Is Baker Mayfield too sort.

[ForJimmy]

He is sort of short

[MechaZain]

Good one from PFF. Shortest guy to lead the league in batted passes was 6'3. Flacco did it at 6'5.

[Jackie Lee]

He's on the short side but he's not going to see Clowney type guys every week

[App Panther]

Too Short the rapper? 

[SammyFranchise]

if you are short and not in the Drew Brees School of QB then you are doing it wrong.

 

Thats why Baker sucks. He know where near Brees and Brees didnt have no where near the arm strength Baker has.

 

Brees is the standard when it comes to short QB and pocket play. Mayfield sucks within the pocket and cant see over his linemen thus he has to leave the pocket for throwing lanes. Baker also has average mobility, so needing a short QB with average mobility who depends on throwing outside the pocket to find throwing lanes is a recipe for disaster.

I expect Baker to be benched sometime when Darnold returns

Edited September 15, 2022 by SammyFranchise

[gakonline]

23 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

He is sort of short

Is he sort of short or average?  Someone needs to sort this out. 

[ncsdawg]

I've watched Baker a lot.  He's gone through some pretty amazing stretches of football, and then gone through some awful stretches.  His inconsistency probably has a lot to do with the myriad of different systems in his short career as well as suffering through what should have been season ending injuries last year.  My sense is that he looks like a promising (old) young QB who just hasn't taken it to that next level yet.  I think having passes batted down and comfort in the pocket is all part of that.  And I have no idea what kind of progress we'll get from him this season.  Ideally he would get 2 healthy seasons in the same system at some point in his career.  Carolina probably does not have the short term stability or patience to go through the growing pains and get to a 2nd season either.  

[PanthersATL]

2 hours ago, jackson113 said:

Is he a short person or a giant midget?

He's the shortest giant ever....

[Shocker]

Too sort?  

[ForJimmy]

9 minutes ago, Shocker said:

Too sort?  

Sort this poo out!

[PhillyB]

he's fine, just needs to work on finding passing lanes. drew brees was a master at this 

[mrcompletely11]

6 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

he's fine, just needs to work on finding passing lanes. drew brees was a master at this 

Sean peyton was a master of creating them

[Chaos]

6 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

he's fine, just needs to work on finding passing lanes. drew brees was a master at this 

Yep, do the electric slide in the pocket, whatever it takes

[joemac]

2 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Flutie was in fact not a baller

Dude has his own breakfast cereal.  He was, in fact, a baller.  At least for a couple seasons.

Hes got one of the craziest, most unique careers of all time.  College legend, wins the Heisman, plays in the NFL until hes 27.  Then he goes an becomes a Canadian Football League legend - when he left the CFL he was the all time career leader in passing yards (41,355) and TDs (270).  Then he returns to the NFL at the ripe old age of 36, has a couple successful seasons as the Bills starting QB, and manages to stick around the league until hes 43 years old.

Edited September 15, 2022 by joemac