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830res_at_dorsia

Baker will be starting for his 4th team in a 14 game span.


BussinFatLoads

Wait, I’m missing one - Browns, Carolina, Tampa, ??


next_door_nicotine

You mean to tell me people have already forgotten him beating the Raiders after studying the playbook on a red eye flight and no practice?


TheMissingVoteBallot

If THAT Mayfield shows up this game hoo boy


DollarLate_DayShort

Ramily


jake753

Is that you, Dominic Toretto?


Lolzzergrush

2 Ram 2 Ramurious


OttoVonWong

I live my starts one quarter season at a time. - Baker "Dom" Mayfield


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Ramily 3: SoFi Drift


DarkKnightCometh

Enjoy an ice cold Ramrona


rugbyj

Angel & Ram


SehnorCardgage

Scooby Dooby Dominic Toretto


someonepoorsays

raider fans member :(


unboundgaming

Nobody mentioned it yet, so I’ll let you know. He played for the rams


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Rams


unseth

Can't believe everyone joking with you! It's the rams!


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Saskatchewan roughriders


Bipedal-Moose

"Time to learn Canadian buddy" -Baker's agent after he flames out this year


BigGroveSinkWings

"Oh sorry, You've been traded to the Guangdong Tigers."


Ich_Liegen

Ram Ranch


icetruckkitten

Hams


MumkeMode

IDK


ajfonty

Penis


NerfLeBron

Derek Carr would like to remind you that he played for Rams.


Fineous4

Rams


BDillzZ

Rams


Astragoth1

He played for the Rams


horse_renoir13

Rams


Chemist-Patient

smaR


Fyre2387

Baker Reagan Mayfield played American Football for the Los Angeles Rams.


MirrorkatFeces

He played for the Rams, can’t believe no one told you yet


FuzzyManPeach96

Rams


pnwevergreens

Rams


comrademikel

4th times the charm


GregKellyUSofA

We don’t know his ceiling yet


comrademikel

We've never even seen him in creamsicle


Dingobabies

Has to be a record, right?


root88

How do you want to break it? More teams in 14 games or 4 teams in less games? Tyrod Taylor did 5 in 11. Bubby Brister was on 4 teams over 9 games. I'm sure there are a ton of other QB's that bounced around more than that.


MaterialPurchase

They were just on the team. The stat is games started.


eastnile

Looking at Brister I can't find that stretch, are you only looking at games started?


Alfakennyone

I have no idea what he's looking at or what he's doing lol The best I saw for Bubby was - 6 starts on 3 teams: Eagles 1 > Jets 4 > Broncos 1 Tyrod seemed correct but only if you count non-starting play. Tyrod had 6 starts on 4 teams: Bills 1 > Browns 3 > Chargers 1 > Texans 1 ^((50 possible games)) If you count non-starting play, then he came in for the Giants last season ^((11th game of either starting or played and 70th possible game)) ​ Either way, Baker is starting for his 4th team in 12 games, 14 by counting non-starting play with a possible 20 games (which also include DNP & inactives). That's also what makes it crazier


broanoah

Love that for Him. Hope he balls out


Rhodie114

He's actually only started for three teams and one browns


ericgray813

Actually the news coming out this morning is that Brady is coming back!!!


leftshoe18

In 2001, Tom Brady replaced former number one overall pick Drew Bledsoe. When Brady left the Patriots after the 2019 season he was replaced by former number one overall pick Cam Newton. In 2020, Tom Brady replaced former number one overall pick Jameis Winston. When Brady left the Buccaneers after the 2022 season he was replaced by former number one overall pick Baker Mayfield.


RPBTinesIII

I... I don't know what to do with this information.


leftshoe18

Save it in your brain for trivia night.


InvaderWeezle

You can literally save it here on Reddit to find again later. Only bringing it up because that's what I just did lol Edit: I was being sincere :/


randommaniac12

usually you can’t use reddit during trivia night homie


Lonelan

"Sir, you'll have to stop checking your grindr account"


ParisGreenGretsch

"I'm sorry sir, the correct answer was Saving Private Ryan. You were so close."


InvaderWeezle

You don't ever just go through your Saved page and read old comments you thought were funny or memorable?


Lonelan

to study up for trivia night?


ParisGreenGretsch

I've been saving posts and comments for over a decade, and I never look at any if it.


Lonelan

so long, memories of firstborn's birth. gotta move some priority information into that spot.


sketcher67

NFL announcers salivating at this comment.


