Jason Licht Answers Baker Mayfield Contract Question Again
April 29th, 2026
Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht continues to get the same question about extending Baker Mayfield’s contract.
It came again yesterday on The Drive on 95.7 FM WDAE.
“Going into a contract year, have you talked to Baker or his agent about a contract extension?” host Tom Krasniqi asked.
Licht never seems to give a straight “yes” or “no” or a “not yet” when he replies.
“Baker is at the forefront of our mind at all times,” Licht said. “All of our plans revolve around Baker, and that’s something that we’ll get to at some point. I have had a lot of discussions with Baker about the team. We texted during the draft about some of the picks. I know he’s excited about the players that we took. We have a great relationship. Listen, nobody here wants Baker playing for every other team. So I’ll just leave it at that.”
Teams that love their 31-year-old quarterback rarely let him take the field with an expiring contract, as Mayfield’s will after this season. So the Bucs have plenty of time to hash out a deal in a relaxed way.
If Mayfield demands to know who will be coaching him in 2027 — head coach and offensive coordinator — that could throw a wrench into talks.
April 29th, 2026 at 9:55 am
Baker plays well with few INTs and fumbles with offense being top 10 then I don’t see how they won’t extend him 3-4 years. If he is ok to bad then it’s 2 year deal with his replacement being drafted. By game 10-12 we will see the writing on the wall.
April 29th, 2026 at 9:56 am
Baker has to win more than 10 regular season games and a playoff game to get that contract….
anything less than that, he’s walking the plank
GO BUCS!!!!
April 29th, 2026 at 10:15 am
As much as I love the heart and grit Baker has, he’s never going to get us to the SB.
Especially with this HC\DC in charge. An offensive minded coach could probably bring out the best in him. It’s too bad he was never exposed to such a coach. Wait, turns out he was but the Glazers passed.
They love the culture Bowles provides. Baker fits right in with that mind set.
Fall backwards into worthless division titles, only scratch out one playoff win versus a floundering Eagles team, get boat raced by any other team with a pulse, and never sniff a Conference title game.
If Baker gets Mahomes money or better the franchise will be cooked.
April 29th, 2026 at 10:15 am
We are going to build a Top Defensive team in Tampa.
I’m sure if this, we will be adding violent, physical players..
I really believe our defense will be so strong that we can win with a game manager.
That’s what we need at QB, an intelligent game manager
With that said, we are not as desperate to extend Baker Mayfield
They probably want to see how he blend with a good defense
April 29th, 2026 at 10:24 am
Vouch for Baker FWIW
April 29th, 2026 at 10:29 am
With all of the success we’ve had at Lakeland High
We never had a top notch QB, we always had a strong run game, dominant defense
Wayne Peace was the closest thing to a top notch QB for us
And he graduated from Lakeland High in 1980, 46 years ago.
We haven’t had a division 1 QB since
That’s what the Bucs are going to establish in Tampa
Build up the trenches, violent, tough, physical players on both lines
That’s how you win football games, not with a finesse QB
An intelligent game manager, that don’t make many goofy mistakes
April 29th, 2026 at 10:39 am
He’s earned it. And he’ll get it. Tampa Bay will be fair and Baker will be fair. They were the perfect match 3 years ago and they still are. I’m not elated with our first 2 picks- hope I’m wrong. One thing I am not wrong about is that Mayfield has found a team he can win a championship with, but he has never done things the easy way. Ain’t nothing worthwhile easy and our QB knows it and appreciates it- including his opportunity here. I expect he may want to make sure Bowles is here, and Licht, before he signs anything. The money? That won’t be a limiting factor for Mayfield, it never has been. He’s a throwback in the sense that truthfully, he is only concerned about winning. He’s a winner through and through.
April 29th, 2026 at 10:42 am
Baker will be a huge mistake and Licht knows it. He has to be a dominant playoff QB or why hamstring the future?
April 29th, 2026 at 10:46 am
Thank god for bake. We’d have no identity without him. Mike left. Lavonte hung ‘em up. Bake is the face of the team until the next gen takes over.
April 29th, 2026 at 10:58 am
Have to agree with Lynch. I would think that a good offensive minded HC would be able to get the best out of BM and that he’d good enough with a good enough supporting cast to get to a SB…..but it will never happen with TB.
The team success that he and Bowles have had isn’t bad, it’s just that it’s barely above average.
Also – JL’s answers to these questions are non answer answers. There should only be two extension scenarios that work for the franchise: 1) a good but not top of market extension like he signed last time before the season, 2) a top of market deal after he has a great season and gets us to the conference championship game.
