Baker Mayfield is not a bad boy, so the 2017 Heisman Trophy award runaway says.
It's Senior Bowl week. Therefore, NFL Draft hopefuls will be concluding college careers with the very first step of the draft process on the horizon. This means discussion about not only talent, but attitude will come flying from every angle.
Attitude means, to some, that Mayfield equals Johnny Manziel—and it has very little to do with the collegiate offense (spread) and conference (Big 12) the two experienced.
Many think of Mayfield as Manziel, part two. They see the fiery kid rallying the troops on the sideline while pushing that invisible sportsmanlike boundary on Saturdays and automatically place the two smallish spread quarterbacks in the same room.
The (probable) top-four quarterback is looking to extinct all Manziel comparisons immediately.
Per Nicki Jhabvala of The Denver Post, Mayfield addressed his attitude comparisons, especially those that remind folks of the former Texas A&M quarterback.
Baker Mayfield on what he wants to show this week at the Senior Bowl: pic.twitter.com/Nhvr16gGgU
— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) January 23, 2018
The entire day turned out this way due to Mayfield arriving late to Senior Bowl practice on Tuesday. A fan on Twitter questioned the timing of his lateness, throwing the accusation out there that the potential top 10 pick is hiding from possible NFL scouts, or “being measured,” as it was put.
Mayfield provided the reason for his tardiness—his mother, whom he says was hospitalized, so he flew home to be with her.
Baker Mayfield on his delayed arrival to the Senior Bowl pic.twitter.com/LQbayqqKhr
— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) January 23, 2018
His response to the random Twitter account questioning his tardiness echoed the Jhabvala quote.
Showing up late? What would you do if your mom had gone to the hospital? Get outta here. Family before myself always.
— Baker Mayfield (@bakermayfield) January 23, 2018
It's one thing to refute and battle the Johnny Manziel “bad boy” image. It's another to actually walk that walk and never have to deal with the image due to character and experience.
The best thing Baker Mayfield can do moving forward is to forget about the Big 12, spread offenses, Johnny Manziel, and random fans on Twitter accounts.
Mayfield doesn't want to mirror Manziel? He can start by not providing legitimacy to a silly tweet questioning his integrity and let it roll off his back.
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