal attempt.

Joseph’s kick cut the Jets’ lead down to 14-3.

Mayfield completed three of his four attempts for 47 yards in the first half.

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