Yes, it’ll give Rod Munch something to complain about, and he’ll have Baker to blame for Bowles terrible head coaching/lousy defense/clock mismanagement.
Not with Todd there. All these people leaving the boat now we have cap space. See what he does this year if not let’s go get someone else starting with a coach. Fire Todd
Nope, got to see it play out. Had an ok 2023, great 2024 with a great OC, and regressed badly in 2025, especially from the Lions game on. Paying 50M+ to a potentialy average QB that seems to get hurt every year isn’t worth it. If he flops again I’d much rather save the cap space to load up the roster and draft a QB in what looks like a pretty good 2027 QB class
Let’s put it this way: Todd’s contract is up next year. What’s our best chance of landing a top coaching candidate, with Baker or without Baker? To answer that question, ask yourself if Liam would have waited another year before taking up the Jacksonville job had they not had a promising franchise QB in town?
Chances are that Baker doesn’t want his contract extended yet, UNLESS it’s for a boatload of money. And if THAT’S the case, the Bucs shouldn’t be doing it.
Baker has shown himself to be inconsistent. IF he has another meh year (like 2025), why pay him top dollar to stay here? But IF he has another great year (like 2024), he’d be in the perfect position to negotiate with any number of teams for a high $$$, long-term contract.
Baker loves to bet on himself, and he’s in the perfect position right now with the Bucs. We don’t have a ‘franchise QB-in-waiting’; Baker’s the Alpha dog. Bucs just restructured his current contract to reduce the CAP hit for 2026. It now has THREE Void years (2027-2029) totaling a tad over $30 mil in terms of remaining CAP hits. That’s very similar to what happened when Tom Brady retired from here after 2022. And it took us awhile to dig out from under that.
And the Bucs will have to deal with that $30.2 mil, one way of another. Either by giving him another contract, and thus spreading it out, OR by eating it all in 1 year (2027). Look at all the other players whose contracts expire in 2027 (Mayfield, Godwin, Vea, Robinson, Kancey, Muhammad, Nelson, McLaughlin, Tucker and a bunch of others) and it seems that 2027 will be a LOT more challenging than 2026 has been.
Inconsistent qb’s are not hard to find. I do like the guys attitude, but it’s not worth NFL star QB money. I hope that he takes a team friendly deal and wants to stay and help rebuild. Anything more will just expose his true intent. If he were to get released today does anybody believe he would get picked up for $50 million? If so, then trade him to that team ASAP!!!
People are just crazy. Its incredibly difficult to find an elite QB in the NFL. We should sign him tomorrow for 4-5 years. Crazy not to do it while the cost is far less prohibitive!
HELL NAW!!! He is to inconsistent and can’t win big games. Not sure what you yes guys are watching every Sunday. Too many times I see him take off running for no reason and there are open WR down the field. That is not good QB play. If this team extend him this team will never win a SB!
60% yes is just a shocking acknowledgement for Baker. Either choice is a risk. The Bucs have to decide whether they want to pay 50 mil now or 60 mil if he has a good year or let him go. If they’re choosing door #3, they should trade him now for some picks instead of getting nothing. I doubt we have the guts to try anything that bold. It’s not our way to actually get something back in a trade. Signing him now means you take the risk he turns out to be a bust or forever inconsistent and mediocre, but potentially save 10 mil per year. Waiting either costs you the 10mil or let’s you move on without the contract destroying your cap for 5 years. Trading him puts that risk on someone else, but can you get fair compensation in picks? Not signing him also comes with the risk of losing him altogether with zero compensation. Barring injury, signing him seems to come with the least risk. If he is “good” Baker, we have 4 or 5 years of top 10ish play for roughly current market value. “Bad” Baker means we’re stuck with a possibly untradable liability for those years.
Waiting choices are both bad. Either we pay top dollar or lose him entirely for zero. Trade means gambling on a rookie pick to be better than Baker and a couple or more years of growing pains.
None are an easy choice. I’m guessing they choose signing before the season starts.
Baker’s first eight seasons are roughly on-par stat-wise with Brett Favre’s first eight full seasons. Baker’s got more yards and fewer INTs, while Favre has 16 more TDs. Not saying Baker will end up as the next Brett Favre, but you don’t let that walk out the door.
March 25th, 2026 at 7:04 am
Love him or hate him, this is a done deal!
March 25th, 2026 at 7:19 am
Yes, it’ll give Rod Munch something to complain about, and he’ll have Baker to blame for Bowles terrible head coaching/lousy defense/clock mismanagement.
March 25th, 2026 at 7:26 am
Not with Todd there. All these people leaving the boat now we have cap space. See what he does this year if not let’s go get someone else starting with a coach. Fire Todd
March 25th, 2026 at 7:34 am
Bigger question – given current coaching status ——-
Does Baker want to extend?
March 25th, 2026 at 7:34 am
I’m betting he wouldn’t sign it at this point. I wouldn’t. I’d wait and see if I were going to be stuck with Bowles first next season. Play it out.
