The road to recovery for Baker Mayfield begins.The Browns quarterback took to social media in a sling on Wednesday to announce the succe sful surgery performed to repair a torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder.Surgery went great, Mayfield said with his left shoulder in a sling. It was a complete succe s. Had a great medical team. They took good care of me.Thanks to Dr. Limpisvasti and his team for performing a succe sful surgery. This is only going to be a minor bump in the road.. excited to get healthy and back to my normal self. Ryan Bates Jersey Thank yall and God Ble s. Baker Mayfield (@bakermayfield) The surgery was performed in California by Dr. Orr Limpisvasti, who is the orthopedic surgeon for the NHLs Anaheim Ducks. The likely time period for Mayfields recovery Gregory Rousseau Jersey is four to six months. He will start physical therapy on his shoulder next week and is expected to be able to throw a ball by April. Mayfield is expected to be cleared by training camp. Mayfield suffered the shoulder injury in Week 2, but played through it for the rest of the season, appearing in 14 of the Browns 17 games. Mayfield threw for 3,010 yards and 17 TDs against 13 INTs and completed 60.5% of his pa ses this season. In a tumultuous season, which included reported internal strife between Mayfield and head coach Kevin Stefanski, the Browns QB finished the season with the fourth lowest touchdown pa ses, third lowest pa sing yards, and tied for the fourth most interceptions thrown.But with surgery out of the way, Mayfeild says hes ready to get back to my true self. This past year hasnt been very easy, Mayfield said Wednesday. A lot of stuff has gone down. It wasnt easy on me or my family.In a year where Mayfield needed to prove he was the QB of the future Luke Tenuta Jersey for the Browns, the drama centered around him (and his wife) is well documented. Following a 13-10 win over the lowly Detroit Lions, Bakers wife Emily took to Instagram, writing, No one better say anything bad about @bakermayfield after this game. I dont think I have seen toughne s like this in a while. Maybe the rest of our team should take the hint and get tougher. Baker was 15 of 29 for 176 yards, with one touchdown and two interceptions in that game with a QBR of 8.6.Things got more pricklywhen Mayfield expre sed his displeasure with head coach Kevin Stefanskis game plan after the Browns lo s the Steelers.Baker criticized the game plan that isolated rookie OT James Hudson against TJ Watt for much of the game. When youve got TJ Watt over there and youre not giving our rookie tackle a whole lot of help, its not going to be good... Jake Trotter (@Jake_Trotter) Despite the reports of tension between QB and head coach Josh Allen Hoodies Sweatshirts , however, things reached a head on whenMayfield disputed a reportclaiming he would seek a trade.Clickbait. You and many other Cleveland local media continue to be drama stirring reporters with no sources or facts. Dont put words in my mouth so you can put food on your table. Im not your puppet. Baker Mayfield (@bakermayfield) Despite the drama, Mayfield, who often plays with a chip on his shoulder, appears focused on using this year as motivation in his road to recovery.Its not going to be an easy one, he said, But its going to be one that Im going to remember and its going to be a special one.This is not the end of my story. Its just going to be one of those little things that I Ed Oliver Jersey ll look back and remember that its one of those challenges and adversities that Im going to take advantage of.Mayfield, who turns 27 in April, is set to make $18 million next season in the final year of his contract.