Baker Mayfield Is Broken
November 8th, 2026
What’s wrong?
Joe asked the following on the “Ira Kaufman Podcast” last week. The other Joe and Ira just about freaked out.
When was the last time Baker Mayfield had a good game? Ira and the other Joe said the Atlanta home game. But the Bucs lost and Mayfield threw a gruesome pick in that game.
So Joe rephrased the question: “When is the last time Baker Mayfield had a good game and the Bucs won?”
Joe maintains the last time Mayfield had a good game and the Bucs won was the win over San Francisco last season. That was Oct. 12. That’s nearly 13 months ago.
When is the last time a good NFL quarterback hadn’t had a good game and a victory in over a calendar year?
That tells Joe either Baker Mayfield is hiding an injury, over the hill or broken. One thing is for damn sure: Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson isn’t doing a friggin’ thing to help Mayfield out.
Of the three options, Joe is hoping Mayfield is just broken. Because that means he can be fixed.
Because, like it or not, the Bucs’ $165 Million Dollar Man isn’t likely going anywhere.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:44 pm
Does “broken” mean overpaid and not good?
November 8th, 2026 at 11:45 pm
He was average to start with. Now we have another Dilfer / Jameis, but one that screws up the salary cap and locks in years of futility.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:46 pm
Wasted our $
November 8th, 2026 at 11:46 pm
Fire Robinson!
November 8th, 2026 at 11:46 pm
He’s not “ broken “ stop making excuses. He played terrible. He’s way overpaid, thanks to Jason licht.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:46 pm
He’s always been Broken!!!
November 8th, 2026 at 11:46 pm
he was above average now idk what happened to him maybe grizzard and zack are just awful too
November 8th, 2026 at 11:47 pm
I’m not a Baker fan and i promoted Trask. But, Baker is good. There’s nothing wrong with Baker other tha he’s not a franchise QB. But he still has what it takes to win.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:47 pm
bucs game = bizarro world
November 8th, 2026 at 11:47 pm
is it baker or the receivers?maybe no one is getting open.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:47 pm
Because baker is not the franchise QB. Never has been. Never will be.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:47 pm
Baker had plenty of opportunities, the man lost this game. We need a QB
November 8th, 2026 at 11:47 pm
No #1 wr will make any qb look bad
November 8th, 2026 at 11:47 pm
1. We have the worst WR/TE group in the league, by far
2. OL cannot pass block
3. OC is the worst in the league
Combine that with Baker, who is average, and we get a bad offense.
But no QB would be good with this WR/TE/OL/OC.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:47 pm
i turned the game OFF after that pick 6 dude was inaccurate all night and remains a turnover machine smh
November 8th, 2026 at 11:47 pm
we need the all 22 to determine ..
November 8th, 2026 at 11:48 pm
He’s not right, you can see it in his eyes. He’s in his own head and made this about him this off season with his disrespect comment. He can’t handle the expectations he put on himself and his offense, he’s not a leader. Yes when he gets a crazy scramble, the team gets behind him, but this guy can’t handle the moment when we need him to execute with a clear head.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:48 pm
He is just bad .. He had one good season with Coen
November 8th, 2026 at 11:48 pm
He sure didn’t,’t look broken on that 55 yard dime to Johnson. Did you see a lot of open receivers? The scheme is awful.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:48 pm
Get rid of Robinson tonight
November 8th, 2026 at 11:48 pm
Yes we know. He was broken the day he was born.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:49 pm
Yeah he’s not playing well. Made a couple decent throws early, but it seems like once he gets roughed up he gets too jumpy. Tried to fit things in and overthrows badly. He doesn’t have much to work with though either. Some of those shots I saw downfield it was like nobody even close to open. The ones he competed were often tight coverage. The routes themselves look very vanilla play calls.. offensive coordinator sucks at passing game imo and not sure if any of our receivers are much good.. tough to tell
November 8th, 2026 at 11:49 pm
On the pick six egbuka was wide open coming across middle
November 8th, 2026 at 11:49 pm
He’s not bad, but he’s not great. He needs a good OC. Zac Robinson is the worst OC I think I’ve ever seen on the Bucs, and we’ve had some bad ones.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:50 pm
all i know is i watch other games and the qb is standing back there clean pocket sometimes for 6 sec or more..
November 8th, 2026 at 11:50 pm
Is he Good? Yes, most of the time
Is he Joe burrow and Josh Allen good?? F*ck no
55 million MF dollars for that???
You lose after getting 5 takeaways???
Unacceptable
November 8th, 2026 at 11:50 pm
Pick 6 killed Us!
November 8th, 2026 at 11:50 pm
I’d demote the OC to run coordinator and get someone that can scheme a complete offensive plan.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:50 pm
If we had Coen calling plays we would have won by 14
November 8th, 2026 at 11:50 pm
Entire Offense is broken…,,pass blocking, WRs not getting open, drops, penalties & missed throws ….combine all that with pi$$ poor play calling & that’s what’s broken
November 8th, 2026 at 11:50 pm
Idk if it’s Robinson or Mayfield. Either way, the offense being the bane of this team this year was NOT on my bingo card. I think Anzalone’s face said it all when the pick 6 happened.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:51 pm
bowles actually lost this game by not going for it before halftime fg would not have won it
November 8th, 2026 at 11:51 pm
He is who some of us have been telling you who he is, sometimey and at his best looks competent, but that’s it.
