SI article on Baker injury..Didn't know a lot about Baker but seems he once suffered the same injury (or cause) as our former QB1

[B_Eazi]

On the play in question, Schwartz was running a deep route to cut in the middle of the field on third-and-13 at midfield against the Texans. But he froze and Mayfield fired the ball right into the hands of safety Justin Reid. While Reid was returning the interception, Mayfield attempted to tackle him and injured his left non-throwing shoulder.

 

 

 

[45catfan]

WR made a career choice.  It very well could have been a hospital ball.  Dude, without a doubt, checked up.  Instead of going after the ball and taking the contact, he decided otherwise and his QB got hurt.  At least Baker tried to make the tackle.

[Panthera onca]

At least it was his non throwing shoulder.

[45catfan]

Freeze the video at 4 seconds.  The ball is out of Baker's hand and the WR is making his break.  He undoubtedly saw the safety and breaks off the route.  Had he continued the route, it was a very catchable ball. However, a major decleater of a hit was awaiting him.  Again, the WR made a business decision.  I'm sure he didn't think his QB would get injured on the play, BUT that's why you can't play this game timid.

[TheCasillas]

go figure, a WR cuts his route off bc he doesnt want to get hurt, and then the QB gets hurt cleaning up the timidness... crzy sport.

[BrianS]

Had the WR kept going, I don't know that the hit would have been all that bad.  The safety saw the ball the whole way and appeared to be playing it.  There would have been a collision, yes, with both players playing the ball and trying to make a catch.  Maybe a catch, maybe an INT, maybe incomplete.

Worst hits happen when the defender is coming from the opposite direction to the motion of the offense player with no chance on the ball.  The safety here was coming at a 90.  This would have been a hard collision, but not among the worst because in this case the safety was not looking to make a hit, he was looking to make a catch.

Edited July 26, 2022 by BrianS

[MechaZain]

18 hours ago, Panthera onca said:

At least it was his non throwing shoulder.

Makes it a completely different situation IMO

[ForJimmy]

14 minutes ago, MechaZain said:

Makes it a completely different situation IMO

No doubt.  One can reroute your career as a QB.  Warner did a nice video on how important your non throwing should is for balance in accuracy though. Throw this in with the fact he also injured his planting foot, it definitely affected his on field performance and he probably shouldn't have played through those injuries last year.  It may have worked out in our favor though if he can get back to 2020 form.  

[Snake]

19 hours ago, 45catfan said:

WR made a career choice.  It very well could have been a hospital ball.  Dude, without a doubt, checked up.  Instead of going after the ball and taking the contact, he decided otherwise and his QB got hurt.  At least Baker tried to make the tackle.

WRs that do that are straight bitches. You're going to have to catch a bad ball once in awhile. 

[ColumbusCounty]

50 minutes ago, Snake said:

WRs that do that are straight bitches. You're going to have to catch a bad ball once in awhile. 

If it's one thing I can salute Robbie Anderson for it's this. Yeah he's dropped alot of balls but he's also been the recipient of quite a few hospital balls the last two seasons. 

Dude has gotten absolutely drilled. Mind you he looks like he weighs about 112 lbs so that might just make it look a certain way.

[Jared Patterson]

No where near Cams injury stop. 

[WS Pantherfan]

1 hour ago, Snake said:

WRs that do that are straight bitches. You're going to have to catch a bad ball once in awhile. 

That route was reminiscent of a Robbie Anderson route from last season.

[dynomite]

2 hours ago, Jared Patterson said:

No where near Cams injury stop. 

Okay??

[Snake]

3 hours ago, WS Pantherfan said:

That route was reminiscent of a Robbie Anderson route from last season.

I not a huge fan of Robbie Anderson either but he's caught some hospital balls for us.. His crying is very annoying and he makes Gen Z look hard sometimes but he's never scared to go over the middle or high point a ball. 

Edited July 27, 2022 by Snake