Baker Mayfield: QBing not so hard with competent head coach

[PromoTheRobot]

2 hours ago, Limeaid said:

17 points in less than 5 minutes but Russel Wilson helped.

 

Playing a terrible demoralized team helps a lot. Baker didn't look like that against Green Bay. 

[CoudyBills]

3 minutes ago, Roy Hobbs said:

 

Well there is that contract and dead cap issue to deal with ...

Time for "***** that dead cap" shirts?

[Saxum]

58 minutes ago, MarkyMannn said:

To me Mayfield has been good when put in a position to succeed. Unfortunately that's been rare for him. Wish him the best.

 

Kind of like being a Jets QB. You're screwed no matter who you are

 

Well Wilson especially in that market with number of M(he)LFs.

Just now, CoudyBills said:

Time for "***** that dead cap" shirts?

 

You can only do that so many times before you are ******.

[CoudyBills]

3 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

Well Wilson especially in that market with number of M(he)LFs.

 

You can only do that so many times before you are ******.

Oh I think they are feeling the tip at this point.  

[Draconator]

I wouldn't mind Baker being Josh's backup. But I'm 100% certain Baker would want to be a starter. 

[Saxum]

1 minute ago, Draconator said:

I wouldn't mind Baker being Josh's backup. But I'm 100% certain Baker would want to be a starter. 

 

Maybe he would be satisfied doing the commercials 😁

[Scott7975]

14 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Playing a terrible demoralized team helps a lot. Baker didn't look like that against Green Bay. 

 

Wasnt he only in LA for like 2 days before that game though?

[PromoTheRobot]

2 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

Wasnt he only in LA for like 2 days before that game though?

 

9 or 10 days. It was his second Rams game.

Edited December 26, 2022 by PromoTheRobot

[Scott7975]

Just now, PromoTheRobot said:

 

9 or 10 days.

 

Oh maybe it was the game before that I was thinking of then.

[Captain Hindsight]

1 hour ago, Roy Hobbs said:

 

Competent doesn't mean great but he will have offers for 2023. 

I think he sticks with the Rams. Stafford might be done and he has a chance to work with McVay for a while

 

 McVay won’t get another shot at a talent like him for a while. It’s a win , win situation IMO

[Solomon Grundy]

3 hours ago, FLFan said:

LOL if you think that Mayfield is somehow now competent because he plays for the boy genius.  They are playing a horrible team that is sprinting for the bus today.  Mayfield will revert to his level as soon as he faces a competent team or faces a little adversity.  

A la Tua

[Richard Noggin]

2 hours ago, Bubba Gump said:

 

I mentioned him in the Dolphins finheaven thread, 😆 

[John from Riverside]

Baker should just keep his mouth shut and play at this point

[Cheektowaga Chad]

Should stick around and be Stafford's back up, be part of a solid organization and coaching staff for a year or 2. Take over when Stafford retires or move on to a team of your choice

[Bermuda Triangle]

6 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

Baker should just keep his mouth shut and play at this point

I don’t think that the thread title was actually a quote by Mayfield.

[Sierra Foothills]

Baker is an interesting guy.

 

He's bet on himself twice in his NFL career first by agreeing to changes in his contract to facilitate his trade from Cleveland to Carolina and then more recently when he asked for his release from Carolina.

 

The latest bet is going to earn him much more money than if he languished on the Carolina bench.

 

Credit to Baker for his self-confidence and glad to see him doing well.

 

 

[Donuts and Doritos]

Wait! Back up the bus. Given his very up & down career, gonna need a larger sample size than 1 game, against a bad team, before anointing Baker the long term answer at QB anywhere. (Chargers up next, let's see how that goes, for a start, then work out way toward consistent good play).

 

Edited December 26, 2022 by Donuts and Doritos

[Sierra Foothills]

1 minute ago, Donuts and Doritos said:

Wait! Back up the bus. Given his very up & down career, gonna need a larger sample size than 1 game, against a bad team, before anointing Baker the long term answer at QB anywhere. (Chargers up next, let's see how that goes).

 

One game sample size?

 

Mayfield has played 3 games with the Rams and is 2-1.

 

 

[BruceVilanch]

3 hours ago, Bubba Gump said:

 

I mentioned him in the Dolphins finheaven thread, 😆 

Doing the Lords work 

[PetermansRedemption]

2 hours ago, Captain Hindsight said:

I think he sticks with the Rams. Stafford might be done and he has a chance to work with McVay for a while

 

 McVay won’t get another shot at a talent like him for a while. It’s a win , win situation IMO

I think the Rams would do well to keep him. They won’t have a shot at a good QB in the draft. But I’m not sure Baker will want to stick around if he knows Stafford is returning to be the de facto starter (even though he was terrible when starting this season). Lots of QB needy teams this off season. Indianapolis, New England, New York, Tampa Bay, New Orleans, Houston, Denver (I can’t see them committing to starting Russ another year).