I’m not saying he’s been bad, but he’s a HUGE part of why we’ve lost 3 straight. Blaming the O line when ONLY 2 other QBs have taken less sacks than Baker in the NFL. PFF has us ranked #2 in pass protection. Thursday we had only 1 drive over 50 yards (and we needed a 4th down facemask penalty to even get that). Week before it was the same, defense kept us in it until he throws a late ill-advised INT. Baker gets credit for his ‘moxy’ and ‘attitude’ which is fine, but the stats matter too. Our offense has been completely stagnant for 3 games straight. And yes, our running game is poor but it’s been like that. Since 2016 we’ve finished bottom 10 in rushing every year. I don’t recall that excuse for Fitz or Winston, and they had much worse O-lines and defense.
Baker has also never really had success in the NFL, minus a lone season with the #1 O-Line and #1 Rushing game (his career win % and career QBR are damn near equal to Jameis lol)
To reiterate, Baker has been a steal for us at his current salary and has been competitive, but I don’t get why he should be excused from his recent poor play. 3 total TDs in 3 games. Again, I’m going off stats, and I genuinely don’t understand why he gets a free pass
I would argue that baker is doing as well as nearly anyone could with the play calls and penalties we’ve been subjected to this season. He’s missed some downfield reads but how many qbs in the league would have hit those while also running for their life… maybe 3