If he wants Mahomes or Allen money without the results no thanks. If he wants tier 2 money that works.
April 29th, 2026 at 11:16 am
813bucboi Says:
April 29th, 2026 at 9:56 am
Baker has to win more than 10 regular season games and a playoff game to get that contract….
anything less than that, he’s walking the plank
GO BUCS!!!!
What a stupid comment. If the Bucs implode AGAIN defensively and guys check out AGAIN and Baker is desperately trying to come back from being down AGAIN in the fourth quarter and they wind up with 8-9 wins AGAIN then they are going to dump Baker and go with …. Garoppolo? Right!
April 29th, 2026 at 11:25 am
“If the Bucs implode AGAIN defensively and guys check out AGAIN and Baker is desperately trying to come back from being down AGAIN in the fourth quarter and they wind up with 8-9 wins AGAIN then they are going to dump Baker and go with”
Our last 3 wins of the season, the offense was a non-factor all they had to do is not eff up.
You guys love misremembering fact, just to recount it in some make-believe scenario like the offense was consistently clicking for 4 quarters of any game at any point this past season, to blame “comebacks” on an underperforming defense.
I’ve said it, and I’ll say again when you have to come back in a game your defense allows 19 total points, it means your offense is underperforming.
In fact, that same offensive inactivity is what lost the Dolphins, helped lose the Eagles game, and don’t get me started on the post-bye spike in turnovers.
Maybe chill out on calling people stupid, especially if you’re going to talk like you’re dumb.
April 29th, 2026 at 11:32 am
In order for us to win in the NFL
We have to build up the trenches, offensively and defensively
We need tough, physical, violent football players with high football IQ
I’m not saying we don’t need Baker Mayfield , that’s not my point
My point is, we need to build a tough, physical, complete football team
And we won’t depend on a Superman QB, we won’t have to spend as much
These NFL salaries are getting ridiculous, we need to build away from that
April 29th, 2026 at 11:40 am
Baker is in another prove it year for the second time in 4 years. Cousins gets more love than Baker but hey at least Baker gives the Bucs an “identity”, as someone above posted. Who cares about winning right?
The Bucs love Baker so much they’d rather give him compliments instead of a new contract. Baker will play with his hair on fire this season and he will press, stress and fluster himself. He can’t handle a simple tweet about his former coach which let’s you know he isn’t mentally tough. Have no fear, Baker will do us a solid and help the Bucs pick in the top 5 next year.
April 29th, 2026 at 11:41 am
Apparently, some people have not learned from the Mike Evans experience that you don’t go around pretending that you can make star players hang on a thread until the last minute before offering a decent contract. What will you be saying next year when Mike and Baker are playing catch by the side of the Bay? The notion that Mayfield has anything to prove to you is mind-boggling. If he has a bad season, the Bucs will have a worse one; he will then have suitors galore, while the Bucs will be watching the waiver wire for the Browns to cut another QB. Not to end on a bad note: I think a deal will get done over the summer because nobody benefits from a lame duck quarterback and the uncertainty would gut the team’s morale.
April 29th, 2026 at 11:43 am
WBL. You’re a pretty good football guy. And you love to point out that the Dolphins only scored 3 points in the second half. But WBL. That rookie from Texas, Ewers, hung 17 in the first half in the rain. And , as in the Philly game, when a team dices you up like that in the first half, the offense gets to play catch up and it doesn’t bode well for working out well. Our team was snakebit from the opening bell last year. Defense, offense, special teams, and coaching. It can happen, especially when the injuries start piling up. I’ll be glad when we can put last season behind us.
April 29th, 2026 at 11:50 am
Leave it to the new regime to decide.
April 29th, 2026 at 11:52 am
I think waiting until halfway through the season is a good idea. Make sure he’s fully healed and playing well.
I DO believe he can lead us to a superbowl, unlike what others claim. Simple way to answer this is to ask yourself if Baker Mayfield is better than Trent Dilfer?
If yes, then he can lead us to a superbowl. Period. Because he’s much better than Dilfer ever was, and Dilfer won a superbowl.
April 29th, 2026 at 12:03 pm
Someone explain how he’s not Winston v2.
He lost 4-5 games with late game INTs. He has 2 playoff wins in 8 seasons. He’s never been to a NFC/AFC Championship game.
He’s funny. People like him. Evans left him because he’s not a winner.
$55M of $300M?
April 29th, 2026 at 12:07 pm
Jason, where are we with baker? “ Well, we’ve thought about extending him, but a voice from heaven came after the clouds parted and declared, “ No! He single-handedly cost us four games last year!” ?
