Lavonte David: Baker Mayfield Is Great For Our Locker Room
July 15th, 2023
It seems like the Buccaneers really love their highly experienced new quarterback.
Yes, yes, there’s a quarterback competition between third-year Bucs QB Kyle Trask and newcomer Baker Mayfield for the starting job. Joe sees it as a 100 meter dash with Mayfield starting at the 70 meter mark and Trask at the starting block, but it’s still a competition.
Iconic Bucs linebacker Lavonte David was talking about the starting quarterback duel yesterday on SiriusXM NFL Radio with co-hosts Alex Marvez and retired running back Robert Turbin. David had a little to say about Trask and a lot to say about Mayfield.
“Obviously, Baker already he’s been ‘the guy’ and, you know, he’s expected to live up to what everybody expected him to be,” David said. “Baker is great for our locker room. I like the way Baker carries himself coming in with a ready-to-work mentality. Everybody loves him already and the way he approaches practice is great to see. So there’s definitely some great things to see out of Baker. He’s a guy who’s done it before — took his team to the playoffs and done some great things so far. So the competition with those guys is going to be very, very competitive and I’m glad to be a part of it.
“…During minicamp it was really fun to see, man, those guys are really having fun with it and they’re helping each other throughout the way. So that’s definitely something I love to see, as well.”
David praised Trask for being “able to take in the offense and be able to, you know, kind of like lead guys and stuff like that.”
David also said he knows what Trask can do but didn’t offer specifics.
July 15th, 2023 at 12:43 pm
Go Kyle beat Baker!
July 15th, 2023 at 12:45 pm
More proof that Trask will start. David gave Mayfield some platitudes because he knows he is in a no win situation and feels pity for him because of the way the media has been bashing him.
July 15th, 2023 at 12:50 pm
ATLBuc Says:
July 15th, 2023 at 12:45 pm
More proof that Trask will start. David gave Mayfield some platitudes because he knows he is in a no win situation and feels pity for him because of the way the media has been bashing him
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I believe this just as much as I believe the Secret Service couldn’t find out whose coke it was.
July 15th, 2023 at 1:05 pm
“Stuff like that”: great endorsement fir Trask.
July 15th, 2023 at 1:07 pm
Hey if Baker is the guy then great. Hopefully Trask will be ready if and when he is called upon. I’m sure that he will be the consummate pro and support Baker and the team as he continues to wait for his opportunity to shine. His day will come. If not with the Bucs he will get his chance to start somewhere. If history is any indication then he will probably win a couple of Super Bowls wherever he goes. Such is life
July 15th, 2023 at 1:12 pm
“kind of like lead guys and stuff like that.”
ouch
July 15th, 2023 at 1:21 pm
Not a ringing endorsement of Trask.
July 15th, 2023 at 1:21 pm
HOPEFULLY if Mayfield gets the starting nod we won’t be 1-5 by the time that Bowles & Canales decide to switch to Trask.
July 15th, 2023 at 1:24 pm
David lied when he said everybody loved Baker. There are no guys that EVERYBODY loves.
July 15th, 2023 at 1:45 pm
BA’s Red Pen Says:
July 15th, 2023 at 1:12 pm
“kind of like lead guys and stuff like that.”
ouch
I read it the same as you. Ouch!!
July 15th, 2023 at 2:09 pm
@ Joe’s…LOVE that you guys added the iconic moniker to Lavonte David’s name. He really is iconic in Bucs lore. Well done.
July 15th, 2023 at 2:22 pm
LVD is towing the company line. What else do you expect him to say? It’s called polishing the turd.
July 15th, 2023 at 2:35 pm
I don’t understand all the negative comments on a positive article. Hopefully, both QBs will play well.
July 15th, 2023 at 2:35 pm
Sounds like one qb is leading the team and the other qb is kinda like leading the guys and stuff like that!
July 15th, 2023 at 2:47 pm
I believe Lavonte David as much as I believe your favorite politician
July 15th, 2023 at 2:54 pm
Baker’s always good in practice.. It’s the “real” game that’s the true test for him.
July 15th, 2023 at 3:06 pm
So he says all this great stuff about Baker then says..
“So the competition with those guys is going to be very, very competitive and I’m glad to be a part of it.”
To me doesnt that mean He has to catch Trask since Trask is the incumbent?
