Adam Schefter Thinks Baker Mayfield Is Obsessed With Browns-Bucs Game
May 20th, 2026
“Baker, I know what they tell me.”
Remember the Bucs’ almost miraculous Week 3 home win against the bumbling Jets last season? Soon afterwards, Baker Mayfield ranted about how the Jets’ defensive coordinator cut him off the Panthers’ roster three years ago.
It was funny and ridiculous. The Jets assistant coach, Steve Wilks, was the Panthers interim head coach in 2022 when the team released Mayfield.
Wilks was presiding over a Carolina franchise tanking from the top. It already had traded Christian McCaffrey and others, and Wilks obviously wasn’t calling the shots.
Still, Mayfield was angry at the guy three years later.
In Week 2 of the 2026 season, the Bucs will host the Browns, Mayfield’s original NFL team. Cleveland gave up on Mayfield after the 2021 season and went with serial creep DeShaun Watson and paid him a king’s ransom.
NFL super insider Adam Schefter believes Mayfield is locked in on that Cleveland game.
“How much do you that game is going to matter to one Baker Mayfield, the quarterback the Browns made the No. 1 overall pick at one point in time, who they moved on [from]? We know how much Baker has kept receipts,” Schefter said on the BSPN podcast that bears his name. “We know that he’s aware of all the people and all the teams that have written him off. The first NFL team to write him off was the Cleveland Browns … Buckle your seatbelt.”
Joe hopes Mayfield doesn’t pull a Jameis Winston and get overly jacked up before that game and then throw an interception on his opening pass, a Jameis tradition. And Joe also hopes that Week 2 game is not a must-win for the Bucs after a loss at Cincinnati.
May 20th, 2026 at 11:34 am
If Baker is still worried about the browns, he needs to grow up….
he should be focused on the present and future…not his past failures
he hasnt cashed in on any “receipts” he’s kept yet…
GO BUCS!!!!
May 20th, 2026 at 11:45 am
Baker couldn’t cut it in Cleveland
They should have gotten rid of him
Teams don’t dump quality QBs, they’re too hard to find
The NFL is simple, you play good, you get paid
You play poorly, you get replaced
And that’s exactly what Cleveland did
May 20th, 2026 at 11:49 am
Cleveland replaced him alright! With the biggest bust in NFL history you would be from another planet if Cleveland didn’t regret it
May 20th, 2026 at 11:49 am
WARNING!!!
The above two posts are created by two guys who wouldn’t know a good QB if the shared a phone booth. For your sanity please ignore.
May 20th, 2026 at 12:02 pm
WARNING!!!
the above poster couldnt spell CAT if you gave them C_T!!!
PLEASE IGNORE!!!
GO BUCS!!!!
May 20th, 2026 at 12:10 pm
if it means hes at zac robinson house like brady was at leftwich house than great , otherwise its just a distraction
May 20th, 2026 at 12:11 pm
I’m sure he is (and Falcons). Cause, to Baker…. EVERYTHING is always, ALL ABOUT Baker.
May 20th, 2026 at 12:19 pm
I hope the only thing he is thinking is that he doesn’t want to lose that game like any other game. However, It appears Baker likes anything that gets him fired up. I know his teammates definitely will not want to lose that game no doubt about that.
May 20th, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Hopefully DeShaun Whacksome plays. That would be a blast to see.
May 20th, 2026 at 12:34 pm
There’s a reason why Baker is playing for his 4th team
Any sane person will recognize the reason
He’s not a top tier QB
He’s middle of the pack
May 20th, 2026 at 12:40 pm
@Bucgurl and Bucsfanny ! You 2 were made for each other,im sorry mommy wouldn’t let you two play She knew it would’ve just embarrassed your Dad
May 20th, 2026 at 12:49 pm
Nah, he’s obsessed with the Atlanta game. He’s on Stefanski’s meat so much that when a journalist tweets about the coach Baker replies like he’s talking to Stefanski. Lol
May 20th, 2026 at 1:03 pm
Lakeland… you just contradicted yourself.
Teams don’t throw away middle of the pack QBs! You sign them to a reasonable salary which Baker has been playing under and you build around them.
Browns have been doing great since Baker left! Surprised you didn’t notice that. The QB who took them to the playoffs for the first time in 20 years played injured and sucked and they gave up.
Cleveland fans wish they still had Baker and didn’t give up $200 million for a washed abuser who has barely played.
Absolutely moronic statements you have been making. Baker better be focused on improving under our new QB coach, Whitmer, who is supposed to be a stud and then focusing on how to shred the Bengals. Then he can turn to the Browns.