April 29th, 2026 at 12:11 pm
There are literally, a DOZEN elite level QB’s in college football for this upcoming college football season with probably at least 8-10 of them with 1st-Round ‘potential’ depending on how their seasons turn out. Probably HALF of those “dozen” WILL BE 1st-Round Picks. Also, there are probably 25 NFL TEAMS currently, who are already committed to the position with their CURRENT QB. There will only be 8-9 teams at THE VERY MOST (including the Bucs), who will even be ‘in the market’ to begin with, pre 2027 NFL Draft. PLUS, that’s not including Mac Jones and other FA QB’s who will become ‘available’ along with BAKER. So, that old veteran “bridge” QB-market will NOT be strong at ALL. I mean, WHY PAY $50-MIL+ (especially if you are a bad team… even more so, if you are a BAD TEAM heading towards are reset at the ‘position’ or a complete REBUILD- um, you WOULDN’T (unless, you’re STUPID)). Baker will be in a VERY tough spot. PERIOD. Unless, he has the season of HIS LIFE. End of Story. It’s called living in REALITY.
April 29th, 2026 at 12:19 pm
BucsfaninOregon
Go look at the month of DEC and tell me who Imploded lol….
Baker was a TO machine!!!!…especially in the 4th quarter…
clowns like you act like Baker has taken a team to the SB a la Garoppolo, right?
GO BUCS!!!!
April 29th, 2026 at 12:22 pm
I guess Joe knows that posting a Baker article is like throwing chum in the water. The sharks have a feeding frenzy! I’m looking forward to the new season with a competent OC,
April 29th, 2026 at 12:26 pm
Lakeland – How bout Jared Haggins… Didn’t he play QB at Lakeland!?
April 29th, 2026 at 12:32 pm
Kenton Smith Says:
April 29th, 2026 at 11:43 am
WBL. You’re a pretty good football guy. And you love to point out that the Dolphins only scored 3 points in the second half. But WBL. That rookie from Texas, Ewers, hung 17 in the first half in the rain. And , as in the Philly game, when a team dices you up like that in the first half, the offense gets to play catch up and it doesn’t bode well for working out well.
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LOL…MIA!!!!!!!…..Baker threw a INT in the 1st half which led to 7pts and then he Fumbled in the 4th quarter, in dolphins territory costing us pts….
Philly!!!!…Baker threw a 4th quarter INT 1st & 10 in the red zone!!!!
excuses excuses!!!!!
darn right we were snakebitin lol…by baker himself!!!!
GO BUCS!!!!!
April 29th, 2026 at 12:33 pm
@ WBL Says: “I’ve said it, and I’ll say again when you have to come back in a game your defense allows 19 total points, it means your offense is underperforming.”
THE most logical thing said on this here site. It’s the story of Baker Mayfield’s Bucs career (outside of Coen, when they jumped on teams early, before going all turtle and then ANOTHER Bake turnover).
April 29th, 2026 at 12:35 pm
For most of the rest it’s all been STAGNANT ‘OFFENSE’ for 3-Quarters, under Canales and Canales 2.0 last season.
April 29th, 2026 at 12:36 pm
I’ve said it, and I’ll say again when you have to come back in a game your defense allows 19 total points, it means your offense is underperforming.
BINGO!!!!!!
they’ll hold everyone accountable but baker lol….
GO BUCS!!!!
April 29th, 2026 at 12:37 pm
“WBL. You’re a pretty good football guy. And you love to point out that the Dolphins only scored 3 points in the second half. But WBL.”
I love pointing out offensive inactivity and how those spells in alot of our win/losses where our offense produced nothing.
Example, in that Miami game we scored on our very first possession. Great start, right?
In the 4 drives between that score and our next scoring opportunity for 3 points on our 5th offensive drive of the game. We amassed 79 yards of offensive production that spanned from the 12:54 in 1st quarter to the 11:55 mark in the 3rd.
We had 10 offensives drives, scored on 3, punted on another 3, turned the ball over on 3 and missed an FG one 1 drive. In a winnable game, we punted and turned the ball over 6 times compared to 3 scores.
Ewers didn’t do anything otherworldy, in fact Miami had 5 drives that all ended in negative yardage. Miami also punted it’s final 4 drives of the game. Remember what our offense did with the last 4 drives? Punt-Fumble-INT-TD on the last drive with all the life sucked out of RayJay.
Again, it’s this theme like the offense would’ve been fine had it not been for injuries, even though we had all of our WRs back and still couldn’t manage put 20 points. That’s not a matter of health, that’s a problem functioning competently for any duration of time.
A week after we win, what do you think was more impressive? Holding a team that beat us already to 14 points or our offense “performing” enough to win by 2 points? Our season ended in the same fashion it started.