Not changing the game in our favor
Inconsistent, may flash here and there
But just like all of you compalining that he doesnt have an WRs or he doesnt have good pass blocking
He also doesn’t have the individual talent to make a difference in spite of those things. That’s why Josh Allen is getting paid what he gets paid, because he makes a difference sometime all by himself.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:51 pm
The whole offense is just bad outside if the run game. Defense really played great other than 2 plays.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:52 pm
When the other team can rush 4/5 and get immediate pressure by beating the guards and center immediately, you don’t have a shot.
Then our WRs are about as awful as the NFL has ever seen
November 8th, 2026 at 11:52 pm
The 3 wins have nothing to do with Baker, but the losses he has been a part of, he is a huge reason for them, not the total reason in all of them. But tonight, the main reason. He showed everyone again, he is simply a bad QB right now, no other way to say it. And to think about his 165 million dollar contract just makes you want to puke. Being stuck with a bad QB, big stinking Albatross tied to the Bucs neck
November 8th, 2026 at 11:52 pm
Todd should have the stones to fire the OC with the break coming up. We have no passing game. No routes. No creativity. No scheming anyone open. It’s an absolute travesty.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:52 pm
Caucasian Jameis sure does know how to lose football games.
Imagine how good it will be once he starts earning $55 million a year!!!
At least he threw a TD pass tonight!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
November 8th, 2026 at 11:52 pm
Baker is playing bad (and I have supported him).
Todd is a passive head coach (for the first time in a while the d is good at least).
Robinson is a bad coordinator (how does otten get so many targets? How can you not scheme a wr open).
I hope this team gets to the playoffs, but it should he apparent Bowles needs to go. Others should too.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:52 pm
You nailed it Warren
November 8th, 2026 at 11:52 pm
Baker can lead this team but this team needs to run the ball. Not a throwing team. But they are a really good running team. The OC cannot call more pass plays than runs… guaranteed loss. Really maddening.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:52 pm
This game lose is on Baker …. He was inaccurate early in the game and he threw two costly interceptions one of which was a pick 6. Just can’t have that from your 55 million dollar qb.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:53 pm
Warren Brooks Lynch….check the archives I’ve been saying WR is VERY thin before the season began.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:55 pm
I guess it takes a keen eye…. Emeka was wide open on the pick 6! Tez was open may times and so was CG! Baker is just gun shy point blank period. He’s in his head. Old baker would take off instead of trying to work the pocket. He’s trying to not get hurt and make only the safe throws.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:55 pm
Hey come people … we only a game out of first place !!!! Fire the cannons !
November 8th, 2026 at 11:55 pm
Two things are true at once. He’s constantly injured and is an average QB when healthy. Not a franchise QB that will win you the big game. His mobility and toughness is what makes him better than a backup journeyman QB. He has needed to sit a season out since last year to get truly healthy. But even if he is completely healthy, he has not been good enough.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:55 pm
Pick 6 isn’t what killed us. It’s all the times the defense got the ball back and we didn’t score.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:56 pm
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Been saying this for years. Better late than never i guess.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:56 pm
The routes that Robinson has designed is the 1st problem….. Not hitting anyone in stride, they are all run and settle in some where. 2nd Problem is that Mayfield on his 2 interceptions just stared down the sit down receiver. Never looked away, just stared them down. DB’s didn’t have to cover the field behind them (thanks Zac) and Mayfield just stared down to where he was throwing(thanks Baker)
Some calls left me scratching my head tonight. These OC guys are supposed to be the master of their domains but Robinson leaves a lot to be desired.
Defense besides that final play and 2 first possessions, you guys were Monsters.
Another one that they can look back and say that they should of won.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:57 pm
3 fumbles in the first game should be the answer you need.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:57 pm
Baker is an average QB. He needs a good supporting cast. Like a Sam Darnold. He isn’t a superstar
Problem is outside of Wirfs and Irving we don’t have a single average offensive player.
It’s a lot easier to get some solid offensive players than to try to find a superstar QB.
Even someone like Josh Allen would struggle with the worst pass blocking and worst WR/TE in the league.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:58 pm
Baker threw the pick six, buried alive in back field over and over. this team needs wideouts that are better and a tightend that can be dependable. Baker is not a good quarterback and there was NO reason to sign him/etend him. He could of been tagged. Even I knew that.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:59 pm
Granted Zach SUX as a OC but Baker is “trying” to protect himself and the ball instead of throw to the WRs. They are open but he hesitates. Notice how many time he pumps. He’s playing scared.
November 8th, 2026 at 11:59 pm
The freaking Bears have 3 WR/TEs better than any of the ones we have. Just a total lack of talent
November 9th, 2026 at 12:01 am
Red86 Says:
November 8th, 2026 at 11:57 pm
3 fumbles in the first game should be the answer you need.
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Williams threw 4 interceptions tonight…. tell me smart snarky guy what does that tell us.
