Irreplaceable Advantage For Baker Mayfield
February 4th, 2026
Joe hates quoting one of the great enemies of the Buccaneers, but the future Hall of Famer is a heck of a talker and he will be highly visible in the media for decades to come.
His name is Cam Jordan, the eight-time Pro Bowl edge rusher the Bucs didn’t draft because he talked too much.
Jordan, who has yet to retire after the slimy Saints drafted him in 2011, is cruising around Radio Row at the Super Bowl today pitching a football helmet and talking about the Saints and his 10 1/2-sack 2025 season at 36 years old.
During a lecture on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Jordan noted that quarterbacks get better with age — and too many in the NFL don’t understand that.
“When it comes to the quarterback position, we are so fast to label a quarterback the next superstar or the next bust, when in the quarterback position, your best weapon is experience,” Jordan said.
That got Joe thinking about Baker Mayfield, who has eight NFL seasons under his belt playing for a different offensive coordinator every year. Mayfield also played four college seasons under multiple head coaches and systems.
In the NFC, only three starting quarterbacks are older than Mayfield, who turns 31 in April. They are Jared Goff (31), Dak Prescott (32) and Matt Stafford (38). And all three of those guys had exceptional 2025 seasons statistically. (While drafted with Mayfield in 2018, Super Bowl QB Sam Darnold is two years younger than Mayfield.)
Joe wonders if Mayfield’s experience is an attractor for the Bucs. The team likely views Mayfield, whose contracts expires after next season, as a quarterback on the rise with at least four seasons in his prime ahead.
February 4th, 2026 at 2:47 pm
What a stretch. Baker is going to be the wise old man now? Prescott has no NFC championship appearances. Goff lost his shot at a title. Stafford is probably retiring.
People get shorter with age too, so that won’t help Baker.
What exactly is Joe stretching? The Bucs may view Baker through this lens. Those three quarterbacks all had strong seasons, plus Darnold.–Joe
February 4th, 2026 at 2:49 pm
Will be ludicrous to let him go unless the Bucs end up with a top 5 pick in 2027 somehow.
Who do you replace him with if you don’t have a very high pick?
If the Bucs want 4-5 more good years outta him though, he’s gotta stop lowering the shoulder and taking so much contact.
February 4th, 2026 at 2:56 pm
“Joe wonders if Mayfield’s experience is an attractor for the Bucs. The team likely views Mayfield, whose contracts expires after next season, as a quarterback on the rise with at least four seasons in his prime ahead of him.”
Why beat a dead horse and ask how that experience helped as the team lost 5 out of 7 games after the bye? Thats low hanging fruit. Let’s say he was injured, even though he said he wasn’t, wouldn’t experience teach him that he plays terribly when hurt?
Here’s another quick question, what does a prime season for Baker look like specifically? 45+ TDs? NFC Championship? SB game? So you think he’ll have 4 straight seasons of doing something he’s never done before? Lol…are you betting money on that?
My god man you Baker fans, I mean, A for effort really. The fact that no team is rushing to lock him in for a multi year deal, including the Bucs, tells you all you need to know. There’s way too much risk in paying $100+ million for 2+ years to an injury prone QB no matter what his name is.
February 4th, 2026 at 3:03 pm
Give the man some blocking. And a running game.
February 4th, 2026 at 3:13 pm
These old QBS are only as good as the players around them
They can’t carry a team on their backs
They need a strong run game, good receivers, pass protection
And they need a solid defense to cover their turnovers , mistakes
Experience can’t replace old legs, broken down body
Get some players on this team that ACTUALLY want to play football
Some players capable of performing at a high level
And the rest will fall in place
February 4th, 2026 at 3:23 pm
Cams right, generally speaking.
I’m hoping Baker has his best year yet. I’m looking at last year as a throwaway due to Grizz. Let’s see what he can do with an OC that’s got experience and an actual plan to attack defenses and utilize our weapons.
February 4th, 2026 at 3:24 pm
“People get shorter with age too, so that won’t help Baker.”
LMAO 🤣😭
February 4th, 2026 at 3:29 pm
2026 is the year that Mayfield buries the entire Munch Bunch. Don’t think Baker can do much to fix a worthless defense but he will elevate the offense so long as he doesn’t get beaten up like he did playing behind 3rd string guards in 2025. Really hoping that Baker becomes a FA at the end of 2026. Can hear the dummies in the Munch Bunch now, “Licht should have signed the Baker to a 5 year $250Mill deal. We love Baker, and so it will go…..”
February 4th, 2026 at 3:31 pm
LMAO!!!!!
The Funny Bone opens at 7pm Joe!!!!
GO BUCS!!!!
February 4th, 2026 at 3:31 pm
And one more thing……I trust CG14 and ME13 views of Baker Mayfield more than the clowns who post here.
February 4th, 2026 at 3:40 pm
It’s a throwaway due to INJURED GUARDS. And everyone else that was injured. Our backup guards were *terrible* turnstiles in pass protection. That cost us 5/7 games at the end of the season. We need very good depth at offensive line, defensive line, and secondary. Any missing players in all three position groups are easily targeted by coordinators! Any other position (other than qb) needs at least functional depth with effort. And our starters on the front 7 in our defense need improvement and more depth too. Vea shouldn’t be playing like 700 snaps!
February 4th, 2026 at 3:48 pm
And now is the best time to sign Baker long term. We should absolutely do it.
February 4th, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Baker is great but he needs the right environment and Grizzard obviously didn’t create that. I’m cautiously optimistic for next season.
February 4th, 2026 at 4:19 pm
The Jameis bois are still pissed he got run. They disappeared for a while and now they’re back.
February 4th, 2026 at 4:31 pm
Joe… this one is scraping the bottom of the bucket…
February 4th, 2026 at 5:32 pm
Four more prime years? Not the way he plays at his size. Maybe a three deal, with a team option for the 4th year. But pay him like the bridge QB he is. Draft his successor next year, and let him sit under Baker for a year.
February 4th, 2026 at 5:52 pm
I think these Baker Mayfield fans think we hope he plays bad and that’s not true were tired of the excuses y’all give Baker Mayfield. If the bucs resign him they’re going to set this team back. He haven’t proven you can even get to the NFC Championship and we supposed to be all in. On Baker Mayfield ? He was 75 percent of the reason for the 2-7 record at the end of the year.
February 4th, 2026 at 5:53 pm
Hodad. I say draft Drew Aluar in the 3rd round he will be there so we don’t have to thank
February 4th, 2026 at 5:54 pm
We don’t have to tank a season.
February 4th, 2026 at 6:12 pm
“. On Baker Mayfield ? He was 75 percent of the reason for the 2-7 record at the end of the year.”
Conversely he was 100% of the reason we got to 6 and 2
February 4th, 2026 at 6:18 pm
Getting shorter with age comes in later years. You know as you approach geezerhood. Baker has nothing to worry about quite yet. He is as short as he is gonna get for a while.😁
February 4th, 2026 at 6:31 pm
Where would the BAKER HATERS run and hide if the Bucs were to win the division in 2026 but lose in the conference championship game? Since most of them suffer from tunnel vision, their words “same old Baker” and joker and a choker would resonate the airwaves!
February 4th, 2026 at 6:36 pm
NO Jo…Nope….NOJO it is not gonna happen.
February 4th, 2026 at 7:12 pm
“Conversely he was 100% of the reason we got to 6 and 2“
How many TDs was he responsible for in our 6th win?