April 29th, 2026 at 12:45 pm
There ain’t no way licht lets baker slip slide away.
Jason may have been born at night, but it sure wasn’t last night.
April 29th, 2026 at 12:46 pm
“That rookie from Texas, Ewers, hung 17 in the first half in the rain. And , as in the Philly game, when a team dices you up like that in the first half, the offense gets to play catch up and it doesn’t bode well for working out well.”
WE GOT THE BALL FIRST AND HAD OUR FIRST PUNT OF THE GAME BLOCKED! We scored 6 points in the entire first half/on 6 possession, that’s terrible
C’mon Kenton, there were points on the board in the Eagles game before our defense even saw the field, also a terrible example for you to pick because we blanked them in the 2nd half too.
Do we win the Jets game without the pick-6?
Do we shut out the Saints in NOLA if the offense fumbling in Saints territory to set up their only points of that game?
Do we beat AZ without holding them to 17 points, and praying our offense can give us a 20 burger?
Again this narrative like the offense was “alright” and the defense was just trash week 1-18 is ridiculous. I want better for all of you that think that way.
April 29th, 2026 at 12:49 pm
Baker hasn’t earned an elite level contract, he’s the best QB option for the Bucs this season, he needs to bet on himself, he’s not holding out, and we can franchise him next year, he kicks butt he will get paid and we aren’t in danger of losing him because of the tag, plus we won’t have a high pick anyways, if the team doesn’t do well, probably means Baker didn’t or got hurt and we will be in position to get a top QB, extend him before the season is just plain stupid
April 29th, 2026 at 12:55 pm
Guzzie is right on it.
April 29th, 2026 at 12:55 pm
“We had 10 offensives drives, scored on 3, punted on another 3, turned the ball over on 3 and missed an FG one 1 drive. In a winnable game, we punted and turned the ball over 6 times compared to 3 scores.”
Here’s what Baker was going against:
Dolphins defense
Total Defense (Yds Allowed): Ranked 22nd (348.8 yards/game)
Points Allowed: Ranked 24th in the league, allowing 24.9 points per game.
Baker 33/44 346 yds 2td/2int 3 sacks 1 FL
17 points
Baker is bad against bad teams during a playoff push. This is a microcosm of the Bucs offense led by Baker. What WBL just laid out is why this will be his last season with the Bucs.
April 29th, 2026 at 1:00 pm
MelvinJunior
Yeah, Jared Haggins was our QB
But he was similar to the others, small QB with quick feet
When he went to Florida State, get converted him to WR
But he wasn’t a Division 1 QB
April 29th, 2026 at 1:01 pm
“””they converted him to WR
April 29th, 2026 at 1:04 pm
I think he got the scholarship to FSU
Because his uncle Odell Haggins is a long term coach there
April 29th, 2026 at 1:05 pm
Guzzie55 Says:
April 29th, 2026 at 12:49 pm
Baker hasn’t earned an elite level contract,
BINGO!!!!!
he needs to channel his inner Sam Darold!!!!…whos won 28+ games in 2 years including the biggest win of his life!!!!
GO BUCS!!!!
April 29th, 2026 at 1:12 pm
If they completely implode they could have a shot at Arch Manning next draft.
April 29th, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Buc 1987
Arch Manning won’t be available when we pick at 32
April 29th, 2026 at 1:17 pm
View from 132 Says:
April 29th, 2026 at 10:42 am
Baker will be a huge mistake and Licht knows it. He has to be a dominant playoff QB or why hamstring the future?
=======================================QQuit saying stupid things. Mayfield has the highest playoff rating of any NFL QB of all time. QB’s don’t “win” playoff games, teams do. That’s why there are 11 players on each side.
April 29th, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Philly vs. Tampa 2025. First half. Jalen Hurts 15-16 for 130 passing yards and 2 touchdowns. He added 42 yards on the ground. WBL. You don’t understand what a defense that can’t catch a cold does to an offense, especially when you have half your starters in their civvies on the sideline and an overmatched OC. And I believe you’re too hard headed to ever have a clue. Here, let’s make WBL feel better. Our offense sucked last year and it was all Baker Mayfield’s fault. There. Feel better now, WBL?
April 29th, 2026 at 1:17 pm
This work all work itself out this coming season. No reason to pay him today. Hes playing on the contract he agreed to.
If he becomes more consistent and plays well in big games, then this team is a playoff team and Baker gets his fat contract.
If he plays poorly when it matters and this team misses the playoffs, then Bowles will be gone and the new HC will want to draft his QB.
