[Coach]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Here's the funny thing - I actually think Mayfield was the safe choice. Darnold and even Rosen were the risks, IMO.

His style of play is more reckless, to be sure, but in this era it will also work to put up 24 points with relative ease if you have enough weapons for him to work with. He's not going to turtle up and put too much pressure on your defense. He's also not going to just say "eh, **** it - football ain't my thing" and start jaking matters.

Mayfields floor kinda looked to me like Jay Cutler with less raw arm strength. And Cutler is polarizing, but Cutler could produce. Give Cutler better body language and he wouldn't be seen as nearly the butt**** he is today.

Darnold's floor, OTOH, is absolutely Matt Cassel. He's a programmed quarterback and if the programming doesn't come together, he's nothing. Josh Rosen's floor is Jay Schroeder.

To me, Mayfield was the safest of the early QBs and I think Darnold has the highest ceiling. Time will tell.

I think Mayfield at 1.1 is better than Darnold because Mayfield was a gamer in Oklahoma. While the Cutler comparison (minus the arm, as noted but Baker's has better wheels than Cutler) is pretty much spot on, you're correct on the body language. I think of him as Cutler with the better body language and attitude.