Kay Adams: Who Is More Valuable Than Baker Mayfield?
October 7th, 2025
All aboard!
Earlier this summer, the seductive Kay Adams of FanDuel TV was clearly driving the Bucs bandwagon.
Now? She’s the lead cheerleader for Baker Mayfield.
On her weekday show “Up and Adams,” Adams said she is at a loss for words to describe how much fun it is to watch Mayfield lead the Bucs to come-from-behind win after come-from-behind win like it’s no big deal.
“I’m running out of words to describe my affection for the play and the aura of Baker Mayfield,” Adams began. “I don’t know if there is a single player who has meant more to his team through the first five weeks of this season.”
Adams detailed Mayfield was so good he did something teams haven’t done against the Seahawks defense and Mike MacDonald. Mayfield made the Seahawks defense look pedestrian.
Or, as Adams said, MacDonald makes quarterbacks “look like me throwing against MacDonald.”
Except Mayfield did just that.
And Adams correctly pointed out Mayfield, despite his top-shelf play, has yet to have his full stable of receivers healthy.
Man, Joe thinks when that happens, Mayfield and the Bucs will really put on a show.
@upandadamsshow Has ANYONE in the NFL been more valuable to their team than Baker Mayfield this year? #nfl #tampabaybuccaneers #bakermayfield #superbowl ♬ original sound – Up & Adams Show with Kay Adams
October 7th, 2025 at 5:25 am
I wonder if Dorothy prefers a Riesling or if she’s more a buttery Chardonnay kinda gal?
October 7th, 2025 at 6:47 am
Baker proved them all wrong.
October 7th, 2025 at 7:11 am
Adams says she is “at a loss for words”. That’s OK by me. She measures her words because she’s so thoughtful and overall caring and kind. “look like me throwing against McDonald”. Oh Kay! And she’s so funny and pretty too! As far as her affection for Baker goes, maybe she can wait until the end of the season to go on about that. But she knows alot more about those things than I do. Because she’s so very capable at her job. Just such a very special person!
October 7th, 2025 at 7:28 am
@Leighroy: Well done. Dorothy Konopka.
October 7th, 2025 at 7:41 am
Calling Rod Munch…..Rod Munch come in please…….RodMunch, why have you gotten so shy?………It’s easy, RodMunch, just apologize, get a new screen name and you will be welcomed into the brotherhood of Baker…….Er, I mean the brotherhood of Bucs.
October 7th, 2025 at 7:57 am
Yawn.
October 7th, 2025 at 8:02 am
Baker has been a breath of fresh air.
I was pretty skeptical of how he got the starting job, but that wasn’t on him. If Bowles had just said Baker Mayfield was the projected starter from the geginning, I would have been fine with it. But Bowles staged a rake competition instead. I hate being lied to.
Bowles didn’t even need to lie at the time. He could have just said “I believe in Baker, and everyone else will too.”
But…so far as believing in Baker Mayfield, Bowles had great instincts. He had so much faith that he set aside his desire to build a defense for several years in order to make sure Baker haad everything he needed.
And then, in a year when he could have finally drafted a first rounder for the defense, he again set aside that eesire to get a top WR instead.
Yes, we NEED a better defense. No getting around that. But Mike Evens doesn’t have a lot of time left, and Godwin was an unknown. Could still be an unknown…though signs are pointing positive.
Mayfield is gold so far.
October 7th, 2025 at 8:15 am
Not too unreasonable to think we’d be 0-5 with *any* other QB.
October 7th, 2025 at 8:18 am
Buccaneer Bonzai,
Whew……That’s a long way to get to your point: “ Mayfield is gold so far.”
Everyone except Rod Munch agrees with you!!!!
October 7th, 2025 at 8:38 am
Gipper Says:
October 7th, 2025 at 7:41 am
Calling Rod Munch…..Rod Munch come in please…….RodMunch, why have you gotten so shy?
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Not speaking up for Rod Munch. He is more than capable of doing that for himself. But hasn’t he already come out and acknowledged Baker is playing really well? Like a couple of weeks ago. Rod’s whole thing on Baker being a “choke artist” always struck me as something he was teasing people about. Hard for me to imagine that he actually felt that way. I mean it was so obviously absurd. Could be wrong but I never took that as him actually being serious. Just part of his schtick.
October 7th, 2025 at 8:48 am
they were severely shorthanded defensively hough. if excuse works for us, it works for them too.
October 7th, 2025 at 8:52 am
It’s been interesting and nice to see Baker grow into the player he is now. I definitely believed there was a competition for the starter spot when he got here, he came in and won it like he did the rest of the team and the fan base so I think we can put that to rest now. And even if Bowles was leaning in his favor was he wrong judging by the outcome? How bout some props to coach for being right?
He looks like he is playing with even more confidence this year, and he’s been great since he got here but this year there seems to be continuity with Grizz from last year, I think that helps the whole offense and may be a little over looked IMO.
October 7th, 2025 at 8:59 am
Durango 95,
Uh uh…….From the time Bucs signed Mayfield until it became obvious to everyone but Munch that Baker is an elite QB, he continued to rag on Baker. The problem is really his male fixation on Tom Brady. Until Munch takes the poster of Brady with his shirt off, down from his bedroom wall, Munch will never accept Baker. Munch was merciless to those of us who defended Baker from the beginning.
October 7th, 2025 at 9:02 am
Fist bump to Joe. Kay is an amazing looking lady. No doubt about it. And Baker is an amazing QB. Which is why I say Baker is the most entertaining QB this team has ever had. Ever. Bar none.Baker is a better QB today than Brady was in his 3rd season w/ our beloved Bucs.
Absolutely loved it when Baker was taunting Seahawks fans raising his arms up and down urging them to get louder. Challenging them to make more noise. He feeds off that stuff. Loved it. What a player, what an entertainer.