Baker cost TB $5M

Turning out to be a bad move. He’s over performing and costing them a shot at a high draft pick. They should have went with Trask.

Allen with a sweet rollout in the red zone for a passing TD.

Baker Mayfield on the previous drive threw a dart for a TD.

It must be nice having QB’s that can perform in the red zone.

Because we are that team.

Incredible performance by Baker Mayfield. Tough, patient, scans through his receivers. His check downs aren't panicky like Carr's, they're calm and efficient like Brees'.

I always laugh at the theory that you win by losing in the NFL. You know, cuz you'll pick five spots higher in the draft.

An in-depth survey of Super Bowl era drafts (no, I don't have the link anymore from right before the season started) compared the statistical output of the first player drafted at a particular position with that of the second at the same position, whether it was 5 picks later, 10 picks later, whatever. Know what percentage of the time the first player chosen outperforms the guy selected sometimes a third of a round or more later?

52%. Slightly more than a coin toss. I mean, yeah, over time that 2% margin can be counted on to produce a better outcome...over like 25 or 30 drafts, since that's how such slight differences in probability play out.

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Agree 100%.

I spent all offseason trying to tell people that $30 million was ENTIRELY too much money for Carr and that we should have just stuck with Dalton to save money. I was then repeatedly attacked with shite like "Well that's just the going rate for quarterbacks!"

This is my "I told you so"

Tampa is so much better they have the same record as us

Any QB would suck in our offense

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This is my "I told you so"

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Hey now, the pro-Carr blowhards don't like when you tell them they're the ones who are actually idiots after they spent 8 months telling you that you're the idiot and Carr was good.