Shannon Sharpe· Oct 11, 2025
Sharpe argued that, based on the first five weeks of the 2025 season, Baker Mayfield has been the best-playing quarterback in the league and that no six quarterbacks are playing better than him; he also said Mayfield must be top five.
“There are not seven six quarterbacks playing the quarterback position better than Baker Mayfield.”
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- Positional FinishesBaker MayfieldOct 11, 2025
Baker Mayfield to finish top 1 at his position, by passing yards
“they said, the first five weeks of this season, Baker Mayfield played better than everybody.”
Miss · 25Scored 25a naive guess scored 41.67-28.67 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- -28.67
- player:
- Baker Mayfield
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 25
- baseline:
- 41.67
- position:
- QB
- ranked by:
- passing yards
- difficulty:
- 1.72
- the naive guess:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 3
- actual finish:
- 10
- weeks left when called:
- 13
- predicted finish:
- 1
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