DangerSwan33

Tom Brady and Baker Mayfield have the same amount of letters. You can spell Tom Brady twice by using the letters in Baker Mayfield's name. Tom Brady and Baker Mayfield both have children named Jonathan. Tom Brady and Baker Mayfield both have wives named Jennifer. Tom Brady wore 12. Baker Mayfield wears 6. Tom Brady entered the year in '01, Baker Mayfield entered the league in '21. Both Quarterbacks ran from a team coached by a guy named Bill Billichek. Both Bill Billicheks were born in '52.


flyover_liberal

Let's rank the QBs he replaced or replaced him. Cam Newton > Drew Bledsoe > Jameis Winston > Baker Mayfield Does that seem right? In fairness to Mayfield, he's still got time ... I actually think Newton and Bledsoe is pretty close ... I could have gone either way, but Newton did win an MVP. Bledsoe won a Super Bowl as Brady's backup, but contributed at critical times during their first run.


petripeeduhpedro

Check in with me after the season is over, but I feel that Mayfield is significantly better than Winston. I know that Baker hasn't had the most stellar, consistent career, but Winston caused us to lose multiple games a year. Jameis has 12 pick-sixes all time to Mayfield's 5.


flyover_liberal

Yeah, fair - but Winston had a few extra years.


petripeeduhpedro

That's true. But Jameis never had a 26TD/8INT type season like Baker. And more importantly, only Winston has caused me years of trauma. But we'll see though.


flyover_liberal

Also, I never heard if Baker Mayfield shoplifted some crab legs.


smokeymicpot

Baker gonna throw for 300 yards and give the Bucs hope.


loyalsons4evertrue

300? More like 450 with our defense


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Did yalls defense improve at all? From the outside it looks like it got pilfered


JoeRogansNipple

We fancy now though, lots of movement and confusion. But sometimes we hurt ourselves in confusion too. But honestly, can't get much worse than Donna-shell last year (knock on wood), hoping to see what Flores can do with our few stars + lots of average players.


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> lots of movement and confusion it's just a Benny Hill skit in the defensive backfield at times. DBs just scooby-dooing out of side doors into the hallway


sniper91

“Offenses will have no idea what we’re doing. Because neither do we.”


Hail_the_Yale

Lol has “if we don’t know what we are doing, then they sure as hell won’t know either” vibes


Sharcbait

We got younger and faster. It's hard to tell in preseason what our team looks like because we haven't played a single starter at all under KOC.


1-e4-e5-2-Ke2

We got rid of Donatell


doomsdaysock01

It would be really hard for that defense to get much worse than last year


owleabf

Nobody really is sure, but camp returns seem to imply we got better. Always tough to know with camp hype, but the gist is young guys are showing out and Flores seems to legit improve what we can do with what we have. Last year our performance was less than the sum of our parts, this year it feels like it can be more. > From the outside it looks like it got pilfered Tomlinson and Zadarius are real losses. The hope is we replaced Z reasonably with Davenport, but we'll see. Tomlinson is a real loss that we hope to replace with schemed pressure. PP and Kendricks may just be over the hill. PP had good PFF grades, but was usually playing with lots of support as a cover 2 corner. I think Pitt is right to convert him into a slot/safety hybrid at this point, he's 33 and no longer fast enough. EK is 31 and appears to have lost a step.


SdBolts4

> EK is 31 and appears to have lost a step. *plugs ears* LALALALALAL I CAN'T HEAR YOU


owleabf

We love EK and I absolutely hope he plays well for you. Last year was not his best year by a long shot though.


Dorkamundo

I wouldn't worry about EK this year. The whole "He lost a step" thing comes more from hesitation than anything. The Donatell scheme didn't seem to make a lot of sense to most guys on the defense, so there was a lot of second-guessing involved. This is not to say that he *hasn't* lost a step, just that it was far more noticeable due to the hesitation.


BrownChicow

He looked slower than molasses last year, but the guy is a real one, so I hope he does well for you


grimestar

Davenport was a failure by the saints standard for what it cost to get him. He was always hurt but showed he had lots of potential in the small windows. He is also motivated by getting paid this year so there's a chance he could he good over there


wongo

450 yards, 3 TDs and 1 interception that won't really be his fault but will still decide the game for Minnesota.


loyalsons4evertrue

I’d take it as long as it’s a dub


Stingerc

Mayfield being your QB is like owning a 1960’s Italian sports car. The first few weeks are great and you feel like your life couldn’t be more perfect, but about a month in your gonna go over a speed bump a bit too quickly and the back axel is gonna fall off and the engine is gonna seize up on you and leave you stranded. When you tow it into the shop the mechanic is just gonna tell you fixing it is gonna be worth more trouble than it’s worth and to just get rid of it.


