“I meant no disrespect to Baker Mayfield”: Robbie Anderson claims his VIRAL comments against Baker were only made in defense of Sam Darnold
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Baker Mayfield is making the headlines again and thankfully, this time around, it is happening for a good reason. Mayfield has been through a lot in the past year or so. He played with an injury, tried his best but couldn’t deliver at all for the Browns and as many expected, the franchise ran out of patience.
They went behind Deshaun Watson, offered him a massive amount and eventually roped him in. Baker felt neglected and asked for a trade even when many thought that because of Deshaun’s legal troubles, the Browns might give another chance to Baker.
Robbie Anderson says he was just defending his QB Sam Darnold when he made the comments against Baker Mayfield
Speculations about where Baker will eventually end up were on the rise. Some reports suggested that the Seahawks might be interested in him, and then it was reported that the Panthers want to add him to their roster. Back in April, a social media page posted Ian Rapoport’s report suggesting that Mayfield might go the Carolina Panthers.
However, Panthers WR Robbie Anderson had replied rather dismissively to the report back then. “Noooo,” Robbie had commented on the post and to add to this, when the @panthersnat1on replied to Robbie’s comment writing “Robbie has zero chill,” he again replied and wrote, “facts.“
As one can imagine, these comments instantly went viral after it was confirmed that Panthers have successfully roped in Baker Mayfield. People started speculating what the change room atmosphere will be when these two will be together. However, even before the trade news had gained momentum, Robbie did issue a clarification on his comments in an appearance of the I Am Athlete podcast.
“What I was doing, that was in defense of Sam, you know what I’m saying?” Anderson said. “Because I feel like, at the end of the day, me and Sam do have chemistry, but it’s like I gotta start all over again, you know what I’m saying? It wasn’t no disrespect to him. It was really in defense of who my quarterback is right now,” he added.
Talking about Sam Darnold and the way he performed last time, Robbie claimed that it wasn’t entirely his fault. “I feel like his development was all messed up coming into the league. Look at Patrick Mahomes, look at Lamar Jackson, they didn’t play right away. I don’t feel like Sam should’ve played right away,” he said.
“I feel like his career got jumpstarted the wrong way. I feel, being in the building, the coaches, I was there, you know what I’m saying? It was all, it wasn’t right. So, in his defense, I don’t feel like he was developed 100 percent correctly,” Robbie further explained.
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