Seeing Luke Goedeke Back At Practice Gives Baker Mayfield Peace Of Mind
November 6th, 2025
Right tackle Luke Goedeke.
Joe heard a lot of chatter at One Buc Palace yesterday about how the bye week provided as much mental relief to the Bucs as it did physical relief.
And Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield had additional relief when he saw Bucs starting right tackle Luke Goedeke return to practice Wednesday.
(Joe remembers when the Bucs played at Green Bay in 2023. It was a cold, rainy mid-December day. Warm by Wisconsin standards in the low-40s, but still miserable. The Bucs seemed glued to their heated benches and covered up by those winter jackets teams issue football players. Well, except for the Bucs’ offensive linemen who stood on the sideline pregame without wearing any of those coats and nowhere near the heated benches. And, there was someone else standing on the sideline ready to play in front of the big uglies: Baker Mayfield. He’s one of them.)
Mayfield was certainly happy with seeing Goedeke. He has the mentality of an offensive lineman, so with one of his guys who happens to be a helluva player getting healthier, you could almost see from his body language Mayfield was relieved.
“It is good, always good to see Luke back,” Mayfield said. “Obviously, when you lose a guy like [right guard] Cody [Mauch], and then Luke’s been out for a while — two of our guys that enforce the physicality on the offense.
“Good to see Luke back out there, hopefully he keeps progressing and he is able to go [on Sunday against New England].”
Mayfield made it clear he wasn’t dissing Goedeke’s backup Charlie Heck. Since Goedeke tapped out of the game in Houston Week 2, Heck has been a rock (and rocky) in Goedeke’s place. And he’s gotten better, too.
The Bucs weren’t struggling on offense because of Heck, that’s for sure.
“Still have trust in Charlie to go out there and do his job like he has been doing,” Mayfield said.
But yeah, if you can get a guy who may have been a Pro Bowl right tackle back in the lineup, that surely cannot hurt.
November 6th, 2025 at 9:07 am
Go Luke! We need you!
November 6th, 2025 at 9:28 am
“The Bucs weren’t struggling on offense because of Heck, that’s for sure.”
Um – pretty sure I saw something just recently about Heck giving up more pressures than any other Offensive lineman in the league….
November 6th, 2025 at 9:31 am
A rock? Hmm ok
November 6th, 2025 at 9:32 am
I’m not sure it’s for sure that Heck hasn’t been a part of the struggles…
November 6th, 2025 at 9:43 am
Baker had to prop up Heck a bit because he knows Goedeke won’t be back this Sunday. I say 10% chance max.
November 6th, 2025 at 9:50 am
We’ve thrown guys in at OL positions, switched them around, etc. there’s more to it than just physicality. Baker giving props to Heck helps the guy more that people know
November 6th, 2025 at 10:02 am
Bucs are going to lose this weekend, Bucs will not make the playoffs and the Panthers will win the division, They showed they do not care about winning by getting no one on trade, No receivers, No Running game, yep, Same Ole Yucs
November 6th, 2025 at 10:12 am
Someone you need to do a cursory amount of research in to Heck’s pass blocking grade – and where he is ranked comparative to other tackles across the league then try to type with a straight face that Heck hasn’t been the driving factor or a major issue
November 6th, 2025 at 10:20 am
Down Under, yes! Bring that optimism to the table. I mean do you really enjoy trolling or are you truly miserable?
November 6th, 2025 at 10:24 am
Trolling? lol, by speaking the truth? You live in a bubble are you bubble boy? Come on Bob, get a clue
November 6th, 2025 at 10:25 am
From Tampa by way of Cape Cod.
November 6th, 2025 at 10:25 am
Cam Jordan…is that you going down under?
November 6th, 2025 at 10:41 am
Down Under = Panthers troll
Go away.
November 6th, 2025 at 10:43 am
If Luke Goedeke please this sunday, great. Just don’t rush him. I’d rather have him for the latter part of the season and in the playoffs. Would be helpful if he could play in one or two of the next three games, though.
November 6th, 2025 at 10:45 am
PSL Bob Says:
Down Under, yes! Bring that optimism to the table. I mean do you really enjoy trolling or are you truly miserable?
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He’s trolling but he’s not very good at it. 😉
He’s probably one of Jeff’s sock puppets.
November 6th, 2025 at 10:51 am
Why you let dummy down under post just delete his stupid shiii
Yea dummy Carolina🥴 guess the last 5 years of playoffs and winning the division 4 of them years and probably will win it again this year. Your right same ol Bucs running the south. Clown. Pats played nobody!!two good team lost one win the Buffalo game that’s a division game though. Titans. Raiders. Saints. Browns. Bunch of bums
November 6th, 2025 at 10:51 am
Down Under – your logic doesn’t make sense. The Bucs are not winning the division because they did not make any trades at the deadline, but the Panthers are going to win the division because they did make …….. no trades at the deadline! LOL
you can’t make this stuff up! it writes itself
November 6th, 2025 at 11:11 am
wow looks like I upset the unemployed internet boy fans of Joe sorry dudes, here is what will happen the next 3 games… Pats 34 Buccaneers 20, Bills 37 Buccaneers 17….. Rams 31 Buccaneers 23
If I am wrong, I will cash app each of you 100
November 6th, 2025 at 11:15 am
My bet is that Goedeke would love to play Sunday, If they let him… That is a big if. He tried to go even with the initial injury. Tough dude but… I get it. I tried to go on a shattered ankle but that worked out the same as it did for Luke. Mind says yes, body says no.
Go Bucs!
November 6th, 2025 at 11:18 am
Some posters need to be treated as you do spam.
Just don’t click on it.
November 6th, 2025 at 11:52 am
LOL…
who knew comicview came to JBF!!!!!
GO BUCS!!!!!
November 6th, 2025 at 11:54 am
sit Luke this week…
let him knock off the rust vs the bills….
turn him loose vs the rams…
GO BUCS!!!!!
November 6th, 2025 at 11:57 am
If Haggard and the glass eating donkey play Sunday, and the Gizzer has learned from two Leftwichian offensive performances, gotta like our chances (provided the defense doesn’t regress ).
November 6th, 2025 at 12:03 pm
What 100 pennies?