It is not a crapshoot. You get plenty of data on why some players are good and why some are traps.
It was clear as day that a guy like Nick Chubb was going to be a good player, while a turd like Chad Thomas exists. Most people knew this from the moment they were drafted. Athletic profiles and game tape really reveal all.
I believe Baker has plenty of talent and has been squandered by poor coaching. Chad Thomas being garbage isn't coaching. Greedy Williams being softer than baby shit isn't coaching. That's just what they are and who they have become in the NFL. There isn't a system alive that makes that Hubbard contract look good. Lest we forget the wasted pick of Antonio Callaway and how they basically ruined Higgins to try and give Callaway every break in the world.
It's not it really. Again, Greg Robinson, the RG situation, Callaway, Chris Hubbard, having no depth on the defensive line, hiring a rookie coach. These are all serious problems that weren't really addressed this off season that have killed this team over the course of the season.
I've never said give up on the QB nor the GM at the moment. To act like you are acting, defending both to the death, is asinine and short sighted. Dorsey has failed in multiple areas of the team. Baker Mayfield has been a DISASTER in year 2. They get one more season to right their wrongs before both are getting replaced.
I don't need to let anything rest. Dorsey has underperformed. He took 5 top 100 picks in a very strong draft and so far the only return on those picks is Nick Chubb being amazing. He failed with FA signings, his trades have been at best average, and we don't need to get into his coaching decisions of keeping Hue and hiring Freddie.
He deserves every bit of criticism that he's getting right now.