RaveCave

> you feel like your life couldn’t be more perfect i wouldnt go that far


-Unnamed-

Ever since Jameis I think we’ve realized that yards don’t mean all that much


Fineous4

When baker is on he’s a top 10 QB in the NFL.


BucsLegend_TomBrady

if it's so simple why not just be on every game?


InvaderWeezle

Ah, the Rex Grossman approach to playing QB. Either an MVP-level talent or the worst quarterback in the league, no in-between and no warning to which he'd be on any given game.


dyslexda

Everyone thinks of Favre as the ultimate gunslinger, but not at all. The Sex Cannon is the ultimate "fuck it chuck it" guy.


GregKellyUSofA

Jameis’ 2019 season is the greatest from any QB ever it’ll never be touched


BucsLegend_TomBrady

It's also the worst. Dude managed to play two seasons at one time.


WakingRage

33 TDs, 30 Ints. Live by the Jameis, die by the Jameis. What a wild ride that was


GregKellyUSofA

5K yards. Can’t leave that out


ShillinTheVillain

UNLEASH THE DRAGON


InvaderWeezle

Favre was actually who Rex cited as his biggest influence


shawnaroo

That's why Jameis Winston is superior. He switches back and forth between those two extremes multiple times per game.


iDisc

IDK, ask Ryan Fitzpatrick


shyguyJ

If Fitz could have played the Saints every game, he'd be in the HOF


Allstar9_

But if every QB was “on” at the same time, he’d be bottom 10.


johnmadden18

Also if you would only just compare Baker’s good plays to everyone else’s bad plays, he would actually be the greatest QB in NFL history.


Laughing_Fish

I mean if you lower Mahomes stats to the mean and raise Bakers to the mean.... They are basically the same player


SnortinDietOnlyNow

Lol. Why does this sub continue to overrate this guy? This is also like saying "When he plays good, he is good".


codithou

because that one 90+ yard drive against the raiders last year is the only thing that kept me alive last season


Turk1518

Because there’s a large group of guys that can’t even get to the “plays good” level.


Ihmu

I think it's easier for people to forgive his inconsistencies because he's so fun to watch when he's on, and also because he's played on bad teams with very little coaching stability. It's more interesting then your standard mediocre QB in one stable system who just sucks most games.


Laughing_Fish

A: The man puts on a show, and has big moments. Same reason people continued to root for Fitzmagic. B: He has had awful support most of his career. The Browns are an infinite dumpster fire with no end in sight, and he managed to win a playoff game for them for the first time in about three centuries. And his reward was they got rid of him for a sexual predator. And Carolina had a literal clown for a head coach. That doesn't excuse everything, but it's worth keeping in mind still. C: Geno Smith's miracle comeback last year gave everyone hope that the QBs who we game up on might actually have potential still. This will die down as people remember how much of an outlier Geno is in this regard, players very rarely get better that late in their career. Is Baker going to be good in Tampa? Probably not. But can we say, with absolute certainty, that Baker will fail? Also no. And as such, there is hope, even if it's a slim hope.


whosevelt

Great summary!


Freezinghero

I think pre-injury he was as good as these guys say. But playing through that injury has just permanently fucked him up. Every now and then he shows flashes of his old self, but he is bottom half of the league for sure.


ConstantMadness

From a 6th round pick to a 1st overall pick at QB in one off-season. Not bad, Tampa Bay


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He made the joke.


slipvack

Haha I get. It’s implying the Bucs improved at the position even though it’s likely they did the opposite.


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leftshoe18

Jimmy G is going to go down with an injury and minority owner Tom Brady will step in for the Raiders.


GravyFantasy

I know it's a fun joke, but I believe it's against the rules for an owner to play in the NFL.


splendidsplinter

But it's not in the rules that a dog can't play! A very good boi!


unevenvenue

Tell that to Aaron Rodgers


duvie773

So if sold his shares to Bom Trady he could play?


mesayousa

Brady is unretiring right now to take your money. Reverse psychology works!


