Fantasy Files: Don't discount Baker Mayfield going super saiyan in 2021
PFF Fantasy Football Podcast
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🗓️ 21 July 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Host Ian Hartitz breaks down Baker Mayfield's fantasy football stock ahead of next season. It's been an up-and-down career for Mayfield since being selected with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2018 draft; just realize he's shown off borderline erotic arm talent and high-end fantasy upside along the way. Don't let the absence of Odell Beckham make you think this Browns offense won't be in its best state yet with anyone's idea of a true WR1 back in action. Despite Mayfield's struggles over the years, he's still performed admirably in PFF's more stable metrics: the best could very well be yet to come, particularly considering the continuity this offense possesses all around the offense. Ian closes out the podcast with a look at Mayfield's projected volume and fantasy rank.
What can we learn about the 2021 Browns from last season’s team? (3:21) Positive signs for Baker’s play (6:40) All indications point to a big year for Baker (9:50) Baker’s ranking among QBs (12:18)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the PFF Fancy Football Podcast. I'm your host, Ian Harditz, and today we continue |
| 0:12.7 | our fancy file series with a look at Baker Mayfield. What an up and down three-year career |
| 0:19.0 | from Mayfield so far. Comes out of Oklahoma. Number one overall pick. PFF's one of the |
| 0:23.7 | highest-graded quarterbacks we've ever had coming out of college. Big win, for the pre-draft |
| 0:29.0 | people over there, just kind of nailing that pick down. When it happened, at first, it |
| 0:33.7 | seemed like it was an alignment of the stars. Baker comes in for Tyrod and that Jets |
| 0:39.0 | game catches the touchdown, breaks that long-ass win with streak. The Browns had to go through, |
| 0:44.5 | hats them up and down with Hugh Jackson, but they get rid of Hugh. Freddie Kitchens comes |
| 0:48.3 | in. And for the final eight weeks of that 2018 season, Mayfield looked like the next |
| 0:53.1 | big thing out position. He had this throw against the Panthers. That is still one of the |
| 0:58.5 | best throws I think I've ever seen NFL quarterback make. Now, one of these throws where if you |
| 1:03.8 | see it with no context, you're like, well, that was a terrible decision. Baker, why rolling |
| 1:08.1 | to your left? Did you chuck a ball, 60 yards down the field on a line in between three defenders, |
| 1:13.3 | only to have Jarvis Landrym-Marackley catch it? It was on third and 18. So with that in mind, |
| 1:19.0 | he does get some benefit of the doubt. But it wasn't just the production he put up in |
| 1:24.8 | 2018. It was the manor in which he did it. Reminds me of Justin Herbert a little bit where, |
| 1:29.8 | you know, the numbers in it of themselves are impressive. The guys set the freaking rookie. |
| 1:33.9 | We're talking about the two, you know, number one and number two guys and most touchdown passes |
| 1:38.2 | by a rookie. I mean, both of them, they don't even need the film to talk about how impressive |
| 1:42.9 | their debut seasons were. But once you look again at the manor, I wish they were getting |
| 1:47.4 | some of these yards. I mean, there were stretches on that 2018 Browns offense where Baker |
| 1:52.3 | and Company looked unstoppable. And they were being hyped up as a top five offense. And, |
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