He basically repeated his 2020 season, which is solid if you don't follow it up with a 2021 or 2022.I don't dislike Baker but let's not go overboard - by last night, Philly was a mess and playing the worst football of any team in the playoffs. No AJ Brown and Hurts was dinged up as well.
Tampa also went 9-8 (4-2 in the division; 5-6 outside of the division) to win the worst division in football on a tiebreaker - that is not a team on the cusp of Super Bowl contention.
And just about all of the metrics and stats (tradition and advanced) suggest that Baker had an, at best, average 2023 season compared to all other QBs in the league.
Despite last night's win, I'd feel very queasy about giving him a mega-contract this offseason.
There were no dominant QBs this year per se, with "regression to the mean" by Mahomes (insert reddit memes)/Allen/etc so Baker also looks better relative to the field.
He will basically replace Brady's void year money in a Dimes/Geno type extension, which in the former case was a disaster, the latter OK.
On a different note, did I seriously read Terry Pluto say Baker was "within reach" of the SB on the PD frontpage headline? Bit of a stretch.