Though he will not be on the sphere for Sunday’s AFC divisional showdown in Kansas City, extensive receiver Odell Beckham Jr. hinted he thinks his Cleveland Browns may upset the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs.
Don’t be suprised this weekend once they win….simply throwin it on the market now
— Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) January 14, 2021
Beckham Jr., who’s been out since Week 7 due to a season-ending knee damage, is not the one NFL receiver who’s weighed in on this matchup. After Cleveland knocked Pittsburgh out of the playoffs, Steelers rookie receiver Chase Claypool taunted that he thought the Browns would get “clapped” by Patrick Mahomes. And the evening of Cleveland’s spectacular win in Pittsburgh, a Chiefs fan tweeted to Kansas City wideout Sammy Watkins: “Looks like we obtained some comp subsequent week.”
Watkins did not precisely agree.
I would not go that far lol..!
— King me (@sammywatkins) January 11, 2021
Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield, who took concern with Steelers extensive receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster saying earlier than their wild-card sport final week that “The Browns is the Browns,” did not appear to thoughts what Watkins mentioned.
“I’ve no drawback with it to be trustworthy with you as a result of for those who shouldn’t have confidence, then you aren’t going to have success,” Mayfield mentioned Wednesday. “Those guys have been doing it collectively for a number of years now. They have a ton of confidence in one another. People get mad once you put it on the market as your quote-unquote ‘bulletin board materials,’ however I haven’t got an issue with it. It comes with the character of this sport that you must be assured and you must know and imagine in your self.”
Meanwhile, this week round Cleveland, billboards have popped up, with the Browns and the town adopting Smith-Schuster’s trash speak as their new playoff slogan.
A younger TikTok star as soon as mentioned, “The Browns is the Browns”. Today we might prefer to thank that Tik Tok star for the bulletin board materials… AND this billboard (on 271 by the Harvard Exit and throughout Ohio) for reminding us of his inspirational quote. #Browns #wewantmore pic.twitter.com/P0ixmoPhoB
— Mean Joe Advertising (@meanjoead) January 13, 2021
As for OBJ’s pseudo-prediction, the Twitter account Freezing Cold Takes has already taken discover, thanking everybody for the tags to get its consideration.