today.
And that quarterback is a little bit in limbo. Don't even
know what team is going to play for, you know, 17 quarterback
and he doesn't have a spot right now. He's being
screwed.
There's no other way to say it. And that's where we're going
with Baker. Mayfield. Yeah. I know last year might have not
been to them, you know
to your stats in your eyes. You might go. I don't know if he's
the 16th or 17th or whatever best quarterback in
the football. I think we all need to pump the
Brakes, we do, you know first off he's Baker. Mayfield
has a big-time arm. I mean, it's a big time. It's
a game-changing arm. And again, just go back and watch some of
the throws. He made early in the year before he got hurt or
even when he was just hurt a little bit early in the year
and it hadn't gotten do,
oh no, he hurt his shoulder more and oh, no, he's got
another injury to go along with the shoulder. Because if you
watch early in the year, whether it's the Texans,
the Chiefs, you know, even the Bears game,
the Chargers game.
Him, I mean, s*** there's a lot of game changing big time in
throws
from Baker, Mayfield to back up your point. I was over on
next-gen stats. Cool. This is why I like you you the longest
and this surprised me. Yeah, the longest pass completed past
in terms of are yards, the actual distance, the ball
traveled in the air,
right? 66 yards,
Baker Mayfield out of the people's Jones and this Bangles
game. Probably Matt. I don't know what plan was but it was
66 yards in the air and I would I would have thought it was
Justin Herbert.
He was S 63 yards in the air
Baker. Mayfield's arm is big time.
I mean it is. That's the one thing. When you go back and
watch you, you go man. He makes a lot of throws that change the
flow of the football game.
Well, so yes, he's got that,
you know,
sees the field pretty well, are there times where he forces
the ball and does some stupid things? Sure. I mean, we can
get into that but I don't think it's like I don't look at it to
go. Oh man, Baker Mayfield is just he's Reckless.
I don't trust him there.
I don't, you know, also, you've heard me talk about first off.
It wasn't great, receiver play their last year. He did have
an issue with Odell. Whatever you want to say. That's the one
thing. When you go back and watch the throws from the year.
That's the only negative just going
Odell's open. Why didn't we throw them there? Had to be
an issue there that it just pops off and you watch it and like
I told you at the time I mean, I see some of those plays and go
wait. I know that Odell's the first reading never looked at
him so There was some issue there. I don't know what it is.
Now.
The offense itself is not necessarily crazy creative as
you've heard me explain before,
you know, he's not a great athlete to go. Run for 15 or 20
yards, but he's quick in the pocket and then he's quick in
the pocket again to wait. I dodged the guy missed the guy.
Oh
wait, there's a guy going across the field, 25 yards down
the field. Let me set up and get my arm and boom and Let It
Fly. He can really do that at a high level.
So, that's where he's great. Now. Can he play a little small
in the pocket of time? Sure. Yes, that's not one of his best
things. Is he going to get outside the pocket? Like Josh
Alla Norma homes and necessarily make plays like
that and then manipulate the coverage
and throw, you know, some laser around the field. No, those
aren't his best things. No, no, no definitely not but
you know again, I think will you talk about Baker? Mayfield
is effect as the leader. It's pretty damn good. When you get
to the physical ability
aspect of this again, his arm is is in the top
10 12 and football, for sure,
as far as strength
and then the decision making
I don't really have a problem with a decision making for
the second year in a row when I go back and watch it. I think this
year where there's some decisions made because oh no,
I might get hit and my shoulder hurts and I don't want to do
that or
who I'm not healthy and I don't like to throw this throw. So
I'm going to pass it off and go to another one. And that
affected, I think some of his decision-making which was
happens when you're injured, you know, you start to do that.
But, you know, again, I think too much is being made by
the very A year when he was falling apart and being gutsy and
trying to play.
It's being over evaluated. In my opinion
as compared to, like I started off when you watch the first
five games of the year
and he's not, I know his shoulders hurt and game three,
but he's not like totally incapacitated you go. Holy
s***. The guy makes a lot of big-time plays and throws and
sees the feel pretty damn. Well, yeah, when he's right and
playing well, all you got to do is look at his 2020 numbers.
Exactly right? There. You Garson there.
Kristen? To start at 2021 like that and I guess just had some
issues. Exactly. He's had a roller coaster career so far.
So you're seeing here 2020 might have been his most
efficient year his best year in 2020 with the twenty six
touchdown passes and eight interceptions
took a step back in 2021 playing part of the Year. Injured
was a little pedestrian maybe in 2019. Yeah, 22 touchdowns,
right. Any one interception that group coming off of
a really good rookie year, so why has had these ups and
downs seems to oscillate
every year. So If you're a team that's looking to trade for,
maybe you're like, okay. Well, this is going to be as Good
Year healthy again. Yeah, I mean, hopefully,
you know, again, we got to keep in the context to he's had
a lot of different offenses systems here. All right, and
I'm going to just point out. I mean, again
Odell being on the team last year, great had the injury
but like,
man,
what I want because they don't have a lot of Separation guys.
There in Cleveland like Jarvis Landry and Donovan people Jones
aren't just like dbe's aren't like, you know, shaking in
their boots. It's when they come to
the line of scrimmage like oh my gosh. I got a cover, this
guy one-on-one. That's not there. They're not known for
that.
