Shaun King Blasts Baker Mayfield For Calling Out Kevin Stefanski
January 24th, 2026
Not happy with Bucs QB.
When Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield unloaded on new Dixie Chicks coach Kevin Stefanski earlier this week for how he treated Mayfield when the two were in Cleveland, Joe thought it was great.
What better way to reenergize a division rivalry than calling out a coach with the opposing quarterback saying he looks forward to lighting him up twice a year?
And it seemed most of #NFLMedia, which includes many ex-players, also applauded Mayfield. And Joe is always about content and what better way for good content than for the starting quarterback to starting throwing digital eggs at an opposing coach. Awesome.
But one former Bucs player thought Mayfield’s blast was anything but awesome. Former Bucs quarterback Shaun King, one of only four quarterbacks in franchise history to lead the Bucs to an NFC title game, had some harsh words for Mayfield, basically saying Mayfield needs to worry about his own glass house before he starts throwing rocks at a division coach.
(Joe would normally embed the video — click here to view the video — but King used some foul language.)
King made these comments while appearing on “The Coach JB Show with Big Smitty,” featuring former JUCO coach and star of “Last Chance U,” Jason Brown, and former Ball State lineman Darnell Smith. King is a regular guest on the show.
“We just lost eight of our last nine games,” King said — the Bucs actually lost only seven of their last nine games. “Let’s not get carried away, Baker has been deaf, dumb and stupid ever since he thought he was on the MVP hunt after Week 4 or 5.”
Despite this harsh blowback towards the current Bucs starting quarterback, King claims he’s a Mayfield fan. He just didn’t like Mayfield calling out Stefanski out of the blue on Twitter.
“And I’m a Baker fan,” King said. “You’ve heard me say ‘In Baker we trust’ all the time.
“Baker, you need to get it together, dog. … We just lost [seven] of nine games, Baker!”
So it seems King is of the mind Mayfield should be more focused on getting his play back on track before Mayfield calls out opposing coaches.
The difference here is, Mayfield has a history with Stefanski. But Joe gets what King is saying: Worry about improving yourself and raising your own game in order to win games, including when the Bucs play Stefanski and the Dixie Chicks.
Still, Joe thought Mayfield’s blast at Stefanski was pretty cool. Whether that comes back to bite the Bucs and Mayfield in the arse remains to be seen.
January 24th, 2026 at 12:07 am
Maybe we should listen to Shaun King, he knows a thing or two about attitude-laden, underwhelming, skillsets.
In Baker we trust.
January 24th, 2026 at 12:24 am
White Tiger makes a great point.
January 24th, 2026 at 12:40 am
Second time burger king has set down his cheeseburger (which Bowles promptly wolfed down) to make a solid point.
January 24th, 2026 at 12:46 am
In Baker we trust to be careless with the football? I’ve never been a fan because of his decision making. Injuries caused those terrible INT’s?
He was starting to win me over this year and then he fell off a cliff. Perhaps he did start buying into his own hype too much. No way he gets an extension with the 27 QB draft class
January 24th, 2026 at 12:58 am
Who really cares what Shaun “King of the Buffet” says about ANYTHING?
January 24th, 2026 at 1:10 am
I am a Baker fan, but lets be real, King nailed it. Its one thing to say something when you are ballin, but the Bake show was not the same at all from the Detroit game until the rest of the season with one of the worst percentages in the league with a CLEAN pocket.
Put up or shut definitely works here Baker.
Again I am a Baker fan, but lets keep it real.
Hope Bake and the Bucs excell next year!!!
GO BUCS!!!!
January 24th, 2026 at 1:12 am
Joe does.
January 24th, 2026 at 1:17 am
It’s up to the Head Coach to right the ship. Baker was throwing picks but how many games came down to one score where our defense couldn’t stop the worst teams in the league. Sean King also said that it’s good we kept Todd Bowles. The problem is the head coach not the quarterback. It’s obvious Stefanski was part of Baker’s exit. He fell in love with DeShawn Watson, and that’s his stupidity. Baker has every right to sound off on his ex head coach who gave up on him in favor of a massage groping worthless teammate.
January 24th, 2026 at 2:07 am
“ it is to a man’s honor to overlook an offense”’…think I read that somewhere..
January 24th, 2026 at 2:30 am
Now that Robinson is the OC, we have a chance to get Kyle Pitts in free agency!
January 24th, 2026 at 3:29 am
“Who really cares what Shaun “king of the buffet” says?” Joe does. And maybe Shaun Kings mamma. And that would about be it I reckon.
January 24th, 2026 at 3:40 am
Kyle Pitts will likely never see free agency. The Falcons will franchise tag him if it gets to that point. That will make it possible to lure other Falcon free agents, though, like Kaden Ellis and Tyler Allgeier.
January 24th, 2026 at 4:35 am
Love Shaun! And also love “Last Chance U.”
Hopefully, Baker’s words don’t come back to haunt us. But I don’t blame him. Stefanski ghosted him after, let him out to dry. Not right at all, especially for a coach.
January 24th, 2026 at 5:36 am
Joe according to Wikipedia his Career NFL statistics
TD–INT 27–24
Yards 4,566
Passer rating 73.4
Stats at Pro Football Reference
His numbers say it all for me, he was a never was been.
January 24th, 2026 at 5:53 am
August 1976 Buc Says:
January 24th, 2026 at 1:10 am
I am a Baker fan, but lets be real, King nailed it. Its one thing to say something when you are ballin, but the Bake show was not the same at all from the Detroit game until the rest of the season with one of the worst percentages in the league with a CLEAN pocket.
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Clean pocket? Who are you kidding with this stuff? Third string OG’s don’t provide clean pockets. Good thing we have the tape on these guys. You can’t come on this site and just say outrageoeus, untrue nonsense.