an "adult" at quarterback

• Baker Mayfield sent out a message to the city of Cleveland and Browns fans recently, while his future is currently unknown with the team. The team is openly courting Deshaun Watson, meaning Mayfield will be the odd man out. A report surfaced via ESPN that the Browns could be giving Mayfield the ol' heave-ho anyway because they want an "adult" at QB. Ouch to the nth degree.
  

ESPN’s Chris Mortensen says Baker Mayfield and the Browns are breaking up because the Browns want an “adult” at QB pic.twitter.com/cXPIOKNklr

— gifdsports (@gifdsports) March 16, 2022

• SPEAKING OF ADULTS AT QB. The New York Jets re-signed Joe Flacco to a one-year contract worth $3.5 million, with the opportunity for incentives. INCENTIVES? Meaning the Jets are planning for Flacco to start at one point in 2022? ? Sign me up. A reminder that Flacco played in two games last season while rookie Zach Wilson was injured and threw zero interceptions. Just saying.
  

Joe Flacco back to the Jets on a one-year deal worth $3.5 million, per source.

— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) March 16, 2022

• According to reports, Tennessee Titans wide receiver Julio Jones was released after one season. Due to injury, Jones missed seven games last season and only recorded 31 receptions in 2021. The former Atlanta Falcon has seen a decrease in production in recent years. Jones now faces being picked up by another team, and that team faces the decision that if they sign him, they may not get an entire season out of him.
  

One more free-agent WR: https://t.co/o21uhXPtTp

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 16, 2022

• Multiple teams have submitted proposals to alter the NFL's overtime rules after the Buffalo Bills weren't given a chance to answer the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs. The Indianapolis Colts and Philadelphia Eagles submitted the same tweak that stated both teams should get to touch the ball in overtime. In contrast, the Tennessee Titans presented that the game would only be over if the first team scored a touchdown and the two-point conversion. Of course, the overtime rules will always be a little fucked, but both of these proposals are better than the current rules.
  

New proposed OT rule changes from the Colts, Eagles and Titans, via @NFL: pic.twitter.com/L9tLSuoTHx

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 16, 2022