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
Off the top of my head VS the Bills…. rolled out of a sack and ran for 1st down. Completed pass to white while bills ripping his leg back, bouncing on the other one, avoided a safety by getting rid of the ball while at a 40 degree angle, defense running pass D 80% off the time because they know Bucs can’t t run. Maybe watch the game and count the half seconds before Baker has to get out of the pocket.