Baker has made the most of his opportunities, he’s made a bunch of money as the #1 pick and got himself a sweet commercial gig, but he’s never been elite. As we’ve seen being a high pick is no guarantee, Goff, Wentz, Mayfield maybe Murray too. Mayfield was a product of Lincoln Riley and the OU program which was the class of the big 12, Mayfield benefited from usually having better teammates, he had time to throw, his guys were wide open, he got extra possessions. Now his deficiencies are being exposed and exploited and the brash swagger has nothing to back it up.
He’s undersized and if you’re small you need speed or a big arm or both, he has neither. He needs a team that doesn’t require too much from him, like the patriots.