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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I thought I was the only poster here pumping the tires of Mayfield before the draft. His high completion percentage in college to me was what set him apart from the rest. You could see last night that his balls were on target compared to Taylor who was erratic and undecisive. It looked to me like he was running the regular offense while it's pretty obvious the Jets have scaled back the play book for Darnold.
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Even going beyond the high-completion percentage, which can often but not always predict success at the next level, the advanced really showed a stark contrast between Baker and the other QBs.
I'm also just not all that high on Darnold in general. It's pretty rare that you see a guy with turnover problems he had in college suddenly correct that in the NFL. I counted about 3-4 dropped picks by the Browns in the second half besides the two he threw. Didn't see the first half. I think he'll be a serviceable starter in the league, but not the franchise player you'd expect from his draft position.