April 29th, 2026 at 1:22 pm
In 50 years Tampa has had some great QBs. Now they are stuck with Baker Mayfield. Dadgummit you’d think they’d have enough sense to replace him. Must be a bunch of dumba$$e$ that won 5 out of 6 division titles and are the favorites again this year.
April 29th, 2026 at 1:25 pm
Nothing like rewarding a guy who singlehandedly cost you the playoffs with his terrible play when it mattered most.
Not to mention his 2-9 record in prime-time and playoff games.
But sure, give him $100M a year — makes sense to me!
April 29th, 2026 at 1:40 pm
I disagree that Baker cant get us to the Superbowl. Look at Darnold and Seahawks. Purdy and Maye as recent examples. Hurts as well. Baker is in line and maybe better (when hot) than these QBs. The issue has been consistent coaching on BOTH sides of the ball. All phases have not hit at the same time. 2024 the offense carried the team, the D was terrible. Last yeae it was much of the same except both collapsed down the stretch. In 23 the defense was a littlw better allowing 20 pts per game or less. The issue is Bowles, he is mediocre at best. The OCs are the real coaches taking this team far. The game planning, prep and in game management by Bowles is bottom of the league.
April 29th, 2026 at 1:40 pm
Kenton,
You aren’t going to convince this pack of morons of much. Munch had an agenda when Mayfield arrived in Tampa. He had to bite his teeth for 2023 and 2024 seasons and half of 2025 when Mayfield excelled. Every fumble, INT, or loss is Mayfield’s fault, notwithstanding that there are 11 players on O and D, plus special teams. Biggest problem is most of these morons never played a team sport and are hopeless losers in their own working careers. It is easy to spot the type. Meanwhile Licht and most every GM in the NFL knows the truth about the highest rated playoff QB of all time.
April 29th, 2026 at 1:44 pm
Joe likes to feed the antibakes every week or so. Keeps them on their toes — ready to dish the cuts!
April 29th, 2026 at 1:45 pm
“Our offense sucked last year and it was all Baker Mayfield’s fault. There. Feel better now, WBL?”
Grow up Kenton, I didn’t say any of that. What I said is that this ridiculous narrative that our offense had to bail our defense out is BS. What you and others like to do, is make Baker the Paul Bunyan of that false narrative. It’s intellectual fools’ gold, and you’re so entrenched on not getting J-Rod you’re willing to try to tear down Jeremiah Trotters offspring, and you sound ridiculous doing so.
You have to combat facts, with useless jargon. It’s not about me being pleased, it’s about calling things they way it happened without trying to revise history we all bore witness too.
Also another ridiculous one that’s been going around “the offense is going to have to score 40 points just to make up for this defense” when our offense was barely able to score 20 points 8 of 17 games.
April 29th, 2026 at 1:47 pm
exBrowns02 Says:
April 29th, 2026 at 1:44 pm
Joe likes to feed the antibakes every week or so. Keeps them on their toes — ready to dish the cuts!
For what it’s worth, we’ve had alot of UofMiami fans becoming Bucs fans this past weekend, and NONE of them are as delusional as you ex Browns fans. They actually like the team, and not JUST the QB
April 29th, 2026 at 1:48 pm
Rod Munch Says:
April 29th, 2026 at 1:25 pm
Nothing like rewarding a guy who singlehandedly cost you the playoffs with his terrible play when it mattered most……..
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My personal favorite of the Munch narrative — “singlehandedly”.
Go Rod Munch!
April 29th, 2026 at 1:50 pm
Kenton,
Case in point on Munch. In 2023 and 2024 Baker threw 24 TD passes to Evans even though Evans missed 3.5 games in 2024 with unjuries. In 2025, Evans was essentially injured most of the season. Yet, Munch maintains Evans left Tampa because of Baker. Most of these guys are just stupid and like to have a platform for their own stupidity.
April 29th, 2026 at 1:55 pm
exBrowns02 Says:
My personal favorite of the Munch narrative — “singlehandedly”.
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I seem to remember early in the year when the Baker Boi(s) said that Mayfield was “singlehandedly” winning games, doing it all by himself. So if he is winning games “singlehandedly,” it seems pretty fair to point out when he “singlehandedly” loses games.
April 29th, 2026 at 2:01 pm
Rod: I never said that. That would be a dumb statement. It takes a team to win. Period.
WBL: So the new fans from UofMiami don’t like Baker? Darn! You seem to have the insight on the topic, what do the UofMiami folks think that the Bucs should do. Should the Bucs focus on getting rid of Mayfield?
April 29th, 2026 at 2:10 pm
exBrowns02 Says:
April 29th, 2026 at 2:01 pm
Rod: I never said that. That would be a dumb statement. It takes a team to win. Period.
