“It mainly bothered me because I kind of felt like people were trying to blame me for something when we both did something wrong on that play,” Schwartz said.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Anthony Schwartz, the Browns’ 2021 third-round receiver out of Auburn, spent his entire rookie season incurring the wrath of the Baker Bros and trying to shake the rap as the guy who caused Mayfield’s shoulder injury when he stopped on his deep route in Week 2 against the Texans.
Little did anyone know at the time that Mayfield had suffered a fully torn labrum in his left non-throwing shoulder that would mark the beginning of the end of his career with the Browns. The injury contributed significantly to Mayfield’s worst career season, and the Browns’ dismal 8-9 record.If not for that unfortunate series of events, Mayfield might still be a Brown instead of a Panther preparing to face his former team on opening day in Carolina.
A few days later, Mayfield said he and Schwartz ‘hashed it out,’ and he did what any good quarterback would do — shared the blame and took the onus off of his young receiver even though Schwartz had clearly truncated the route. “There were probably times where that happened, but if he didn’t have trust in me, that’s not anything on him, that’s all on me,’’ Schwartz said. “It’s up to me to prove to him that he can trust me to be in the right place and catch the ball.’’
Still, it didn’t stop him from having to step in at the last minute for Beckham in the season opener in Kansas City. The Browns believed Beckham was recovered enough from his torn ACL surgery in November to play, but he tapped out in pre-game warmups when the knee didn’t feel right. As it turns out, the initial surgery didn’t heal properly, and and Beckham ultimately re-tore it in the Super Bowl with the Rams after catching the game’s first TD pass.
“Going into the game, I prepared like I was a starter, so it didn’t catch me by surprise,’’ Schwartz said. “But as soon as the news came out, Odell was telling me ‘this is your time, you’ve got this, you’ve prepared for this.’ Knowing that Odell Beckham Jr. had the confidence in me to go out there and show what I could do gave me more confidence in myself.’’
Throughout his tumultuous rookie season — which felt a lot like the rollercoasters he loves to ride — he relied heavily on the support of his mom, Jill, with whom he’s extremely close. “I got to practice with the guy, watch him practice, see how he plays, see how he carries himself. That whole situation was tough, but I’m glad it worked out in the end and that was able to win a Super Bowl ring.’’
“Why would I be against it bringing a guy like that back?’’ Schwartz said. “We saw what he can do. He’s still Odell Beckham, so I’d love to have him back even if he’s not even able to play until the latter half of the season. I know what he brings to the locker room and I know I can learn a lot more again under him, and I especially think him and Amari Cooper would complement each other perfectly.
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