March 25th, 2026 at 7:35 am
Nope, got to see it play out. Had an ok 2023, great 2024 with a great OC, and regressed badly in 2025, especially from the Lions game on. Paying 50M+ to a potentialy average QB that seems to get hurt every year isn’t worth it. If he flops again I’d much rather save the cap space to load up the roster and draft a QB in what looks like a pretty good 2027 QB class
March 25th, 2026 at 7:40 am
Let’s put it this way: Todd’s contract is up next year. What’s our best chance of landing a top coaching candidate, with Baker or without Baker? To answer that question, ask yourself if Liam would have waited another year before taking up the Jacksonville job had they not had a promising franchise QB in town?
March 25th, 2026 at 7:41 am
Chances are that Baker doesn’t want his contract extended yet, UNLESS it’s for a boatload of money. And if THAT’S the case, the Bucs shouldn’t be doing it.
Baker has shown himself to be inconsistent. IF he has another meh year (like 2025), why pay him top dollar to stay here? But IF he has another great year (like 2024), he’d be in the perfect position to negotiate with any number of teams for a high $$$, long-term contract.
Baker loves to bet on himself, and he’s in the perfect position right now with the Bucs. We don’t have a ‘franchise QB-in-waiting’; Baker’s the Alpha dog. Bucs just restructured his current contract to reduce the CAP hit for 2026. It now has THREE Void years (2027-2029) totaling a tad over $30 mil in terms of remaining CAP hits. That’s very similar to what happened when Tom Brady retired from here after 2022. And it took us awhile to dig out from under that.
And the Bucs will have to deal with that $30.2 mil, one way of another. Either by giving him another contract, and thus spreading it out, OR by eating it all in 1 year (2027). Look at all the other players whose contracts expire in 2027 (Mayfield, Godwin, Vea, Robinson, Kancey, Muhammad, Nelson, McLaughlin, Tucker and a bunch of others) and it seems that 2027 will be a LOT more challenging than 2026 has been.
March 25th, 2026 at 7:41 am
No, make him earn it. Healthy or “injured” he can’t and never wins big games. Too many turnovers as well. No, no, no!
March 25th, 2026 at 7:48 am
Inconsistent qb’s are not hard to find. I do like the guys attitude, but it’s not worth NFL star QB money. I hope that he takes a team friendly deal and wants to stay and help rebuild. Anything more will just expose his true intent. If he were to get released today does anybody believe he would get picked up for $50 million? If so, then trade him to that team ASAP!!!
March 25th, 2026 at 8:03 am
Add me as a YES! Absolutely!
March 25th, 2026 at 8:08 am
People are just crazy. Its incredibly difficult to find an elite QB in the NFL. We should sign him tomorrow for 4-5 years. Crazy not to do it while the cost is far less prohibitive!
March 25th, 2026 at 8:57 am
HELL NAW!!! He is to inconsistent and can’t win big games. Not sure what you yes guys are watching every Sunday. Too many times I see him take off running for no reason and there are open WR down the field. That is not good QB play. If this team extend him this team will never win a SB!
March 25th, 2026 at 9:34 am
• Yes
March 25th, 2026 at 10:37 am
Reading the posts in here every day, I did not think we had that many intelligent people that would post 59% for “yes”
March 25th, 2026 at 12:09 pm
60% yes is just a shocking acknowledgement for Baker. Either choice is a risk. The Bucs have to decide whether they want to pay 50 mil now or 60 mil if he has a good year or let him go. If they’re choosing door #3, they should trade him now for some picks instead of getting nothing. I doubt we have the guts to try anything that bold. It’s not our way to actually get something back in a trade. Signing him now means you take the risk he turns out to be a bust or forever inconsistent and mediocre, but potentially save 10 mil per year. Waiting either costs you the 10mil or let’s you move on without the contract destroying your cap for 5 years. Trading him puts that risk on someone else, but can you get fair compensation in picks? Not signing him also comes with the risk of losing him altogether with zero compensation. Barring injury, signing him seems to come with the least risk. If he is “good” Baker, we have 4 or 5 years of top 10ish play for roughly current market value. “Bad” Baker means we’re stuck with a possibly untradable liability for those years.
Waiting choices are both bad. Either we pay top dollar or lose him entirely for zero. Trade means gambling on a rookie pick to be better than Baker and a couple or more years of growing pains.
None are an easy choice. I’m guessing they choose signing before the season starts.
March 25th, 2026 at 12:46 pm
Baker’s first eight seasons are roughly on-par stat-wise with Brett Favre’s first eight full seasons. Baker’s got more yards and fewer INTs, while Favre has 16 more TDs. Not saying Baker will end up as the next Brett Favre, but you don’t let that walk out the door.
March 25th, 2026 at 2:30 pm
NO SIR!!!!!!
LET HIM WALK!!!!…just like the browns, rams and panthers lol
WINNERS WIN….losers count stats
GO BUCS!!!!!
March 25th, 2026 at 2:56 pm
Yes absolutely