Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield has always been synonymous with one thing: swagger.
But last night after the Browns notched their fourth straight loss, falling to the Denver Broncos 24-19, he showed up to a post-game interview looking like the walking embodiment of Cleveland’s historically downtrodden fan base.
Wearing an oversized wool overcoat, messy hair and a mustache fit for a creepy van owner, Mayfield — who started the day with a beard — looked like a millennial Uncle Buck. The 24-year-old’s trademark cockiness was seemingly in the lost and found, where he picked up the ill-fitting coat that overwhelmed his slumped shoulders.
The image was a stark contrast to preseason Mayfield, who lit the football world on fire by appearing on the cover of GQ’s September issue where he wore a leather shirt, snarled as he bit a necklace with a jewel encrusted No. 6 and threw dirt on the Giants’ first-round draft pick, Daniel Jones, in the interview.
Naturally, once the photo hit Twitter, it inspired more jokes than a marathon of Def Comedy Jam. And they were all wildly creative and hilarious — that is, if you are not Baker Mayfield. Here are the best memes to come out of the devastating transformation.
Baker Mayfield is just Gardner Minshew but with three kids and an office job. pic.twitter.com/T9BjUCVM9U
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) November 4, 2019
been undercover too long chief you gotta get me out pic.twitter.com/z5olcxdi7w
— ¡BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL! (@edsbs) November 4, 2019
Baker Mayfield is selling shower curtain rings while trying to get back to Cleveland before Thanksgiving. pic.twitter.com/QSZ47L4jzE
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 4, 2019
Baker Mayfield dressed as a gypsy cab driver who asks everyone leaving baggage claim at JFK “You need car service?” pic.twitter.com/CkWYWjnMsg
— Eric Stangel (@EricStangel) November 4, 2019
— Steven Ruiz (@theStevenRuiz) November 4, 2019