May 20th, 2026 at 1:07 pm
Meanwhile Darnold just shined up his Sb ring. The REAL redemption arc story as Darnold is now EASILY the 3rd best QB from the 2018 draft class. Coming off back to back 4000 yard/14 win regular seasons with top 8 MVP finishes…..on historically tough divisions. What is Darnold since he left the Jets,39-17? No wonder he doesn’t think about them. Meanwhile Baker was 29-30/30-31 in Cleveland the ONE year they got to the playoffs included in 4 years and 29-32 the 4 years he been gone. 30-34 if you include the playoffs. So what do you know, he actually was a little more successful in the ” hellhole” then he has been as ” born again Baker”. Basically everything associated with this dude is mediocre. Did the say he was going to ” F Cleveland up” in 2022 and go out and lose to Jacoby Brissett in week 1 lol. Played like crap most of the game too. So in Cleveland ” Chip on shoulder” games he is 0-1 LOL. Yeah, overlook Burrow. He’s not bigger,better, younger and more accomplished them you ir anything. Stop me if you heard that before lol.
May 20th, 2026 at 1:08 pm
Baker Mayfield ceiling is 9-10 wins
Maybe one playoff win, at most
But, if you have Super Bowl aspirations
He’s not the QB for you
May 20th, 2026 at 1:10 pm
No,no,no Sask. I’m SURE they have more regret they passed on Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson,hell even Darnold and took the 4th est QB #1 overall. The smallest, oldest,least athletic of all the prospects. Then they made another mistake trying to cover yo that mistake and took a guy who was out of football for 2 years. What did Baker get done in Cleveland. One wildcard in FOUR years .wow. With THAT roster? They would have been so much better with a better QB. He held them back like he’s holding us back. Put a Darnold Goff or Herbert on this team from 2023-2025. While different squad
May 20th, 2026 at 1:14 pm
Sascbucs. I hope Baker learns something from Whitmer. I really hope the new kid from Kansas can improve enough under Whitmer to make for good competition with Browning. Stefanski thought he had a better chance with a QB with a torn labrum and fractured shoulder. Our team would have benched Baker if it would have improved our chances last year.
May 20th, 2026 at 1:26 pm
i mean trent dilfer was a super bowl qb . heck bucs may have won super bowl with dungy if he played dilfer instead of king.
May 20th, 2026 at 1:27 pm
Last time Baker played the Browns was 2022, the season they dealt him.
How’d revenge work out for him that time?
16-27
235 yards w/ 1 playing accounting for 75 yards, so 15-26 160 yards(bleh)
1 TD
1 INT
4 fumbles, but none lost.
You can see this same type stat line in a lot of the games he’s played since arriving in Tampa in ’23 or you can turn a blind eye and tell us how he’s tops in yardage & TDs thrown in that same time frame, but 2nd behind Geno Smith with 37 INTs in those same 3 years.
May 20th, 2026 at 1:44 pm
Baker Mayfield problem is giving the ball away, in crucial moments of the game
If he turn it over earlier in the game, we can regroup and rebound
He has way too many 4th quarter turnovers
May 20th, 2026 at 1:44 pm
Baker had to leave Cleveland because the competition was too stiff once Watson got there….
May 20th, 2026 at 2:35 pm
As usual 813 fails to grasp reality. He says Baker hasn’t cashed in any of his receipts. I am pretty sure Baker took a 1-41 team, the worst in history, and in 3 short seasons beat Mahomes in the 2021 AFC divisional game. The only reason Baker didn’t take that team to the superbowl was due to the refs failing to call a helmet to helmet or targeting call that cost them the winning TD. Thereafter everyone agreed it was one of the worst no calls in the history of the game. It’s easy to see a helmet to helmet hit, especially in slow motion over and over again. The powers that be had decided Mahomes was going to win because Baker beat him and everyone that knows football knows he did. So I would say that is a HUGE cash in. Baker is the only qb to take a team that was THAT BAD and in 3 short years should have been in the superbowl. You just can’t beat the refs. And you can’t legitimately say he didn’t do it because everyone knows he did. Since there was no penalty called they couldn’t “officially” review it but everyone agreed it was one of the worst no calls in the history of the game. It was dubbed “targetgate”. No qb has ever took a team that was 1-41 and in 3 years be good enough to be in a superbowl. No qb but our qb. As soon as we get a good team around him we will be in a superbowl ourselves.
May 20th, 2026 at 2:36 pm
The whole team’s obsession should be something like sweeping the entire AFC North! While they are at it, shoot for also sweeping the NFC South.
The Bucs have the horses on the field to do it if the jockeys on the sideline are any good.
The odds are always long against sweeping any division. But, surely any obsession worthy of mention sets a higher mark that beating Cleveland.
May 20th, 2026 at 2:37 pm
BBBB said deadlifts😂🤤
May 20th, 2026 at 3:07 pm
Bucblind II
🤣🤣🤣🤣
you gotta do better than that lol…baker is very mid lol
GO BUCS!!!!!