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You might not have said it, but many of the Baker Boi(s) did. And I agree, it’s a very very dumb statement… and it’s almost like I keep using it to make a point. Almost.
April 29th, 2026 at 2:21 pm
Love bakers grit and heart. Dude leaves it all on the field. That being said his play has bin to inconsistent. Almost Winston like. Make a great play then throw a terrible pick. Now he’s not as bad as Winston but man in his 3 years here we’ve seen an inconsistent baker. Doesn’t help that he gets a new OC every year but honestly I’d take baker over a good amount of other QBs. What helps baker out tremendously is a good running game. If we can bounce back on the oline and have a OC actually scheme up a running game the offense will him just fine with baker and with all the new defense additions the Bucs are shaping up to be a above average team again. We started off last year 6-2 and I believe we’ve gotten better than that personnel wise. Yea we lost Mike and LVD but we can replace them with a committee. Arrows pointing up
April 29th, 2026 at 2:53 pm
Let him walk, we will not even win five games this year…..
April 29th, 2026 at 3:01 pm
HeavyE Says:
April 29th, 2026 at 2:53 pm
Let him walk, we will not even win five games this year….
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Have your remarks saved and will be posting them every week on the way to 10 Bucs W’s in 2026. You idiots need to be reminded of your stupidity. Pretty sure it is obvious to the people you work with.
April 29th, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Doesn’t matter what anyone wants or thinks of Baker , he won’t take the field without some sort of extension Whether that’s Baker friendly, Bucs friendly or in between who knows, but he’s getting extended
April 29th, 2026 at 4:48 pm
In his entire career, Mayfield has never been on a team with a defense that was even average. I believe the highest rated defense has been 18. If Tampa gets close to a top 10 defense and they still struggle, then OK, ditch him.
April 29th, 2026 at 4:49 pm
Boy oh boy. Any topic with the mention of Baker Mayfield brings out the haters. Most of the “Baker haters” have seasonal amnesia. They have forgotten that two starting offensive linemen went down for the season after the sweet start to the season. A third offensive lineman was not healthy and missed several games during the second half of the season (Wirfs). Big Mike was lost for the latter part of the season. Yes, I know, every team has injuries to starters. Unfortunately the Bucs backups were not good enough to beat anyone. But go ahead and blame it all on Baker if it makes you feel better or football smarter.
April 29th, 2026 at 4:58 pm
No, all you haters are right Baker doesn’t have what it takes to get us to a superbowl. He just beat the team that won the superbowl without a good OL. That’s all. So reason says the haters are right… NOT Since he BEAT the WINNERS of the superbowl, he could never get us there!! What a bunch of brain dead haters.
April 29th, 2026 at 5:04 pm
No Munch that singlehandedly thing has already been discussed and determined to be one of your dreams that you woke up from and actually thought it was reality. No one has ever said Baker wins games all by himself. You would like for it to be true but it’s not. It’s just you, being you.
April 29th, 2026 at 5:13 pm
I like how munch just acts like Bakers own teammates didnt say he was hurt so much they couldn’t believe he was playing. Nope old Baker just went from playing MVP level to terrible just because he’s Baker. How much of a joke can you be and still come on here and comment Munch? Baker according to his own teammates shouldn’t have been playing, he was too hurt. Everyone agreed, before he was hurt he was going to be the MVP. After he kept getting hurt, he obviously wasn’t himself.
April 29th, 2026 at 5:22 pm
Why would we want Arch Manning? We have the quarterback that beat Patrick Mahomes twice in college. Hilarious
April 29th, 2026 at 5:25 pm
813, I’m quite sure Sam Darnold winning 28 games has something to do with having a great coach and a well rounded team not just Sam Darnold since Baker beat him before he won the superbowl.
April 29th, 2026 at 6:04 pm
Dunno why you keep talking about Head Coach. This is just a money standoff. Remember how long it took them to agree with Wirfs and Winfield? It will happen, just not now. This says nothing about Bowles either way.
April 29th, 2026 at 6:39 pm
Oh licht u might want to lock ur boy up before season starts…if I know Baker, with Evans choosing ole Purdy over him, he will do whatever it takes to ball out like he did under Coen and show him and the league he was the right choice! And if u forgot, which some of u obviously have, look up Bakers stats from 2 years ago with a decent O.C!!!.He replicates those stats, and look out! He’ll make 50+ million a year easily
April 29th, 2026 at 6:43 pm
MelvinJunior, there is never ‘a dozen’ elite QBs in a single draft, most of those QBs are probably studs at college level and might never be picked up by an NFL team or play a single snap. Just look at one of the deepest QB classes of recent years, 2018. Sure there were superstars like Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, good QBs like Sam Darnold (who despite winning a Superbowl I still think is good-to-great, not a superstar QB), Baker Mayfield.
