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How Baker Mayfield ranks among AFC North quarterbacks

By Mitch Zoloty

CLEVELAND, OHIO - SEPTEMBER 17: Quarterback Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns warms up prior to the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at FirstEnergy Stadium on September 17, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns defeated the Bengals 35-30. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OHIO - SEPTEMBER 17: Quarterback Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns warms up prior to the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at FirstEnergy Stadium on September 17, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns defeated the Bengals 35-30. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) /
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Cleveland Browns, Baker Mayfield. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

Here is how Baker Mayfield ranks so far among the AFC North quarterbacks

So far this season, the AFC North has been the best division in the AFC. The AFC North is a combined 10-4-1 this season and is 8-2-1 against the rest of the NFL. That’s a 77.27 winning percentage, which is a little better than the winning percentage of a team that goes 12-4. With this quality of football being played, it’s going to be a tightly contested race for the division title.

Everyone knows that the most important position in football is the quarterback. In such a tight division like the one that the Cleveland Browns find themselves in, quarterback play might just be the defining factor that decides who wins the division.

Baker Mayfield has been playing at a vastly improved level compared to his 2019 performance. His percentage of times intercepted on attempted passes has been cut in half, his completion percentage is up three percent, and his percentage of touchdowns thrown when attempting to pass has increased two percent also. However, is this enough improvement to win the AFC North?

He’s not the only quarterback who has made improvements from 2019 to 2020 in the AFC North. Lamar Jackson has improved his passing game even more from 2019. Ben Roethlisberger has returned to the Steelers and is playing significantly better than his replacements did last season. Joe Burrow has also joined this elite grouping of quarterbacks, and he has been playing lights out for the Cincinnati Bengals.

To compare these quarterbacks so far in 2020, we are going to use the following statistics: completion percentage, touchdown percentage, interception percentage, yards per attempt, yards per game, and ESPN’s quarterback rating. In the end, we will average out the rankings and see how these quarterbacks stack up to one another.

All of these stats are from profootballreference.com, except for ESPN’s quarterback rating, which comes from their own website here. With that being said, lets jump into our first statistic: completion percentage.

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