Mayfield completed 18 of 32 passes for 196 yards, one touchdown and one interception during Sunday's 20-13 loss to the Steelers. He added two rushing yards and lost a fumble.
Mayfield injured his throwing hand during the first half and came back out for the third quarter wearing a glove. That hand appeared to have created an issue late in the third quarter with the Browns at midfield down by a score. Mayfield was scrambling around and going down for a sack when he had the ball stripped. The Steelers responded with a field goal to go ahead by two scores and the Browns never came back. Mayfield has improved from his earlyseason struggles and has accounted for multiple touchdowns in three of his last four games, but he's mustered under 200 yards in two of his last three contests. He's a low-risk, relatively low-reward option, which is not what you would expect with the kind of weapons they have in Cleveland. Next up is a Bengals squad that ranks in the bottom five of the league in opponent passer rating, but that is fresh off its first win of the year.