i really don’t remember much of Baker Mayfield in the NFL… never really followed him…

i do remember the game when he took the Rams down to the wire when Goff and the Rams faced the Browns in Cleveland a few seasons back… .Baker didn’t look bad at all.

zn wrote:

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It should be known at this point that the Rams’ resources are limited. Using $6.5M-$10M on a backup QB instead of a guard seems like a bad use of resources…and it is an either/or situation. When you have a limited number of resources, you must get it right.

Yeah. If Stafford is returning, Baker is gone.

“I’m just looking to be the best version of me possible.”

~ Baker Mayfield

he’s a stopgap. i don’t understand why anyone would think he’s a long term solution.

wv wrote:

But he has not proved to be an  unselfish, good, Leader, over time.  And if you listen close to his interviews, you can see the hints of selfishness.  He said something about ‘showcasing his talent’ recently.   Thats not something i want my QB to think about.  Its not a team-first mentality.

There is reason to be wary. He’s more talented than most QBs, but he’s not proven he can do the homework, or lead a team. I think it was zn who compared him to Jeff George. Too selfish, and too reliant on raw talent and bravado.

I really like the way Mayfield has handled himself with the Rams — so far. But as others have mentioned, he doesn’t have a history of maintaining that. The Rams, I’m guessing, need the “team-first” mentality more than most, or they won’t win consistently. It may be among the most important aspects of their team-building model, and gives them a competitive edge when their overall roster talent would suggest they can’t.

As in, they have a core of very talented athletes, but they’ve elected to surround that core with what amounts to journey-men types. Cap issues and lack of draft capital being the main culprits, but it may also be a “choice” in many cases. The team-first concept may or may not lift those (non-core) guys well above that type, but without it they’re JAGs. For example, I don’t think Hoecht gets a chance to play, much less play so well, with another team. The O-line has some guys like that too.

So, in one sense, Mayfield really fits that model. Cuz he’s a pretty tough QB, like Stafford, and, as WV mentions, can be a good locker room guy. “One of the dudes,” kinda QB. But that doesn’t seem to last long, and then he starts to freelance in public, etc.

Regardless, the Rams are going to need to find a couple of solid backups, cuz the trend in the NFL is for more injuries, at more positions, at a more severe level, so they just can’t count on Stafford playing most games. That’s not to mention his age, or his history of being battered. That’s just a given for every team now. Where is the Ram’s Brock Purdy, for instance?

I know it will be rally tough for him to do it, but if he can shockingly play well, and so how the Rams can beat the Chargers and Seahawks, I feel we won’t have the finances to sign him. I can see the Raiders and/Colts trying to sign him to a big money deal. With Raiders, I predict he’ll be in Washington next year, playing for the Commanders.