Bye bye Baker

[UNCrules2187]

4 minutes ago, TheCasillas said:

not sure how we would be asking them... when we have all the leverage. Dont forget the Ravens lost Jackson as well yesterday. 

In any case, there's no leverage since the trade deadline passed. We'd just be holding on to him to be petty at this point. We're not gonna play him or resign him, might as well let him go.

[Hoenheim]

Crazy he'd be released before the season even finished. Shows you what Wilks thinks of him..

[Billy Love]

12 minutes ago, Cookie Lyon said:

[TheSpecialJuan]

Good for him great for us 

[Waldo]

I can't wait to not see any of them here next year. 1 down, 2 to go with 5 games left. Out with the old and in with the new.

How bad he played this year was a bit surprising. So much worse than his normal.

[MHS831]

Time to call it a career.  I am not sure any team with a QB injury would be interested, considering how poorly he played here.

 

Maybe the Ravens, if he played well against them in the past. 

[Catsfan69]

35 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Unless I did the math wrong, Baker was at the 5th rounder threshold until his last start.  That bumped him over the 70% threshold.  We would have to make the playoffs for him to get below that again.  In other words, we don't have enough games left for Baker to get below the 70% again.

I don't think so.

Besides we could just start blowing people out and getting long drives.

Long drives plus more possessions equals higher snap totals.

Profit

[Harbingers]

56 minutes ago, TN05 said:

 

Why did we ever acquire him to begin with. 

[NorthTryon]

Who cares if he gets to San Fran? Shanahan better have his platinum turd shineola ready if they hoping he's going to be even a good clip board holder for them. 

[Khyber53]

Well, kinda surprised me, but good luck to him. There are some teams out there that would be willing to roll the dice.

Coaching here was bad and it certainly didn't help that he had some obvious issues on his own.

We've got a spot open in the QB room, here's hoping some deserving guy will get a chance.

 

[mav1234]

10 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

Crazy he'd be released before the season even finished. Shows you what Wilks thinks of him..

Sounds like Baker requested the move and we obliged. I wouldn't assume Wilks dislikes him, but Darnold does seem better in limited action so far. 

[grateflday]

1 hour ago, CanadianCat said:

Why would we release him at this point?

My guess is now there is no chance he plays at least 70% of the snaps which would then make the pick we gave up a 4th round one instead of a 5th.  With Baker no longer on the roster, there is no way that happens  

Edited December 5, 2022 by grateflday
fixed poor grammer :-)

[Harbingers]

Just now, mav1234 said:

Sounds like Baker requested the move and we obliged. I wouldn't assume Wilks dislikes him, but Darnold does seem better in limited action so far. 

Wilks is running this like a business so far. Which is how it should be. Plus I assume we aren’t over the play time threshold with baker. 

[pantherclaw]

32 minutes ago, Captroop said:

It was a high-risk, high-reward wager by the Rhule regime that he'd return to form after his shoulder injury. And if his shoulder was pre-2021 shape, it would have paid off. Behind this line, 2019-2020 era Baker probably would have won games. But it's clear as day that shoulder injury is probably lasting. And that's why Rhule is in Nebraska today.

Not sure how his shoulder had anything to do with his decision making.