Baker Mayfield: Fire The Cannons

[Goldin Brown]

I think is more a case of Baker just staring down his target. You can see the DB is watching Baker, and when he sees the throw he makes his move and is able to break up the play. I know people don't want to put all of the blame on Baker, but he is playing horrible. He's staring down receivers, his throws are often inaccurate, coming in either too hot, too high or both and he keeps breaking the pocket when he doesn't need to. It's a shame we didn't retain the QB coach that had him playing well.

 

[BMAN]

I still prefer Baker Mayfield: feeling skittish as the title of this thread until he starts playing better again.

 

[Huber.]

Behind the scenes it seems Baker is not well liked by many.

Landry and Beckham are starting to chirp and I feel the coach and QB were in their crosshairs with their recent comments.

Baker really needs to have a good game against Seattle. This could get real ugly.

What did I miss?

 

[Kyrie4MVP0202]

What did I miss?

Nothing too crazy but there are a few articles up Cleveland.com with both Landry and Beckham expressing frustration with not getting the ball to make plays.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Nothing too crazy but there are a few articles up Cleveland.com with both Landry and Beckham expressing frustration with not getting the ball to make plays.

I don't read that as them not liking Baker, just acknowledging that he's playing like shit.

 

[Kyrie4MVP0202]

I don't read that as them not liking Baker, just acknowledging that he's playing like shit.

Yeah no there’s a different article that states that around the league Baker isn’t liked. Who knows how true that is but it’s out there.

Landry and Beckham just want the ball. I think they like Baker.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Yeah no there’s a different article that states that around the league Baker isn’t liked. Who knows how true that is but it’s out there.

Landry and Beckham just want the ball. I think they like Baker.

Well yeah he talks a ton of shit out there, so opposing teams probably hate him. All I've ever read about his own teammates is that they pretty uniformly love him.

 

[6.19.2016]

SIAP, but Footballoutsiders' Film Room take.

Warning, lots of gifs and may cause slowdown.

Film Room: Baker Mayfield

Cleveland's franchise quarterback has stumbled out of the gates in his second season. What are the holes in his game, and what can Freddie Kitchens and the coaching staff do to manage them?

www.footballoutsiders.com

 

[Jordan]

SIAP, but Footballoutsiders' Film Room take.

Warning, lots of gifs and may cause slowdown.

Film Room: Baker Mayfield

Cleveland's franchise quarterback has stumbled out of the gates in his second season. What are the holes in his game, and what can Freddie Kitchens and the coaching staff do to manage them?

www.footballoutsiders.com

They have to run more play action.

 

[DOTL]

If OBJ shines, Baker shines. Gosh those are both bad takes.

of course i knew somebody would come with this logic. but thats false.

 

[AZ_]

When you get this Baker, we can stop blaming stupid shit and see this offense how it’s supposed to look.

Fun to watch when he’s pulling the trigger quickly.

 

[AZ_]

lol nvm

 

[godfather]

lol nvm

That pick takes away everything he did good. Just a beyond stupid throw by him.

 

[Frank Stallone]

When you get this Baker, we can stop blaming stupid shit and see this offense how it’s supposed to look.

Fun to watch when he’s pulling the trigger quickly.

Awful, awful INT throw aside, I don’t understand the usage of Nick Chubb. Especially when Baker is mostly throwing good balls (few drops have hurt him).

 

[Prime 1978]

That pick takes away everything he did good. Just a beyond stupid throw by him.

Awful pick for sure. But Freddie’s lack of game management is just as egregious. You let the clock run and get Seattle’s last timeout that way you at least go into the half up 23-12.

But Baker doesn’t get a pass, that was a horrible decision.