Baker Could Be our “Brees”

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I know everyone here hates Drew Brees (myself included), but there’s no doubt he was a great AFC QB that brought a new winning era to a downtrodden NFCS team and made them annual playoff contenders. Baker could be that for us.

If you look up Bree’s San Diego stats before NO and Baker’s Cleveland stats before CAR, they are comparable (Baker’s are actually better btw).

Drew Brees - 6’0”

-5 seasons

-59 games

-12,348 yards

-80 TDs

-53 INTs

 

Baker Mayfield - 6’1”

-4 seasons

-60 games

-14,125 yards

-92 TDs

-56 INTs

 

I know these are different eras for the passing game, but I’d say this is at least encouraging for Baker’s prospects of being a franchise QB here. 

Also, Baker is at a much larger disadvantage with HC, but let’s see what happens.

Edited August 28, 2022 by Move the Panthers to Raleigh
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[PhillyB]

and with no mole!

[The Huddler]

4 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

and with no mole!

theres one on his butt cheek

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2 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

and with no mole!

Just a classic tooth-gap!

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1 minute ago, jackson113 said:

Ain't no Sean Payton on this team ..

I mentioned the coaching disadvantage, but if Rhule is fired and Baker plays well enough, he probably stays.

[AlphabetsEnd]

3 minutes ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

I mentioned the coaching disadvantage, but if Rhule is fired and Baker plays well enough, he probably stays.

Wouldn’t be the first …or even second time for Mayfield! 

[LinvilleGorge]

It'd be awesome if he has similar success but they're not very comparable in terms of style of play.

[kungfoodude]

Yeah, we just need our Sean Payton equivalent. McAdoo is probably a serviceable OC but we don't have that McVay, Payton, Shanahan, Reid style offensive genius to catapult our QB to the heights that Brees was able to achieve. 

Brees was also ultra motivated after his injury and bring run out of SD. Hopefully Mayfield finds that kind of motivation to make him succeed after what happened in Cleveland.

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2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Yeah, we just need our Sean Payton equivalent. McAdoo is probably a serviceable OC but we don't have that McVay, Payton, Shanahan, Reid style offensive genius to catapult our QB to the heights that Brees was able to achieve. 

Brees was also ultra motivated after his injury and bring run out of SD. Hopefully Mayfield finds that kind of motivation to make him succeed after what happened in Cleveland.

Baker seems motivated to prove Cleveland wrong

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7 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It'd be awesome if he has similar success but they're not very comparable in terms of style of play.

He does remind me in the way he is a quicker, shorter-type QB

[KSpan]

But with an actual arm to go deep with.

[MillionDollarCam]

Hard not to pull for Baker… the city of Cleveland seems to drain everything from all of their athletes (football, basketball, etc.)… ever since Baker has gotten to Carolina, he looks like a new person. Hope he balls out.

[Prowler2k18]

20 minutes ago, stbugs said:

I was against signing Baker, but I’m glad we have him based on how rough Corral looked. I only didn’t want him because I knew Sam and/or PJ could easily lead us to the top pick in a good QB draft class.

We just need a good HC/GM. I enjoyed the Rivera/Gettleman era because we were relevant, but as we saw in the SB, it’s nice to have a coaching staff that elevates the team not just the most talent that wins you games until you get completely out coached.

I believe Fitterer is a legit GM. He, Dan Morgan and the rest of the FO is firming a good nucleus for the future. The jury is still out on Rhule. I’m hoping this past offseason of coaching changes and FA acquisitions are indications of an upward trend on the field.

Edited August 28, 2022 by Prowler2k18

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