Baker Could Be our “Brees”

[Little Goody Two Shoes]

24 minutes ago, jackson113 said:

Ain't no Sean Payton on this team ..

There’s always next year.

[Riverboat Ron]

29 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

and with no mole!

At least on his face.

[kungfoodude]

11 minutes ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

Baker seems motivated to prove Cleveland wrong

The fact he was willing to convert part of his 100% guaranteed salary to bonus money shows he is betting on himself.

Gotta love that.

[kungfoodude]

4 minutes ago, stbugs said:

I’m not sold on Fitt. We’ve made so many bad decisions. Our list of mistakes is way bigger than successes and unless you want to say everything bad = Rhule and everything good = Fitt overriding Rhule.

Well remember Rhule is the real GM. We won't know what kind of GM Fitterer is without any reigns on him until he is out from under Rhule.

I do think the trade happy "in on every deal" thing is Fitterer. Which, admittedly has been a mixed bag.

[onmyown]

34 minutes ago, Prowler2k18 said:

I believe Fitterer is a legit GM. He, Dan Morgan and the rest of the FO is firming a good nucleus for the future. The jury is still out on Rhule. I’m hoping this past offseason of coaching changes and FA acquisitions are indications of an upward trend on the field.

The jury is not out on Rhule.

[saX man]

I hope we have success with him for the foreseeable future but it’s just so hard to accept that it means Rhule stays in the picture. He’s just so out of his depth and it will be true even if we do well. Coach & QB means everything. I’d love for this version of the team to surprise. The NFC is wide open if Stafford’s injuries linger and TB can’t sustain.

[kungfoodude]

8 minutes ago, stbugs said:

I don’t think Rhule should be blamed for everything. The 3rd round QB instead of looking to 2023 is straight out of Seattle’s playbook. The not spending draft resources on OL until forced to is straight out of Seattle’s playbook. The strong secondary/use resources is straight out of Seattle’s playbook. The Rhule is the mastermind is an easy excuse IMHO to make fans f think we have 1 problem to solve and then healthy Cam will magically reappear and we’ll win back to back SBs for our first back to back winning seasons.

I don't consider it an excuse it's more of a lack of information and also just a hierarchy of blame. Rhule is at the top so he should get the bulk of the blame. We can speculate on what percentage of what move is assigned to who but the reality is that we don't know.

What I do know is that Rhule is leading this organization after Tepper, so the bulk of the overall blame is rightfully his.

[TrevorLaurenceTime22]

Baker is more Delhomme than Brees.... An inch shorter but a firey gunslinger with far more arm talent.

[LinvilleGorge]

I think people have used revisionist history to make Jake seem like a guy who got by on nothing more than will and moxie. That wasn't exactly accurate.

 

[top dawg]

When Baker has this consistency and accuracy, I'll compare him to Brees.

 

[rippadonn]

If Cam Newton didn't want to come back to this "situation" when the door was publicly open for him to do so shouldn't that say something? He wouldn't even do it again for the money. Why? Ever asked yourself why? Maybe you already know why and you choose to wear the blue sunglasses and ignore it.

Maybe this "situation" isn't good for Baker either. Ever thought of that? The "situation" was terrible for Teddy/Sam/Cam/Corral and the situation hasn't changed, it's still doing damage.

Needless to say, until the "situation" isn't in charge I can't see any changes happen physically or energetically.

The "situations" plan is already crumbling piece by piece because of the weak foundation upon which it stands.

Edited August 28, 2022 by rippadonn

[rippadonn]

It's like a NASCAR team constantly replacing their engines with used motors from last Gen cars.

[joemac]

1 hour ago, jackson113 said:

Ain't no Sean Payton on this team ..

not yet anyways. 

[Jackie Lee]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It'd be awesome if he has similar success but they're not very comparable in terms of style of play.

Yeah Brees was pretty boring for that level of success, Baker has a better deep ball and can actually run once in a while if needed