11-04-2021, 03:01 PM
(11-04-2021, 10:17 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: For never more than 14.0 YPC in 3 years? Also for a pathetically small 2.0 and 2.8 YAC the last two years? That's a pretty poor vertical threat and 50.0% is just an awful completion rate even if you are a team's vertical threat.
Combine that with the huge distraction he (and now his family) are creating and the fact that he's only played 16 games in 2 out of 18 years? Dude's not worth it. Addition by subtraction.
To back this up, since OBJ arrived in Cleveland, he ranks 114th out of 153 WRs in EPA per play. Last season, through the first seven games, here was Baker's numbers...
19th in EPA per play
22nd in YPA
14th in Success Rate
4th in TD%
4th in INT% (read this as a high INT%, so throwing a lot of picks)
17th in adjusted passer rating
After week 7, or when OBJ got hurt...
8th in EPA per play
12th in YPA
7th in success rate
26th in TD%
37th in INT% (read this as super low, barely throwing picks)
11th in adjusted passer rating
One thing that could explain Baker's drastic drop in TD% was that the teams rushing TD % skyrocketed after OBJ got hurt. The Browns love to run the ball, and they were 20th in rushing TD% while OBJ was on the field. After OBJ got hurt, they were 8th in rushing TD%, suggesting that Baker was getting them down there and the RBs were finishing it off.