Sounds to me like Baker is having to “catch” Trask?
July 15th, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Phew
July 15th, 2023 at 3:32 pm
At 66, never seen a QB so unjustly treated and criticized. The Browns were awful and the press piled on. Meanwhile, he has shown he’s capable of bringing fans to their feet throughout league AND leading a team to the playoffs. Waiting for a team to believe…
GO BAKER!!!
July 15th, 2023 at 3:37 pm
At this point it looks like all Trask will be doing is taking away some of Bakers reps. So it seems they both will get less reps with the ones. Your telling me they still don’t know who is better? Yeah right. Competition b.s. That’s not helping anyone. Or maybe it’s just a distraction for the media.
July 15th, 2023 at 3:37 pm
Wasn’t Americas QB Mr Entertainment himself considered a great leader and hard worker in practice. How did that work out?
July 15th, 2023 at 3:51 pm
Welp, I hope Trask earns the job, and plays excellent.
My impression of Trask: He is quiet, and a thinker. Not some motivational speaker. Not some big talker, repeating all the cliche’s of the day. He stays under the radar, drawing little attention of all the talking-heads, who have never seen him play.
I hope Trask surprises everyone, who have already written him off.
July 15th, 2023 at 3:51 pm
Camp coming soon to a stadium near you! We shall know a lot more soon and not have to strain our speculation powers.
July 15th, 2023 at 4:02 pm
Making predictions are tough, especially about the future…. Yogi Berra
July 15th, 2023 at 4:23 pm
You call yourself Bucs Fans……. get behind both guys……. It’s just rude…A real fan hopes for the best
July 15th, 2023 at 5:05 pm
Bob Berg
“You call yourself Bucs Fans……. get behind both guys……. It’s just rude…A real fan hopes for the best”
A real fan knows Mayfield is garbage and want better output from the qb position than he has shown the propensity to deliver. The only people on this site that wants Mayfield to start hate Bowles and wants him to get fired.
July 15th, 2023 at 5:19 pm
No , I’m a Baker Mayfield fan and I guarantee he will surprise you
July 15th, 2023 at 5:20 pm
“and done some great things so far.”
Uh huh. Sure…
If Trask gets his chance this season and blows people away…a lot of heads should roll.
Bucs next coach…?
July 15th, 2023 at 5:33 pm
Bob Berg Says:
July 15th, 2023 at 4:23 pm
“You call yourself Bucs Fans……. get behind both guys……. It’s just rude…A real fan hopes for the best ”
I won’t begrudge you feeling that way…but some of us prefer no blinders. It probably comes with age and experience with me.
I try to look at reality. Baker Mayfield has had chance after chance. He was the bait QB this year…the guy some sucker team that is broke buys into.
Trask is unknown. Because of matter what he may seem like in practice, he MIGHT be the type of player who excels when under the big light pressure.
Or, he might not be. The point is, we need to know before the next draft. Because we already know what Mayfield is.
July 15th, 2023 at 5:39 pm
Most of us ole heads could care less about Bakers rah rah rah in the locker room. We just don’t want those screwups we think we are gonna see on the field. In our hearts we want him to play well. But just cannot visualize it.
July 15th, 2023 at 6:19 pm
Those statements were not complete , what was written was cherry picked from a longer statement , you were told only what the writer wanted you to hear , completely unbiased I am sure…………yeah.
July 15th, 2023 at 6:23 pm
Trask is getting reps yet still not much love from teammates….very telling.
July 15th, 2023 at 6:28 pm
Bob Berg FTW!!!
WTF is wrong here. Do you people even understand the concept of possibilities?
Yep I comprehend there is the “possibility” that BOTH QB’s suck. There is also the possibility that they don’t and that BOTH will be good NFL QB’s. Again SF went into the season last year with their “savior” Trey Lance. They freaking traded their FIRST ROUND PICKS for ’21, ’22, AND ’23 plus a 3rd rounder in ’22!
He signed a rookie contract worth 34.1 million. Lance and Garropolo shared duties in ’21 then was named the starter over Garrapolo last year.
2 games in he hurt his ankle. Garrapolo came in played well until he too was hurt which led to “Mr Irrelevant” Brock Purdy. He started five games and won them all! My point…IT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT BOTH THE BUC QB’S CAN WIN!
