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Replacing Baker Mayfield: Poll

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What Should the Browns Do at QB in 2022?

  • Trade for Aaron Rodgers

    Votes: 5 6.0%
  • Trade for DeShaun Watson

    Votes: 10 11.9%
  • Trade for Russell Wilson

    Votes: 21 25.0%
  • Spend a first round pick on a QB

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Draft a developmental QB later

    Votes: 6 7.1%
  • Sign a veteran to replace Keenum and extend Baker Mayfield

    Votes: 2 2.4%
  • Franchise/Transition tag Baker on a one year contract and sign a veteran

    Votes: 15 17.9%
  • Accept the $18.8 million team option for Baker like Lee said, fuck it.

    Votes: 25 29.8%

  • Total voters
    84
  • Poll closed .
No it isn’t.

But it is a decision between the medical staff, the head coach and the players ability to play with pain.
The head coach makes the final call once the medical people have informed the coach whether he's healthy enough to play.
 
If Baker decided to sit and get surgery after being medically cleared, would the fanbase have been content with that?

I’m guessing no, and I’m guessing they would question his toughness. Short of actually winning a Super Bowl with Keenum, they would have always played the “what-could-have-been“ game and blamed Baker for not playing through pain.
And you can bet your left nut the Baker haters would have been all over that shit. Was listening to Cool Ray's call to Bull and Fox about a week ago. Cool Ray is a regular caller and a full blown Baker hater. He went on a rant calling Mayfield a coward 4 times in a 90 second blurb. Criticizing Mayfield's play is one thing. Calling him a coward is the furthest thing from the truth.
 
And you can bet your left nut the Baker haters would have been all over that shit. Was listening to Cool Ray's call to Bull and Fox about a week ago. Cool Ray is a regular caller and a full blown Baker hater. He went on a rant calling Mayfield a coward 4 times in a 90 second blurb. Criticizing Mayfield's play is one thing. Calling him a coward is the furthest thing from the truth.

Cool Ray is a regular caller.

Filing that one away. Great hearing his deep insights, thank you for sharing them.


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If Baker decided to sit and get surgery after being medically cleared, would the fanbase have been content with that?

I’m guessing no, and I’m guessing they would question his toughness. Short of actually winning a Super Bowl with Keenum, they would have always played the “what-could-have-been“ game and blamed Baker for not playing through pain.
Maybe, but I was one early on saying he should have gotten surgery right away and tried to come back in the Playoffs.

It was blatantly obvious after his injury that he was not going to be good enough to win with this season. This entire season was just a waste and put Baker at further risk for no reason.

I also think Keenum gets us at least 2 more wins this season, possibly more.
 
Thanks for the input, CR.
 
Meh. I get Baker trying to fight through the injury, but once it was clear that it was killing his effectiveness, both himself and the team should have agreed to shut him down. He was too stubborn to do so, likely fueled by his contract situation, and Stefanski failed to put his foot down. Both take the blame. It's irrelevant whatever gazachstahagen posters would say here or when they call the local sports radio show, in the end, Baker's own hubris and Stefanski's lack of a backbone did them in. It never should have come down to Stefanski having to leave a rookie RT alone vs the best rushing end in the game to have Baker get the point.
 
Anyone calling Baker a coward..4 times...one can file him away as being a complete asshole.
Baker's a guy who will slam into you with his broken shoulder instead of stepping out of bounds.

I understand doubting his sense of self-preservation, but questioning his courage is just ignorant.
 
Dude used to be a decent follow, but he's literally all over the place. He wouldn't sound so stupid if he wasn't clamoring for the Browns to pay Baker after his 2 games of 81% completion rate, or stating he was a franchise QB the night of beating Pittsburgh. Now he just wants every QB that's currently playing their game on the Browns.

Browns are going to be filthy next year with Jimmy, Carr, Russ, and Matty Ice.

 
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The thing about Jimmy is I don't think he's physically any better than Baker. But I don't see him dropping his eyes in the face of pressure and taking unnecessary hits/sacks. He also gets the ball out on time for the most parts.

He has his warts though. He's made 2 or 3 just bad decisions that haven't bit him yet.
 
There are 6 to 8 quarterbacks who could be moved this offseason who would absolutely give the Browns more production than they got out of 2021 Mayfield.

But we all know a healthy Mayfield is almost certainly going to give more Production than he gave in 2021 too. Will it be equal to 2020? Will it be slightly more? Slightly less? That's what we don't know.

So it boils down to two things for me.

1. How much better do the Browns think one of the veteran QBs would play compared to a healthy Mayfield?

2. How much would it cost in terms of draft pick compensation to acquire said veteran?
 

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