May 20th, 2026 at 3:17 pm
813, I don’t have to do anything, BM6 has already done it. We are lucky to have him as our qb. Plenty talented enough to take us to the promised land as soon as we can fill the holes with good teammates.
May 20th, 2026 at 3:33 pm
Tom Brady and Baker Mayfield both have huge chips on their shoulders.
And so do I!!!
May 20th, 2026 at 3:36 pm
Bucblind II
What has he done?
9-8- 1 playoff win…choked vs DET with a 4th quarter INT
10-7- made the playoffs…choked vs WAS with a 4th quarter fumble
8-9 no playoffs- winless in DEC..5 4th quarter turnovers in DEC-CHOKED
but you think we’re lucky to have him!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
GO BUCS!!!!!
May 20th, 2026 at 4:04 pm
Baker is the perfect QB to keep fans amused during a rebuild.
He’s a clown. He’s fun.
He’s Winston minus the off-the-field issues.
He’s not a winner.
May 20th, 2026 at 4:14 pm
Dude, let it go. Maybe he shoulda worked harder at being a QB instead of an insurance saleman. The house Baker got evicted from.
May 20th, 2026 at 4:24 pm
Just because the Panthers got rid of McCaffrey and perhaps made other roster moves as well does not necessarily mean that Wilkes didn’t have control over who played at QB at that point. Baker requested to be released after being told he would be third on the depth chart. I obviously don’t have inside intel as to who made that decision but if someone does have that information, they should say so instead of assuming that Wilks didn’t have input as to who would play on the field. I can’t imagine Baker getting mad at Wilkes if he knew it wasn’t his decision to bench him. I think players know if a coach isn’t in their corner.
May 20th, 2026 at 4:30 pm
The actual “drama” surrounding the whole Browns/Stefanski thing has been heavily amplified by the media, which is understandable, because drama sells.
May 20th, 2026 at 4:36 pm
Brady was similar in wanting to “punish” those that wronged him or specifically drafted ahead of him, signed instead of him etc… He and Baker are wired to hold the grudge.
May 20th, 2026 at 4:46 pm
Schefter doesn’t mention talking to Baker or a friend of Baker. Pure speculation just to get hits. As long as Baker plays well, I don’t mind any chips on his shoulder.
May 20th, 2026 at 5:02 pm
We really don’t know what Baker can do staying healthy except for 2024.
That’s the major rub with him. He has all the weapons he needs to just be a system QB who sometimes wins games for you but doesn’t lose them.
A hurt Baker ain’t winning anything.
Hopefully Daniel’s is a diamond in the ruff.
May 20th, 2026 at 5:05 pm
Bucblind: you keep saying 1-41 but they were 1-31. Still pathetic but you exaggerate and fail to keep things in context. They tanked. Most of those players were gone by the time baker got there and thats a fact. Baker draft class included chubb, Denzel Ward and they traded for Landry who was 25 at the time. Then the next season (2019) they were a trendy SB pick when they traded for Odell Beckham which was the biggest story of the off season.
You purposely ignore that KC actually WON the playoff game. You say it so much I had to go back and watch. Baker played like cow dung the whole game. Protection was excellent. Both rbs averaged over 5 yards per carry. Defense knocked Mahomes out early in the 3rd quarter.
Defense gave up 22 points which according to Baker cult members is like 52 but everywhere else to sane ppl, 22 points is not bad. The defense gave Baker the ball back off a turnover, down 5 with abt 4 minutes to go. The little engine that couldnt promptly threw 3 straight incompletions. That game would have got them to the title game, not the SB lol. I guess you just gave him the automatic victory over Josh Allen in the title game huh?
Baker was 23/37 for 204 yards, 1 td and (surprise) 1 int.. he was only sacked once too. And THIS is the performance you keep beating on your chest about? from 7 seasons ago in Cleveland? A loss in which he played poorly and held the team down?
I will say Chubb should have got 30 carries and kareem Hunt should have got 15-20. With thos ebacks and that Oline and a limited Qb like Baker i would have run the wishbone.
May 20th, 2026 at 5:20 pm
For anyone who is new. we don’t really have that much Baker haters. Its just that the kiddies know they are in the minority so have multiple accounts to make it appear there’s more of them than there actually is
May 20th, 2026 at 5:38 pm
The problem with these trash QBs like Baker and Jameis
They were #1 draft picks, the first player off the board
They were drafted with high expectations
They wasn’t drafted #1 for a team to suck with them
They were expected to be franchise QBs, the future, the face of the franchise
They suppose to be “Elite” the best in the business
You don’t expect for them to become a journeyman QB
But that’s exactly what they are
May 20th, 2026 at 5:51 pm
Ok MikeBuc..he’s very polarizing to say the least. I could argue all his staunch supporters are 2-3 ppl. Why does a person need multiple accounts to say somebody sucks??? Or your like kenton, your a baker fan not a Bucs fan. If i say anyone else on the team sucks, its cool or even if i say the position need to be upgraded. Anything other then baker praise is met with vehement hostility. Lol.
