The Cleveland Browns don't plan on giving Baker Mayfield any first-team reps during the preseason as they're committed to bringing him along slowly and having Tyrod Taylor start.

"I have not changed. I'm not going to change," Hue Jackson said. "Tyrod Taylor's the starting quarterback here, and Baker's the future of our organization."

John Dorsey also said there is no scenario he can envision in which Mayfield replaces Taylor.

"Because Tyrod Taylor has demonstrated, one, that he's a good football player. He's taken the [Bills] to the playoffs," Dorsey told me. "I think he demonstrated it in the first series against the New York Giants that he's more than capable of leading this bunch. He's had a great offseason, he's had great OTAs, he's had a great training camp -- there's nothing that leads me to believe you would vary from that mantra. Because, as we've said, this is a marathon, not a sprint.

"This is for the betterment not only of the organization long term, but it's also better for the development of Baker, in terms of when it comes time for him to actually step on the field and play ... Guess what? He understands the complexities of a very difficult position. I think the adjustment will be that much easier for him to be able to recognize defense, understand the speed of the game. I think it's just a natural transition into that position. And why vary from the plan we have in motion right now?"