Has there ever been a more insecure QB than Baker Mayfield?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Trubisky never showed potential like Baker did last year. You can chalk part of Bakers struggles on John Dorsey’s dumbass too.

Baker has a horrific OL and even worse coaching. Getting rid of Zeitler was devastating. Putting faith in Robinson at LT was worse. And even worse than that, Dorsey completely failed drafting a BUST LT Austin Corbett with the first pick in the 2nd rd that he traded to the Rams for a bag of Doritos.

It doesn’t matter if you have Jerry ****ing Rice if your QB has a clueless coach and an OL that doesn’t give him any time to develop plays.

Dorsey is not the great talent he was made to be here and it’s shows true every day that passes.

Corbett's been a quality player in LA, though. And Joel Bitonio is REALLY good. JC Tretter is a quality center (easily better than Reiter). And yes, Robinson is over-exposed as a LT, he isn't a genuinely good player. But he's not a complete disaster either. He's a damn sight better than what Mahomes was having to make due with in Erving for better than half the season.

Blaming the OL is the thing teams do when their QB isn't nearly as good as they'd hoped. Its what people did with Smith for years and said that was the reason Smith would struggle.

Turns out that good quarterbacks can make due. It's not ideal - just look at what Mahomes has had to deal with - but it's not a death knell either. You put Mahomes behind that OL and he'd still be excellent. And the sack numbers would be WAY down.

Good quarterbacks help their OL just as much as their OL helps them. Mayfield isn't getting pristine protection out there, but he's doing absolutely nothing to help his guys out either. And he's making them look worse than they are - the same as Smith used to do.

Part of it is that Mayfield makes his OL look worse than it is.