Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
Fox News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
It's not all super serious for Baker Mayfield as he begins preparation for Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns.
asserted
he → begin → Browns
Mayfield, you see, stepped to the microphone on Wednesday to begin his weekly press conference wearing a University of Michigan basketball tank top.
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you → see → top
Head coach Todd Bowles initially stood in the doorway humming the University of Michigan fight song and shouting, "Let's go blue!"
"That hurts, that hurts real bad," Mayfield said.
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Mayfield → stand → song
And why would Mayfield be wearing a child-size Michigan tank top?
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Mayfield → wear → top
"Oklahoma versus Michigan," he explained.
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he → explain → Michigan
"Todd's son was on the winning side of it.
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son → win → it
And so, therefore, I squeezed into this little tank top."
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I → squeeze → top
Bowles' son, Troy, plays for the Wolverines.
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son → play → Wolverines
Mayfield played for Oklahoma.
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Mayfield → play → Oklahoma
So there was some bragging rights involved that led to a friendly wager about the Saturday matchup.
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that → be → matchup
But that moment could be understood to be perhaps more meaningful in that it speaks to the mindset for the Buccaneers' quarterback, his coach, and perhaps the team.
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it → understand → quarterback
The Bucs are 0-1 headed to Sunday's game against the Browns.
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Bucs → head → Browns
And Mayfield in the season-opener struggled in a 33-27 season-opening loss against the Cincinnati Bengals because he didn't throw a touchdown pass but lost three fumbles, including one around the goal line when it seemed the Bucs would be scoring.
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Bucs → struggle → line
So, actually, that hurts.
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that → hurt → ?
It hurts Bowles, who is under some expectation to get his team into the postseason.
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who → hurt → postseason
And it hurts Mayfield, who just last week agreed to a three-year contract extension worth a whopping $165 million and putting him among the league's highest-paid quarterbacks.
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who → hurt → quarterbacks
Neither Bowles nor Mayfield met expectation in the regular-season opener.
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Bowles → meet → opener
So this week the script needs to flip against the Browns.
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script → need → Browns
Did we mention happy-bet-loser Mayfield played for the Browns from 2018, when he was the NFL's No. 1 overall draft pick, through the 2021 season?
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he → mention → season
Mayfield wasn't such a happy loser when the Browns shipped him to Carolina after deciding Deshaun Watson would be a better fit.
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Watson → ship → Carolina
And Sunday is obviously a pressure-packed opportunity to get some measure of revenge.
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Sunday → pack → revenge
Mayfield better get his retribution while he can in that opportunity.
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he → get → opportunity
Because he won't be getting it from another friendly Michigan versus Oklahoma wager anytime soon.
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he → get → wager
The two schools just completed their two-game home-and-home series and there are no future games scheduled.
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schools → complete → series
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