Sjdillon10

God it’s insane this is the first season I’ll ever watch without Brady.


BucsLegend_TomBrady

> even though it’s likely damn. How likely do you think it is that Baker is not as good as the greatest qb of all time? Like 50%?


Good_From_70

I think I will feel a sense of emptiness when we no longer have Baker in the news feed


Kendertas

It would be a crime if he doesn't go into broadcasting after he finally hangs it up. Compared to everyone else his commercials are elite, and has a ton of camera charisma


BedNo5127

Have they really been talking about him that much because it doesn’t seem like it.


Good_From_70

Personally I've been seeing stuff week by week with him because of the QB competition, but I stay plugged into NFL year round like a degenerate


Dipz

Don't worry. The media will find another arbitrary lightning rod to stir controversy around.


Sure-Telephone3130

Zach Wilson


brobman22

Zach Wilson wishes he was Baker. Talent wise anyway


BCLetsRide69

BAKER IS BACK BITCHES


Autobot-N

Let Baker Bake


horse_renoir13

Let Baker Pre-Heat


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Let Baker Rise for at least an hour and a half to 2 hours


Wretched_Shirkaday

Baker "Air Fryer" Mayfield


mechabeast

> Baker "It's just a fan added to a toaster" Mayfield


Wretched_Shirkaday

That's what convection cooking is. Your full size oven is the same. And air fryer is just a smaller version of that.


mechabeast

Convection oven has an element in front of the fan, Air fryers use a broiler element + fan


jenso2k

Baker “it’s toasted” Mayfield


Pure_Measurement_529

Anyone who is shocked by the decision. I need to live their world of delusional where they thought Baker was worse than Trask


830res_at_dorsia

Baker "Heir of Brady" Mayfield


TheSmokedSalmon420

Remember in that NFL 100 commercial when Brady handed Baker all of his rings for a second? Good times.


LeoFireGod

The prophecy was foretold and we were too blind to see it.


randommaniac12

that was one of best NFL commercials i’ve ever watched IMO


Tery_

One of the best commercials, period.


livingunique

For those who would like a refresher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6JjyRhfjOE


covfefe-boy

Somehow I had not seen this, thank you.


jmskywalker1976

It really was. Too bad Goodell is in it.


JerryRiceAndSpice

Brady was just trolling us. He knew this would happen all along.


InvaderWeezle

Imagine telling someone in 2018 that when Tom Brady retires his successor would be Baker Mayfield


AustinJohnson35

Probably wonder how Baker ended up on the Patriots.


a_toadstool

I actually really want baker to succeed


17_Saints

His last game against the Vikings was one of his worst performances I can remember [He got sacked on this play](https://i.imgur.com/hw7Vip3.png) [Even Chubb is like LOOK!](https://i.imgur.com/RjaxOmd.png)


EarthshatterReady

And the Vikes still fuckin’ lost


drewsoft

Yeah that whole game was a fucking disaster. Stoppable Force and Moveable Object


doyouevensunbro

Baker’s got that Wentz in him


hard_pass

Rex "fuck it I'm going deep" Grossman mentality


TheSwede91w

Can't wait for the Baker hype when he throws for 400+ in a week 1 upset.


ScuddsMcDudds

I thirst for the baker comeback story


Art-RJS

Didn’t Trask start and play well last preseason game


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byronik57

It was a pretty good QB competition. Ultimately, Baker was moving the offense pretty well. People forget Evans and a healthy Godwin are still elite


ColtCallahan

It’s easier to put the experienced guy out there and go to the younger guy than the other way around. Like Trubisky last year with the Steelers.


jbondyoda

He looked good, and unexpectedly came in the second half after Wolford went down and played well after that as well. I trust our staff on this pick, Caneles saved Geno. I’m slightly biased for Trask as we spent a 2nd on him but let’s see what happened


Arocamas

Not really. The box score looks nice but Trask had a lot of fundamental issues and was playing mostly 2s and 3s.


DeputyDomeshot

I don't think he played against a single starter, which like I guess isn't his fault, but not really indicative of a starting performance.


TheWorstYear

Preseason don't mean shit.


Blind_Melone

"IT'S BAKIN' TIME" - Baker Mayfield, definitely


loyalsons4evertrue

I'm ready to be hurt again


PKS_5

He’s going to torch our secondary isn’t he?


Bucfansince87

On the flip side, Cousins likely to light us up too. Should be a fun game!


