Recently ESPN released a video showing Johnny Manziel penning an open letter to Baker Mayfield with advice and well wishes. One of our readers sent us an illegally procured document (not really, we think they just made it up) in which Baker Emails Johnny responding to his letter. Many hope Baker Mayfield will be the opposite of what Johnny Manziel was and help fix the Browns so many, especially those in Ohio were a bit perplexed by the video. The text is below and the screenshot of the email is at the end. We normally wouldn’t post something like this but this is just too good to resist.
Dear Johnny,
I got your letter. Somehow it didn’t get here until Wednesday so I assumed the horse that carried it must have gotten delayed, perhaps by a Canadian snowstorm or your still surprisingly large parade of fans and reporters.
If there’s one thing you already know, one thing everybody already knows, everybody except you apparently since you wrote me a letter, you and I are not the same person and also, nobody handwrites anything anymore.
Despite its delay, your letter was timely. I appreciate your thoughts and wishes. Your wisdom rivals that of King Solomon almost as much as your proclivity to party.
No matter how many people try to compare us, including you, I know we are never fully defined by the way we play or the jersey we wear, but it still kinda matters. I mean I couldn’t pull off Tiger-Cat yellow or Alouette blue the way you can. And I can’t even imagine not being able to throw the ball more than 25 yards without a running start or losing to Louisiana State twice.
Anyway, I prefer learning from your experience. It is the best teacher, even if you are asleep in their class while that teacher slaps your desk asking for your homework or tells you not to fly to Vegas the night before a test or tells you to study once in a while.
Given that experience has failed you as a teacher, I figured I would return the favor and give you some advice of my own to help you on your path:
I write you this letter from inside our film room. It’s awesome in here by the way. It’s dark and quiet so I can focus on watching film and breaking down defenses. You might enjoy it in here so I recommend you take a peek inside on your way to the lunchroom for seltzer water.
About your visor. I know it may be natural to want to protect your eyes given the prospect of being constantly slammed face first into the grass by defensive ends, but don’t wear it. It affects your already poor field-vision and shows people how out of shape you are with your heavy breathing fogging up the glass. Plus, I wore one first so dibs.
Also, use every opportunity you get, so if Tide or Gain or another detergent company offers you a commercial about getting stains out of your football equipment, take it. It might be the last opportunity you get. Cherish every sponsorship opportunity and every counseling session.
Remember, when fumbling you gotta touch it last before it goes out of bound or it will go to the defense so always touch the ball last when you fumble unless you are in your own end zone then you can kick it out of there, I think. Something like that. Still not sure how the CFL works.
Lastly, don’t write letters to your heroes hoping they will all respond. Not every NFL player responds to letters from fans. I know Santa still hasn’t gotten back to me about that sweet headband I asked for, but there is always hope.
Remember Johnny, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies, except maybe your football career but whatever.
I will be hoping that this letter finds you and finds you well.
Your friend,
Baker
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