November 9th, 2026 at 12:01 am
Crazy to see who the majority blames!! It’s Baker that shoulders all the blame WRs are open
November 9th, 2026 at 12:01 am
It doesn’t exactly take a genius to see that.
November 9th, 2026 at 12:02 am
Trade Baker!!!!! We want Jalon back.
November 9th, 2026 at 12:02 am
Baker also overthrew Otten for a TD. Like last year. And the year before that. Baker need to be benched.
November 9th, 2026 at 12:03 am
he’s a good quarterback, he’s not broken except for what I’m sure his frustration dealing with Zac Robinson. The run game has really taken off, but the passing game is unimaginative and awful.
November 9th, 2026 at 12:03 am
😂😂😂 yall love making excuses for Baker😂…. The boy is cheeks….. I bet if we had any of those other $55 million qb’s we win this game.
November 9th, 2026 at 12:03 am
Robinson is a MEHHH OC when it comes to the passing game.
Mayfield is a garbage QB!!
– stares down WR for 1st Int
– dumb throw for 2nd Int for pick 6
– happy feet in pocket
– threw 2 balls over Otton’s head for TD’s tonite when Otton had his man beat!!
– still not going thru reads
– holds the ball foreverrrrrrrrrrrrr
Defense caused 5 turnovers and Baker along with a few points and Baker still struggles to move the offense…..
Beyond ridiculous now!!!
November 9th, 2026 at 12:04 am
Popeboy Says:
November 9th, 2026 at 12:01 am
Crazy to see who the majority blames!! It’s Baker that shoulders all the blame WRs are open
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what the hades were you watching….the ever loving gleeful Collingsworth said over and over there is no receiver that can get open…Clown comment.
November 9th, 2026 at 12:06 am
Here’s the solution to the losing that the Bucs will come up with : Change absolutely nothing regarding scheme or personnel – have Jason Licht toss back a few belts of bourbon then come out to the press and gaslight the fans – just sling the lies and fabrications – if he’s drunk enough he might drop his pants and moon the press
November 9th, 2026 at 12:07 am
Red86 Says:
November 9th, 2026 at 12:02 am
Baker also overthrew Otten for a TD. Like last year. And the year before that. Baker need to be benched.
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Clown Comment…. you guys are crazy. Otten had no separation and the ball had to be put there, if he held it any longer others were coming to fill that area. You clowns can’t make your minds up. Baker holds it too long…. Baker should throw it away…. Baker should of done this or that.
Back Benching Clowns.
November 9th, 2026 at 12:07 am
Yanno, Vladmir…. Umm… There is absolutely nothing in my post that could possibly get you sued. Not even in your native moscow. Why do you censor even the most innocent posts?
November 9th, 2026 at 12:09 am
Offensive line couldn’t pass block late in the game… well all game really.
Bears defense was super strong. Elite.
We should play better against weaker team’s defenses.
But, even if we are lucky enough to make the playoffs… we don’t have enough fire power through the air to go deep in the playoffs.
Thats the 2026 Buccaneers.
Oh, Mayfield has never been consistently accurate… definitely no Tom Brady.
November 9th, 2026 at 12:13 am
“Buc1987 Says:
November 8th, 2026 at 11:53 pm
Warren Brooks Lynch….check the archives I’ve been saying WR is VERY thin before the season began.“
Our WRs are victims of the QBs grasp of the system and his own play.
Not my rules, it’s how the game works.
We need a QB with a higher talent floor.
Somebody who’s more steady eddie, and less rollercoaster
Give me an Austin Simmons or Maiavia out of USC next draft. Get’em polished up and ready to usurp Mayfield at some point. We can keep Daniels, though we could try to upgrade him. We need somebody developing on back burner while that contract pays out.
November 9th, 2026 at 12:21 am
Warren our WRs are awful.
Emeka is a mid tier WR2. None of our other WRs would see the field on virtually any other team. Cade isn’t a TE1 on any other team
November 9th, 2026 at 12:24 am
Playing like he is on some kind of medication. Slow minded Josh Freemonesk. He ain’t right. Pure drama.
November 9th, 2026 at 12:25 am
Why doesn’t someone in the media grow a pair and ask him directly?
Ask him how it feels being the most overpaid underperforming QB in the league.
Ask him if he’s proud that he gets paid 2 million per interception, and whether he finds that embarrassing or not.
Ask him why Bucs fans should spend a single dollar of their own hard earned money to watch him suck out loud?
November 9th, 2026 at 12:28 am
And LOL @ anyone who doesn’t think our WRs suck too.
How many dropped passes do you need to see?
November 9th, 2026 at 12:36 am
LOL We have to follow a certain protocol. That’s FM shock jock stuff that would get us banned from the place. Don’t think Baker wants to play sh!tty. LOL
It isn’t Baker’s fault that he was given a stupid contract like he was when it was so unnecessary.
November 9th, 2026 at 1:58 am
Mayfield sees the field great and never locks onto his first read no matter what. His moxy makes him special and he’s willing to block. He is worth every dollar of the $165 million in his contract. He showed tonight why he is special.