PFF Tribe: Baker Mayfield Barely Above Average
May 23rd, 2025
The PFF tribe weighs in.
The drums have sounded and have since gone quiet. The PFF tribe has spoken.
The unquestioned arbiters and gatekeepers of the game have ruled: Baker Mayfield is barely an above-average quarterback.
Barely.
If one considers average to be perfectly in the middle, then Mayfield is just a hair above average. Noted football sophist John Kosko of the PFF tribe decided to rank each and every starting quarterback in the league.
Kosko has Mayfield in Tier 3B, ranked at No. 13.
Mayfield has pulled off a remarkable career turnaround. After bouncing back in 2023, he delivered the best season of his career in 2024. He’ll now be working with his third offensive coordinator in three years in Tampa Bay — and his fifth since 2022 — but the struggles of 2021-2022 feel firmly in the rearview mirror. His 2024 campaign also featured one of the wildest plays of the season, completing a pass with one of the league’s top pass rushers [San Francisco’s Nick Bosa] draped all over him.
Above-average isn’t a horrible ranking for Mayfield. But Joe would take Mayfield over Geno Smith (No. 10). And Joe could easily be talked into taking Mayfield over Justin Herbert (No. 8).
Joe’s a big fan of Herbert but he may be a bit overhyped. In a head-to-head matchup last fall in Los Angeles, Mayfield smoked Herbert.
Joe would also take Mayfield over Jordan Love (No. 12) for the same reason. In December 2023 on the frozen tundra in Green Bay, Mayfield easily outdueled Love in the winter elements Florida teams loathe and the Packers eagerly embrace.
No, Joe doesn’t think above-average is a bad placement for Mayfield. Joe could easily see Mayfield at No. 10, though.
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