So again, I don't think like the weapons around him were
necessarily all that great either to open up the field
a little bit and open up some passing lanes for him because
these guys can separate from people. I think that's got to
be taken into
account with this situation as well.
There. There's a lot of good ball left, Baker, Mayfield.
He's a good player. He really is, he's I think better than
people give him credit for. I think they're definitely
He to down on them right now because of the injury thing
and I think people are being unfair.
And last but not least what I'll say about this situation is
I mean, he's really being
over by the Cleveland Browns.
They've done this to him.
They put him in this situation.
All he did was gutted out and play hard.
All right, and then they went and did the DeShaun Watson
thing then continued to flirt with him
went and go visit him
piss off Baker Mayfield, which is crazy that they didn't think
that would piss him off. Then release some things to
the media about, you know, I need to adult in the room and all
that kind of stuff. Right? So somebody in there said that,
all right, so then there's that. And now
they're going to hold them hostage
to where he has no team at some point is going to be
interesting to see where this goes.
You might have to make them uncomfortable. At some point.
He might have to start showing up at the facility. He really
he might have to
I mean again, he can't afford in my opinion at this point of
his career to go.
Did you stand Pat and let them control him and him be on their
roster and go? Well, we'll keep you and we'll pay you. We gotta
pay you anyway, so we're just gonna hold you hostage, until
we get something like, he needs to play. He's at
the point of his career, where things are going in the right
direction? And they were really going in the right direction
until he got hurt and that kind of knock things off kilter, and
he can't just have a year of not playing quarterback here.
Chris tonight.
I'm going to try to pull inaudible here. If you can get
graphic, 6230. It was what we started. The show with Sims has
21 through 40 quarterback countdown, because if Browns
have
have screwed him here.
Then there may be a team that could save him right? We've
heard the Carolina Panthers and there's been some dabbling
there. They got Matt Correll,
but Kristen's done it again. Great job Kristen.
So you've got him Baker, Mayfield at 17. So when your
mind he would be an upgrade for all these teams that have all
these quarterbacks here, 21 to 40. Now, you know why some
teams are going to stick with,
you know, the Bears going to stick with Justin Fields
because of the potential there, right? That makes a whole lot
of sense,
but I mean, you see, A bunch of teams here listed. Yep, who you
think Baker? Mayfield would be an upgrade for. Yeah, at
a certain point. Isn't that?
Why you're in the business
in the NFL is to win
and to win right now?
The Detroit Lions with Jared Goff and I don't think that
it's right lines are going to be anything this year. Yeah.
You think Baker Mayfield would be an upgrade 100%. That's one
of the team's. I still am low on the radar. If he gets
released. I would not be surprised
if I we saw him end up there. I mean, even Miami right to.
Right? I get it. You invested in him, but you got a team now,
that's stacked. The upgrade there's no doubt,
you know, there's no doubt. But this is where the politics of
the sports get involved. And this is like kind of where
you're going. Yeah, there's the rookies. We know we're going to
keep them sure. Oh wait, we got to
he's our number five, pick in the draft a few years ago.
We're trying to make that work, still, you know, and then you
get into the baker, Mayfield. Hey, there's a perception out
there about him. A little that's going to hurt him in
the eyes of some teams.
And then there's also the future contract consideration
that also cloudy's the conversation to. Wait, we get
them here. He's an upgrade, but s***. It,
you know, he played good but damn he wants 48 million
a year. Now. We traded them when I'm going to he wants 48
million a year and what man, we like them, but then we didn't
want to pay him 48 million a year.
So I think that hurts his value to, I think that's where,
you know, he probably was asking for a lot. I think
that's probably where things went wrong with Cleveland on
him, as he was asking, for a big number and they're gone.
It's a little much right now. We'd like you to prove yourself
a little bit more. And then I think that's where the flirting
with the Sean Watson went and That so I think that's going to
hurt him a little bit,
but your point is as valid nonetheless him that really
jumps out there. Seattle, withdrew, lock at 44, you and
Gino Smith. What at 33? Yeah. I had, you know, they're talented
and then listen, that's scary because you're going to go
there and you go way. I'm not just
going to physically outshine them completely
even though I do think Baker's arm is better than those two.
Yeah, so that's where it's scary. I've had some people
like go like I wouldn't go there if I was him. That's
scary. I'm not so sure. But
you know, I
Not that I wouldn't go there. I just I think Baker Mayfield
would be Tau G. No, or Drew lock. No question about it.
It'd be a shame. If Baker Mayfield doesn't play this
year,
sigh what it would be a shame though. It
might play in Cleveland. We don't know what's going to
happen with the Sean yet. And we don't know how many games he
could miss. Right. Potentially. So right Baker, Mayfield number
17 for you still looking for a spot
and he was a tough one line. When you play like that. You're
heard all years 13 last year for you. So you did drop them
down. All right, right. Yep. I did. You know, the one thing
I just didn't love about his year is that, you know,
I do feel like he let the shoulder
affect some decisions at times.
And then, you know, the other thing is just, you know,
a little bit of the
Hey, there's a few, the Sourpuss moments. I'll say, for
lack of a better way to say, the Detroit game is mad at
the fans, bullying them. And, you know, he didn't play was well
as he too liked and he gets a little
aggravated there. Those are things. I wish Baker. Mayfield
would cut out, but they're still way more positives than
negatives.