adam81king
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So I posted this somewhere else, and this will be my absolutely last post about any of this shit.
Over the last 20 or so years the top 3-5 QBs one year are typically in the top 3-5 the next year. However 5-15 or so is constantly changing from year to year. Some years a guy is at 15, some years a guy is at 6, and .some years a guy is at 10. Baker is clearly in that 5-15 group right now. Last year he was top 10, right now he is 15. There is nothing wrong with that group, they can occasionally win games by themselves, and occasionally lose games by themselves. It would be great if Baker could step up and be in that top 5 group, but as someone htat watched Baker throughout college I recognize that isnt a realistic goal, and no one should expect him to be that year in and year out. Consistently in the top 10 should be the goal. Is that what fans want to hear, of course not. But there are very few guys in the world that can step up and be a starting NFL QB for an extended period of time. Baker is absolutely one of them the biggest question is where he falls from year to year. Is he going to be 5 or 6 or is he going to be 14 or 15
I've been one of Bakers biggest detractors, though I've refrained from posting anything about him for a couple weeks. I would LOVE to have him consistently in the top 10 every year, and would happily shut my mouth about him if he reaches that. The problem isn't that he's "top 5 one year and 10-15 the next," it's that he's top 10 one *week* and the Jets version of Sam Darnold the next. That inconsistency is why he doesn't have a good chance of being a top 10 QB. It's not that he's REALLY good, then average. It's he has elite stats one week and historically bad stats the next. At the most important and highest scrutinized position in western sports, you can't have that.