I know that sounds crazy to Buc fans but AGAIN…it’s not impossible.
Lets look at the career of Rich Gannon and think of the Bucs two QB’s
Gannon’s rookie year at Minnesota the threw SIX passes 2 of them complete.
His second year he threw 15 completing seven…no games started again.
Third year..Again he was stuck behind Wade Wilson and Tommy Kramer and did not throw a single pass.
His 4th year he finally started for the Vikes and began his climb up the ladder…very slowly…can you say Kyle Trask?
He was traded to Washington for his 7th season where he went 1-3. Tore his shoulder up and missed year 8 completely. Injured shoulder? Can you say Baker Mayfield?
Then he went to Oakland and blew up. His career in Oakland 45-29 including that SB loss to the Bucs.
POSSIBILITIES GRASSHOPPERS! Why not root for BOTH QB’s to be the next Rich Gannon…perhaps one of them makes it…perhaps neither make it but why cheer for the negative. The mind is a powerful thing!! Many of you guys are tossing of some serious negative vibes! Just sayin’.
July 15th, 2023 at 7:54 pm
ATLBuc Says:
July 15th, 2023 at 5:05 pm
Bob Berg
“You call yourself Bucs Fans……. get behind both guys……. It’s just rude…A real fan hopes for the best”
A real fan knows Mayfield is garbage and want better output from the qb position than he has shown the propensity to deliver. The only people on this site that wants Mayfield to start hate Bowles and wants him to get fired.
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More fiction (lies). I think Mayfield will start, I don’t hate Todd Bowles, and I want the Bucs to win (like a lot of us). Quit making sh!t up.
July 15th, 2023 at 8:13 pm
Bobby M. FSU Fanboi Says: “Trask is getting reps yet still not much love from teammates…very telling.”
You must have missed Joe’s recent article “Bad Initial Locker Room Reaction To Baker Mayfield.” Look it up.
July 15th, 2023 at 8:15 pm
u r not fans you are a bunch of drunks that don’t know diddly BRADY was a mediocre joker but he was goat maybe he was a goat grazing on u r turf so Mayfield sucks but not as bad as Brady last year so get a life & GO BAKER!!!!
July 15th, 2023 at 8:15 pm
The fans who want Mayfield to start are smart people.
Smart people see Bowles as a poor head coach.
Does that help?
July 15th, 2023 at 8:18 pm
Basically if u don’t win super bowl or u r division all the coaches suck so shut up & enjoy u r new QB go BAKER
July 15th, 2023 at 9:38 pm
Apparently not smart enough to remember last season
July 16th, 2023 at 2:38 am
Rah Rah Rah!
Lavonte being the leader.
Next
Go Bucs!
July 16th, 2023 at 2:43 am
“Crickett Baker Says:
July 15th, 2023 at 3:51 pm
Camp coming soon to a stadium near you! We shall know a lot more soon and not have to strain our speculation powers.”
LOL yeah my powers are on IR.
Go Bucs!
July 16th, 2023 at 3:33 am
Mayfield has always been a great practice QB, but wilts under pressure during a close game or having to make a winning drive.
July 16th, 2023 at 7:23 am
Lavonte babbles about off-field moxie stuff and then says, “So the competition with those guys is going to be very, very competitive.” Sounds like Moxie Mayfield doesn’t have it wrapped up.
July 16th, 2023 at 8:15 am
Gator bois are really sensitive
July 16th, 2023 at 8:51 am
We don’t know Jack S— till they start playing.
July 16th, 2023 at 1:08 pm
Has anyone heard a player or coach or writer say anything truly positive about Trask? I haven’t heard one mention of the guy being capable.
July 17th, 2023 at 8:49 am
Perhaps taking more guys on trips to Rays Baseball Games to show them that if you go 3 for 12 as a team you are doing OK.
July 17th, 2023 at 1:08 pm
“Has anyone heard a player or coach or writer say anything truly positive about Trask? I haven’t heard one mention of the guy being capable.”
Mike Evans, Godwin,Wirfs..And many others..It just dont get the play in the media
July 17th, 2023 at 5:29 pm
Winfield did emphasizee the company line on the Baker Mayfield-Kyle Trask competition at quarterback. “It’s really 50-50 between those two guys.” Later in the interview he used “50-50” to describe it again.