Baker Mayfield: Fire The Cannons

[Mazer]

He hasn’t been right since the shoulder injury in game 2.

 

[TyGuy]

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

This game is raising a ton of red flags for me. Hopefully he’s just not fully recovered from that shoulder injury, but he has looked awful. This should probably be at least like a 21 point right now.

 

[Triplethreat]

Get the Texans on the line.

 

[Amherstcavsfan]

fucking terrible game.

 

[Ohio]

Burn the tapes

And then burn them again

Worst game of his career, by far, and I don’t say that lightly

 

[macbdog]

Still reminds me of Jim Everett.

 

[Soar]

 

[CommD]

That’s me in the fourth row with the big torch.

 

[DirtyDan]

Laid an egg but I'm confident he can and will do better. The throws he was missing were the same ones he connected on in the last three games.

 

[blommen]

Next week would be a really good time for Baker to have his “Defense vs Bears in week 3” bounce back game.

 

[Coyote]

He's obviously capable of being much better than this, so the question is why he's looked like dog shit the past two games. Is it the shoulder? A shakier OL and more sacks? Combination of those things? It isn't the scheme (overall), it isn't the talent.

My purely speculative armchair psychiatrist opinion is that he's desperate to not get hit. It's like 2019. He's bailing on the pocket, rushing throws or just not putting all his attention into making the right throw mechanically. Maybe the shoulder injury is worse than we think and it's affecting this, too. So he's got, as others here have said, the yips.

I'd also be interested to see someone break down the impact of Landry's absence. Today in particular it just seemed like Baker wasn't comfortable with or even looking much to the slot. This is just my memory take from the game, but his throws were either sideline or down the numbers.

 

[col63onel]

Took him 6+ weeks to get right last year. If he does the same this year we’re good.

 

[Real Deal]

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[Real Deal]

His lone highlight of week 4: