3 reasons Seahawks trading for Baker Mayfield is actually perfect
By John Buhler
2. The Seattle Seahawks will probably be a run-first offensive attack anyway
Even if Mayfield leaves Cleveland, well, he’s kind of going to Cleveland, albeit to the NFC West rough equivalent. With Pete Carroll chomping on gum, expect for the Seahawks offense to be full-blown Martyball this fall. By adding Kenneth Walker III to the backfield that already has Chris Carson and Rashaad Penny, it will be so much run, run, pass, punt up in the Pacific Northwest.
Frankly, this is not a bad thing because the Browns’ offense was incredibly run-centric the last two years under head coach Kevin Stefanski. Though Mayfield may want to throw the ball more often than not, he cannot be stupid enough to realize the benefits of using the run to open up the pass. Not to say he needs to be a glorified game manager, but he can have success running this system.
By limiting the amount of dropbacks in his first, and potentially only, season with the Seahawks, every pass that Mayfield does throw will be magnified, both good and bad. He may not lead the league in passing with the Seahawks, but there are a lot of really good players on his side of the ball in Seattle. It may be a passing-centric league these days, but running the ball is always good.
Simply put, Mayfield is not going to be tasked with doing everything like Wilson had to before him.