But who were the other QBs that would make up a dozen? Josh Rosen, Kyle Lauletta, Mike White, Luke Falk, Tanner Lee, Danny Etling, Alex McGough, Logan Woodside. Usually would be lucky to get 3 good QBs from a draft, and not all of them would be great straight away (see Josh Allen)
April 29th, 2026 at 7:04 pm
BBBB,
You are as psychotic as Munch. Go over to his house and blow on his trombone.
April 29th, 2026 at 7:06 pm
If takes this long to make a decision to resign Baker than he ain’t it
April 29th, 2026 at 7:08 pm
Colo. Cleveland had a top 5 defense when they made the playoffs and beat the Steelers.
April 29th, 2026 at 7:38 pm
BBBB,
When Baker signs his $50Mill+/yr deal for 4 years, here is hoping you drive your car off the Tampa Bay bridge.
Before you do that, somebody needs to introduce you to commas. Rarely, do we see so many endless run on sentences. There must be a community learning center that can coach you on expository writing.
April 29th, 2026 at 7:52 pm
Oneilbuc. You have skipped the little white lies and went straight to being a lying dog. You say Cleveland had a top 5 defense when Baker took them to the playoffs in 2020. Cleveland allowed 26.2 points per game that year and 386 yards per game to rank 21st in the league in defense. Stop your lies you clown. And you are an absolute idiot BBBB.
April 29th, 2026 at 8:44 pm
Matthew Stafford was 51-58 his first 8 years BBBB. I can go on. I’ve played alot more football, coached alot more football, and have forgotten more football than you will ever know. To say that the first walkon in history to be a Heismann winner and the top pick in the NFL draft is “trash” tells me that you are a piece of trash. You oughta learn some basic respect.
April 29th, 2026 at 8:58 pm
Well, well, well, anyone heard of the “adjusted games lost metric”? It measures how often a teams starters are missing games or playing at less than 100%. The Bucs were 4th, with a score of 70.6. Seattle scored one of the lowest at 15.5. One of the biggest reasons they won the superbowl was because they had one of the lowest injury rates in the league. But we beat them anyway, mmmn… interesting. In other words, it’s amazing we did any good at all. Those that scored high did not have good years, while those that scored low had great years. I wonder how we were able to beat a team that scored so low? Could it be our qb played at an MVP level, nah.. put the team on his back and beat the soon to be superbowl champs. With a much more hurt team. Maybe that’s why the Glazers said it doesn’t bother them at all to cut a huge check to keep Baker. Those that “know” know, while those that just run their mouths on a blog, “know” nothing.
April 29th, 2026 at 9:07 pm
For the record, Seattle was 3rd lowest for most missed games by starters. That is EXACTLY why they won the superbowl. But yet we beat them at 4th highest for most games missed by starters. That is quite the feat in and of itself. But Baker could never take us to a superbowl. What a joke you people are.
April 29th, 2026 at 9:13 pm
It’s like someone said here today Baker has never had a great defense. Additionally, he has never had a great coach. But yet he keeps breaking records on bad teams with terrible coaches. It’s the drawback of being the best. You end up on bad teams. Oh, and no one has ever won a superbowl with a bad defense, just sayin…
April 29th, 2026 at 9:41 pm
BBBB,
Be careful or I will make you cry. Anyone who would flat out say that Mayfield was faking injuries is psychotic. Go play with Munch and his dolls. Guys that actually played the game don’t run down their fellow competitors. Go it. You don’t like Mayfield, a guy who has thrown 95 TD passes in 3 years as a Buc, which is second best in the NFL for that time frame. Don’t know what Mayfield has cost you. Go take your medication and find a new team. Surely, there are some who could appreciate your incoherent ramblings. Reading your stuff is like reading a manifesto from a lunatic.
April 29th, 2026 at 10:52 pm
BBBB. You are Oneilbuc, aren’t you? Why would you say the Browns defense was something it was not? Oneilbuc got exposed as a lying dog earlier. BBBB, the Browns defense was 13th in the league in points allowed in 2021. That’s the year Baker played with a torn labrum and a fractured shoulder. Stefanski should be banished from football for letting him play. Stefanski had just hung 48 his rookie year in the playoffs (Baker did that) with a team allowing 27 points per game. He had no patience. Didn’t understand nothing worthwhile would be easy. He’s fixing to learn a few more important life lessons in the next few months. That was Baker’s 4th year. His first year in Cleveland he took a team that had won 1 of there previous 36 games and went 7-6-1. Came in the third game down 14-0 and won. Night game. Set the all time nfl rookie record for touchdowns thrown.
