Healthy Baker is a good qb. Injured Baker is not.
THIS and injuries have completely changed this season starting with the first game and how things changed on the O-Line.
Our RT is a backup OG and he's not good causing all sorts pressure and he's the weakest link in run blocking. Our LT has been gimpy since the first game and we lost our swing tackle for the year in the first game.
The other issue is the WRs were never healthy and just not that good.
We see what the FO did by cutting OBJ and using that money to pay out two of the three highest OG salaries in the league. THAT IS SIGNIFICANT since it tips the hand of the Browns analytic department that carefully sifts through every bit of information before making a move. They told us the plan for the next couple of years.
We CAN win with a healthy Baker Mayfield.
I don't understand rolling him out yesterday. After the game he didn't go to the podium and was 'reportedly' fuming at the end of the game. He can't make the decision to play in a non-conference home game against a 0-fer team facing a 3rd string QB especially when the next two games are against the top team in the division.
Apparently the decision to start Baker was not just Stefanski or Baker, it was the entire organization. I just don't get it.
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Pete Smith@_PeteSmith_
They see it. They know who he is. They admire his toughness. No one is happy with the product today, most of all Mayfield. Any number of players have been gutting it out through injury for this team this year.
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DK Wolfe @FoodBevConcepts
I don’t think it’s necessarily a conspiracy.
Kevin today categorized it as an organizational decision. I would agree with that, everyone from Baker, Berry and Depo should be involved. You can’t keep holding this team back though. Players watch the same A22.