You are asking several different questions.

>How is Baker more successful?

Greater team success and just won a Heisman. It's nothing personal, just pointing out what are facts. Whether you feel Mayfield was the engine behind one, or deserved the other are a separate matter.


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>Josh Allen went 7 with the same accuracy

He is big and has a huge arm and people think he will be Carson Wentz. They are wrong.

But this is a different question than Mayfield, who is far more accurate than Allen, whose ceiling is Bubby Brister and whose floor is Brody Croyle.

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>Just trying to understand the thought process

Mayfield passes the "just look at the tape" argument. He also had a big last year, which always matters…I still remember when Matt Barkley was looked at as challenging Andrew Luck for the #1 pick before he came back to school and damn near ended up a UDFA.

Mayfield also has the accuracy to soothe the nerves of old-school guys worried about his size, penchant for scrambling, and off-platform throws.

Jackson has the former, but not the latter. Not yet anyway, he could easily end up better than Mayfield.



Mayfield was also one of several guys in a draft full of interesting QB prospects but no clear cut franchise guys, someone had to go first.