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Originally Posted by RunKC
New staff. Baker had a career year last year unde Canales so I think right now he gets the benefit of the doubt but we’ll see
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Buddy of mine is a lifelong TB fan and, on a sidenote, he's a coach for his kid's HS football team in Ft. Myers FL. So he knows a little more than the average fan about the game. He told me that Canales was okay last season, but not great. He got bogged down trying to establish the run early on, to the point local fans were calling him "run, run, pass Canales," during their losing streak.
According to my buddy, Baker bailed him out of some situations last year once Canales finally started asking Mayfield to throw the ball more and using the short passing game in place of a traditional running attack. So it was a collaboration more than Canales leading Baker to a career season.
Now, that's a long way from being a bad coach. Obviously, he's better than a whole slew of OCs right now.
But I won't be terribly surprised if CAR offense struggles through the first half of the year with that QB and offensive roster.