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Matt Waldman on Baker Mayfield

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in that middle tier, you got your Baker Mayfields, right? They're athletic enough, tough enough, risky enough, and have tied it and reigned it in enough to where it works for stretches of time
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Mayfield is a middle-tier starter who has reigned in his risky play

Baker Mayfield is viewed as a middle-tier quarterback who remains a viable long-term starter; he is athletic and tough, and while he plays with risk, he has successfully reigned in his style to remain effective for stretches of time.

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