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Originally Posted by mr. tegu
I don’t think it’s remotely disputable that the Browns would have been better at the QB position (and team) if they just kept Baker. It’s not like it’s a high bar. But even with that, for all his limitations Baker plays hard and is just a solid professional QB on and off the field. He was decent on the field as it was for the Browns. He needed a little maturity to grow up so perhaps that was helped by moving around, but his four years there were better than anything they’ve had since.
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I think that Baker needed to mature to become what he’s grown into in TB. I think he needed to be humbled a bit to make that happen, like Favre back in the day. So in that one respect CLE did him a favor by trading him. Without that, it might’ve taken Baker several more years before reaching the same maturity level he’s at now.