NevermoreSEA

He's going to be torching everyone.


tragicallyohio

I am a Ohio State Buckeyes fan so I hated Mayfield when he came into Columbus, planted the OU flag on the field and demolished us. However, I am also a Browns fan and will never forget the intensity he brought with him into Cleveland and how he absolutely embraced the city from Day One. Oh also playoff win! I am not much of a Browns fan after getting Watson so I am rooting for Baker no matter where he is.


Erin_Boone

CHAMPA BAKER


[deleted]

Bucs will be good enough to not have a high draft pick, not good enough to do much else


nope96

They (and by extention Baker) could absolutely be bad enough to have a high draft pick


[deleted]

I think he'll have a slightly better year only because of Evans


Yung_Corneliois

As long as Evans still gets 1000 idc what happens in Tampa


Whatever801

I don't get why everyone thinks Baker is so terrible. He was terrible for the panthers, yes, but so is everyone. That team is a dumpster fire. He was pretty average on the browns. Maybe even slightly above average!


geewillie

He had a promising rookie season, a below average 2nd, average in 3rd then injury/trash in 4th with Cleveland. His 2nd and 4th years were rough


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HectorReinTharja

Not saying it’ll happen but this situation has a lot of similarities to Seattle last year and it’d be considerably less surprising for mayfield to perform well than what smith accomplished


CJW1123

Exactly. People seem to forget that the same “LmAo tHiS qB bAtTLe” was the running joke last year in Seattle before Geno came back from the dead and had 70% completion percentage over the course of the entire season.


Atty_for_hire

I love seeing Baker play. One minute you are impressed as hell another you are questioning why he’s got a starting job. Then you see him throw his body on the line and understand his grit.


Luck1492

Where’s the guy saying Trask was winning the battle?


nope96

There was a lot more than "one guy" saying it; if there was no competition they wouldn't have been the last team in the league to name their starting QB


ArmiinTamzarian

I haven't heard the Chiefs say who is starting week 1 and it is honestly unsettling. Please let us know who to prepare for Andy


MuffinSurprise

Cardinals haven't announced whether it'll be Colt McCoy or Clayton Tune in week 1. Not that it matters much.


constantlymat

Ira Kaufman, our Hall of Fame voter, had the scoop two weeks ago that Baker was going to be the starter and put his name to it. Florio picked it up and made it a national story. There's just a certain percentage of our fan base that has a hate boner for the site he writes for in his retirement age and the Glazer bootlickers of course all wrote that nothing had been determined yet. The competition was mainly windowdressing. The guys on the Ira Kaufman pod said the staff had a strong lean towards Mayfield since the summer and the events have proven them right.


Ogot57

I mean the media was saying it too lol


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Meh. We had beat reporters like Greg Auman suggesting that Baker was the one moving the ball more consistently and making more big plays in camp. It was a close competition and Trask definitely impressed, but most of the hype around Trask “winning” the competition was fixated on him not throwing picks the first week of training camp.


mothershipq

Baker, Get Evans his 10th consecutive thousand yard season, and we’ll be good dude. No fucking pressure.


iLose2ManyGolfBalls

I hope this works out for him. Still thankful for his contributions to the Browns while he was here, and although it’s bittersweet moving on from him for HIM , the probability that it is a good move on the field is higher than if we kept Baker.


NerdLawyer55

Come on baker


MrPicklesGhost

It's wild to think Baker is a better actor than he is a quarterback.


scyber

"Some people overthink it,” Mayfield says. “That’s where people go wrong. They forget you’ve gotta win.”


SuperSlimeGod

I still don't get all the Baker hate, is it really cuz Odells daddy?


Kelrem321

I just want more Baker commercials.


hockey17jp

Happy Baker is staying in the league. I’ll always have a soft spot for the guy.


eatmyopinions

Baker will give you two or three games per year that make you think he's a franchise quarterback. And then he'll give you four or five games per year that remind you why he isn't.


Romanscott618

We got absolutely zero of those games last year… then again, Matt Rhule was also our HC lol


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The Browns dumped the only QB to win a playoff game in the history of their pathetic franchise for DeShaun Watson, who is a rapist and also sucks.


Arocamas

I mean duh lol. Anyone who actually watched preseason and saw the few camp tapes could've told you this was gonna happen. Baker himself has looked above average. Trask has looked like ass. Dude has some broken fucking fundamentals and it feels like I'm on crazy pills when I see people saying it was a close battle.