so what it was his 3rd best season as a Buc . . .
It seems to be with Baker is that any time he started to get national media praise, or starts making commercials, he pisses down his leg.
Or, his 3rd best season as a Buc coincided with . . . .. his 3rd worst OC?
One "excuse". . . oops, way to see the point is to look at Josh Q's article today and the stats he references. Credit where due this is a point Fire makes often.
"Last year under Josh Grizzard, the Bucs ran on 42% of their second downs following a first down incompletion. Their EPA/play on all of those second downs (pass and runs combined) was -0.047 (21st in the NFL) and their success rate was 40% (15th). Those metrics should improve in 2026.
New offensive coordinator Zac Robinson had one of the best offenses in football in that specific situation. The Falcons ranked fourth in success rate in 2025 (51.61%) and 6th in EPA/play (+0.166) last year on second down following an incompletion. And there’s a good reason why. Robinson understands that running in that situation is tantamount to giving up the drive altogether.
And expanding to second-and-long (7+ yards) in general, the Falcons were 2nd in success rate (49.54%) and 9th in EPA/play (+.067), while the Bucs were 16th in success rate (41.26%) and 11th in EPA/play (+0.056), showing they hit some big plays, but struggled to consistently get the necessary yardage to stay on schedule"
Mayfield is not making that run/pass choice ^^^ . He's doing his best to execute it.
To get to some basic context, Grizz was a 58% pass on 2nd and 10 following an incompletion. Robinson was 83%, McVay 73%.
https://x.com/RyanPaganetti/status/2074630279226884125?s=20