This might be part of the criticizm that Freddie Kitchens calls "assenine", but well...good for Freddie for having his boy's back, but shame on him for thinking we're all a bunch of idiots:
Steven came to court with exhibits A through Z, and he knows what he's talking about (like Jake Burns).
I won't even go into the details (too deep), but the Cliffnotes version is that the 2019 defenses are showing one coverage presnap, then changing it post-snap, and Baker is having trouble diagnosing it.
(Gotta toss in here that Bernie Kosar said they're using more zone/less man coverage; that's tougher to read quickly too).
Yeah I know that this contradicts the majority of what I said about Baker's processing speed and football intelligence, but I don't care, see?
Mr Ruiz has presented new and persuasive evidence, and if I refuse to accept it, I'm as bad as most other alleged analysts. If you can't admit that you were wrong, you are
Anyhow, Steve suggests some adjustments Freddie can make to help Baker out, and also says that he expects Mayfield to figure this out pretty soon.
I (blush-blush) told you guys about the QB "arms race", as young Quarterbacks typically do well at first, then hit a wall as Defenses adapt to them, then figure that out and do better again, until opposing defenses ambush them again, and so it goes.
Patrick Mahomes is the only exception to this rule in the modern era. I know that DeShaun Watson really didn't have any big setbacks (aside from his injury), but he's had his own ups and downs; he's not like Mahomes.
I need to point out that Mahomes has a better Offensive Line than Mayfield, and has a one year NFL head start on him in the same offensive system with the same Head Coach (this Andy Reid guy or something), but still wow. Just wow.
Tyreek who? Kareem who? Mahomes is just all that. Too bad the Browns never fixed those communications glitches and never got my "just draft Mahomes" texts and emails...
(Full disclosure I said the same about Watson)...
(Fuller disclosure I think da Bearss were idiots to trade up and draft Trubisky that high and STILL think trading down from Wentz was smart at that time...how they used all those draft picks is a separate issue) but I digress:
Steven Ruiz dinged my man Baker pretty hard here, but truth is truth.
Baker Mayfield remains as talented and intelligent as any QB in the NFL, but he's not as advanced as guys like me said he was yet. YET.
And again, with respect to Bernie and Steve, the Freddie Kitchens 2018 offense is ready and waiting. As Phil Simms points out, the 2019 Browns have abandoned it.
Steve is on the money in re the hurry-up. Mayfield kicks ass in the hurry-up. I know you can't run that all game long (or you wear your own defense out), but the 2019 Browns are downright Martonian, and never hurry up except in obvious and urgent situations.
...what the hell happened to Freddie Kitchens? See my earlier posts: I bet I nailed it. He's too damn HUMBLE!
But you gotta love the Quarterback and Head Coach defending eachother, and none of the other "big egos" are staging a mutinee (as predicted) yet.
If I'm Jarvis Landry, I want to go back to my "go-to"/bail-out/chain-moving role.
Steve Ruiz cited Landry's putrid 2019 conversion rate on targets, and it's because he's going vertical and trying to catch over his shoulder a lot.
When he came to the Browns from the Dolphins, Jarvis thought he could do that. Indeed, he did, sorta.
But he's not a vertical receiver. He's a catch-and-run receiver DUHHH. DDDDUUUUHHHH stop wasting him on vertical routes slants and digs duh aw why tf okbye dammit let Landry bail out Mayfield can't you tell the difference between him and OBJ or Ratley #!$@×?£#;!?!!!? dammit okbye
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