Baker has had 8 head coaches in 6 seasons. Impossible to label him a bottom half QB when he has the least amount of consistency than likely any NFL player over that span.
Bottom line, gotta give the guy credit.
Going to agree to disagree here, I absolutely think you can label him a bottom half QB. Baker has had tremendous coaching change around him, no one can deny that. However; that's not the reason he doesn't play anywhere close to a #1 overall pick. He's ok, he's not bad but he's not all that good either. He's played in 89 out of a possible 98 games and started all but 3 of those games. He's had a lot of opportunities to prove what kind of player he is, and frankly, he's a bottom half of the league starter, but still a starter.
He doesn't have any dominant physical attributes. He's not tall, 6'0. He's not fast, 4.84 40 time.
He has a strong arm but it's not all that accurate.
Completion % 24th on average
2023: 19th
2022: 32nd
2021: 24th
2020: 30th
2019: 14th
2018: 24th
He turns the ball over. He's in the top half of the league in INTs most every year- 12th most turnovers on average
2023: 13th
2022: 22nd (10 starts)
2021: 11th
2020: 21st
2019: 2nd
2018: 5th
His average Quarterback Rating is about 22nd in the league
2023: 12th
2022: 30th
2021: 24th
2020: 15th
2019: 31st
2018: 19th
He can do some things and win you a few games but he's not going to be that long term starter you want leading your team. It isn't the coaching change, in fact, you can make an argument that if he was better, his teams would have been better and he wouldn't have had so many coaching changes.