April 29th, 2026 at 10:55 pm
The owners are hedging their bets. Licht can’t guarantee Baker anything. If I were Baker I would tell my agent to start dropping hints of dissatisfaction and possible trade request. Unless talks are going on quietly Baker might view Jason’s remarks as a lack of respect. Evans had a very good reason in his mind for leaving and Baker may very well feel the same way. I’m fighting off every instinct to wash my hands of this team. I try to find the good and say positive things but it is a struggle. If in 2 months Baker isn’t extended…..
April 29th, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Coltol Says:
April 29th, 2026 at 4:48 pm
In his entire career, Mayfield has never been on a team with a defense that was even average.
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2023 Buccaneers defensive ranking: Points allowed #7
2024 Buccaneers defensive ranking: Points allowed #16
One is well above average, the other is literally the definition of average.
April 30th, 2026 at 12:47 am
Our OL was ranked 18th last year after the injuries. Before the injuries when Baker was EVERYBODIES MVP we were ranked 6th. Interesting how Baker dominated when he was protected. When he wasnt protected, he got hurt and his play naturally went down. KC was ranked 6th. What was Mahomes excuse for playing so bad? Funny how that works.
April 30th, 2026 at 12:51 am
Yes, give Baker a good line and he will dominate the game just like he did last year, I mean dominate, even the BEST defenses. How many times did he have last minute 4th quarter drives to win the game. Domination!!!
April 30th, 2026 at 8:19 am
Quarterbacks that you can “never win a Superbowl with”:
Brad Johnson
Sam Darnold
Jeff Hostettler
Nick Foles
Eli Manning (yeah, I said it.)
Jim Plunkett
Quarterbacks that you “need if you want to win a Superbowl ”
Jim Kelly
Dan Marino
Lamar Jackson
Josh Allen
Joe Burrow
Deshaun Watson
It is has been, and always will be a team game.
April 30th, 2026 at 8:21 am
Well well well Says:
April 29th, 2026 at 5:25 pm
813, I’m quite sure Sam Darnold winning 28 games has something to do with having a great coach and a well rounded team
was that the case with the Vikings lol…keep making excuses
GO BUCS!!!!
April 30th, 2026 at 9:26 am
813, excuses?? Lol I thought Baker already BEAT the superbowl champs without a starting OL. Imagine what it would have been like with the starters playing. Excuses. That’s rich 813. As usual, you make no sense.
April 30th, 2026 at 11:48 am
BBBB,
Contract signing for $50Mill+/yr is coming soon. Let us know when you drive your car off Tampa Bay Bridge. I want to video it.
April 30th, 2026 at 4:01 pm
Gipper. 50 million plus? QBs wages are going up. Salary cap is going up. I believe it would be a bargain if the Bucs sign him to a4 year deal. I suspect it’ll be for the bargain price of 260 million. Hoping he takes it.
April 30th, 2026 at 7:00 pm
bbbb, that’s the problem with you haters, you fail to see what is really going on. I actually think you are Rod Munch. You make about as much sense as he does. You can’t seem to connect the dots. The dots are easy for most but not for you. If a qb has the highest passer rating in history and that qb beat the superbowl champs but can’t get it done later in the season it stands to reason something changed. And you have former teammates saying they can’t believe he was playing due to how many injuries he had. But that goes against your false narrative so you just act like it’s not reality. But…it is reality. All your acting doesn’t change the fact that it’s a fact. When Baker gets a well rounded team and is protected enough to keep from getting hurt, he will be playing like an MVP again and will take us to a superbowl. Mark it down junior.
April 30th, 2026 at 7:03 pm
Mark it down
April 30th, 2026 at 9:05 pm
Well. We all hope he get us to a Superbowl this year but according to his he’s not going to . Name one game winning drive Baker Mayfield came threw on in a playoff, or win and your in game ? He haven’t been clutch in big games and week 6 on back don’t count his ok but franchise quarterback close out games and come threw on game winning drives at least most of the time.
May 1st, 2026 at 12:37 pm
So says the dude that can’t accept reality bbbb. All I know is we have a quarterback that owns the playoff passer rating. But you want something more. You don’t know what you want but you want it. Having the best quarterback play during the playoffs isn’t good enough. Talk about delusional. I guess you want a quarterback that has the lowest passer rating. Sorry but our quarterback has the highest of ALL TIME and I doubt he’ll be giving it up anytime soon. So get used to it.