May 20th, 2026 at 6:50 pm
Jordan was really the only guy I can remember that was able to leverage the chip on the shoulder/disrespect for the long term. But if you believe some ppl he made a lot it up, except with Thomas.
Maybe he’s just using it for extra motivation. That strategy isn’t as sustainable as just focusing on improving and playing with a calm mind.
May 20th, 2026 at 6:56 pm
All you geniuses think better QBs grow on trees!
2018 is a historic QB class.
Panthers jettison Baker and Darnold… would you rather have Bryce Young?
Houston has a great D and a 2nd overall pick at QB who just threw 4 playoff INTs… you want Stroud more cause you gotta pay him the same as Baker now.
Browns have a battle between Deshaun Watson who hasn’t played in 2 years and a 5th round pick.
How may high picks have the Jets had and now they got a recycled Geno Smith.
The Bucs go 7-10… have the 12th overall pick. Who is your QB next season? If the teams ahead don’t blow it you end up with the 4th best QB in the class… which is what you say Baker is!
Sick of you clowns. This team isn’t held back by Baker, it’s held back by Bowles and a soft D.
Baker didn’t fumble vs Wash , a rookie botched the handoff and a rookie botched a snap… maybe the OC shouldn’t have called a jet sweep at the 5 yard line.
Also, how many of Bakers picks in the 4th quarter were in Bucs territory? Where was the D after that?
May 20th, 2026 at 6:59 pm
Well according to the cult members, Baker and MJ on the same level and that might be a slap in the face to Baker lol..So being garbage, bounced around, traded for a Walmart gift card, running scout team defense in Carolina them cut? What a ego. You okay like garbage,don’t win and the teams move on. Wow!!! You guys worry about the nickel back, Oline depth but like oh, out anybody out at QB. He’s garbage and STILL very immature. Get me a productive,surgical,winning,boring QB any day if the week.
May 20th, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Saks: Well obviously you havent been paying attention. Philly is ruthless in their Qb evaluation….They rarely have used a first round pick and they have a decade of success under their belt. They discard qbs by the age of 27-28. They were a meat grinder for Qbs from 2015-2020.
SF went from Garapolo leading them to a 4th qtr SB lead in Feb 2022 to turning it over to Purdy in late 2022 and trading the farm for trey lance in between in 2021.
mahomes (2017), allen (2018) and lamar (2018) were all traded up for by bteams that made the playoffs the year before and had qbs aged 28-32. Dont belive me, look at the 2016 cheifs with Alex Smith, 2017 ravens with Flacco and 2017 Bills with tyrod taylor….
good lord you guys act like were trying to replace 31 year old Peyton manning. Yes, Baker is replaceable lol. The bar here is too freaking low.
May 20th, 2026 at 7:22 pm
bakers biggest problem is his inconsistent play, he could have the best defense in the world and still throw fourth quarter picks… until he proves otherwise…
May 20th, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Lakeland,
The Browns have had like 26 different QBs in 10 years. Saying that the Browns have done anything correctly when it comes to the QB position is a joke and completely laughable.
Since 2000, the Browns have had 42 different starting QBs. Forty-fing-two!!
And Baker has the best winning percentage in Cleveland than all 42!!
Get the f out of here with that nonsense.
May 20th, 2026 at 7:31 pm
Baker is maybe slightly above average imo and I would not extend his contract until we see how this season plays out. If he blows, then draft a QB with our pick in the top 10-12. I’d rather watch a new QB cut his teeth than watch Baker continued average play.
Ideally, Baker has a great year and we go deep in the playoffs. He gets his extension and we’re set for 3-4 years.
May 20th, 2026 at 7:34 pm
“2018 is a historic QB class.“
Nobody is looking at that class as historic and thinking immediately about Baker Mayfield. Get real, they’re going to talk about Allen & Jackson, while mentioning what Baker coulda been after saying “Darnold won a title before them all”.
Uncle Rico 100% t-Rexed that handoff, J-Mac never had control of that football, but Baker did until his little hands lost grip.
Also amazing how some of you pivot to talking about the defense any time Mayfield is being scrutinized. Sask talking about where they were after turnovers like “going back on the field prematurely with no points generated” isn’t the answer. We would’ve shut out NOLA had it not been for a Mayfield fumble
Also 5 of his 6 2nd half TDs came within scoring range with exactly 1 happening against Philly 15 yard off the ball, remember that? Defense stymied Philly the entire 2nd half and the offense came out committed 2 turnovers
May 20th, 2026 at 7:34 pm
By comparison the Pats have had like 7, the Bucs 16, the Chiefs 9.
42!!! And you’re defending them dumping Baker.
Priceless