New Injury For Baker Mayfield, Sunday Availability In Doubt
November 15th, 2026
Jalon Daniels, get ready to shock the NFL again on the road.
Today, plugged-in reporter Mike Garofolo posted a story at BSPN.com noting Baker Mayfield injured his foot/ankle last Sunday night against the Bears and was in and out of a walking boot last week.
Garofolo said his sources tell him the injury is not “long-term” and any missed time by Mayfield would be minimal.
The Bucs face the Lions in Detroit next week, on turf. They’re going to be heavy underdogs if Detroit continues to beat the snot out of the Patriots this morning in Europe. They lead 21-3 at halftime as of this typing. With a win, the Lions would move to 7-2.
Joe sees no reason to play Mayfield in Detroit. He hasn’t been good and he needs to heal.
No. 2 QB Daniels, the undrafted rookie, could be the change of pace needed to save the Bucs season. And that’s exactly what he did in Week 5 at Dallas.
November 15th, 2026 at 11:25 am
Convenient reason to soft bench the guy.
November 15th, 2026 at 11:28 am
And the HITS just keep on comin for our Bucs. 7-10 or 6-11? Here we come baby.
November 15th, 2026 at 11:29 am
Danieks doods,rejoice. Can you post a, Baker report daily On.practice?
November 15th, 2026 at 11:31 am
Drake Maye is out – Tommy Cutlets is playing – Jalon will be an upgrade over Baker
November 15th, 2026 at 11:31 am
Regardless of who the QB Is stick with what works till they stop it. Play run the ball and keep it out of,Goff,s hands.
November 15th, 2026 at 11:34 am
Put this guy on IR for the remainder of the season. He’s done thumb and all.
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November 15th, 2026 at 11:34 am
Oh no whatever will we do without Baker, the contract maker?
November 15th, 2026 at 11:36 am
Joe, if we need an UDFA rookie QB to save the season it’s already lost. You realize how crazy that sounds wanting your franchise 165 million dollar QB to sit for an undrafted rookie? If he can’t go, he can’t go, but no one is 100% mid-season. He needs to play. He needs to prove he can be better than he’s been. Bucs need to know if they need to draft a QB in April. And no, Daniels is not a franchise QB, not the answer either.
November 15th, 2026 at 11:40 am
We’ve already seen Daniel’s play he isn’t any better than baker. Season officially over. Feel bad for the defense they been playing lights out
November 15th, 2026 at 11:46 am
Daniels isn’t even better than injured Baker. At least with Baker there’s the possibility we might pass successfully once in a while.
November 15th, 2026 at 11:56 am
Daniels can just as easily hand the ball off and complete a few passes as an injured Baker. Let Baker fully heal. The playoffs for this year is a pipe dream.
Love this site, Joe, but the adds are ridiculous. It will be a cold day in hell before I patronize any of them.
I know you don’t care, so I’m just venting.
November 15th, 2026 at 12:05 pm
If you can craft a game plan to win two games with under 100 yards passing combined, with mayfield at quarterback; why the hell can you not do it with Daniels?
November 15th, 2026 at 12:09 pm
Aside from being the worst statistical QB in the NFL, Baker seemingly can’t make it through a game without sustaining a new injury.
He’s becoming slower and more brittle every passing week. What an awful decision it was to hand him that contract.
November 15th, 2026 at 12:22 pm
Baker will make a decent bridge QB when we draft his replacement. Unless traded his last season in Tampa will be 28 as the new kids backup.
November 15th, 2026 at 12:24 pm
Hes probably being benched, at least if Bowles is smart he is. If Baker is truly injured he needs to stay on the bench. Let’s see what Daniels can do. Have patience with the rook people!
November 15th, 2026 at 12:24 pm
no baker = no season…
daniels just isn’t ready yet…
he will get picked off over and over on those out and corner routes…defense start timing him…it’s not good
November 15th, 2026 at 12:40 pm
Hutchinson just hurt himself….celebrating!! Im not rooting for anything serious, just to be out next week!! It will save Baker from being sacked 5 times!! And also Joe, it is malpractice that your boy Licht didn’t get a proven back up for times like these, instead of relying on a undrafted rookie!!
November 15th, 2026 at 12:52 pm
Run the wishbone where Daniels becomes another running threat. Bowles joked about running Baker on designed runs. If Daniels gets hurt, throw Baker in there hurt or not. Might be our only chance against Detroit. We are not beating them through the air with either QB.
November 15th, 2026 at 1:40 pm
Im not happy that Mayhem is hurt. But I Am stoked about watching Jalon manage us hopefully to victory.
LFG!!!
November 15th, 2026 at 1:50 pm
Honestly, at this moment in time it might be a blessing. Maybe a quarterback controversy will wake Baker?
November 15th, 2026 at 1:50 pm
If Baker is hurt, he shouldn’t play.
November 15th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
I guarantee Zack Robinson’s offensive strategy will be Bucky, Bucky,Bucky with no wr catches in the first quarter. He has no concept of what a balance offense is period. I’m sure Cade Otten will be featured more than anybody else.
November 15th, 2026 at 2:04 pm
Even when #6, isn’t hurt, he still plays, like he’s hurt, please tell Me the difference? Worst QB in the division!!!!
November 15th, 2026 at 3:02 pm
$165 million dollars for absolute dog vomit at QB. Fire Licht and Turd Blows.
November 15th, 2026 at 3:24 pm
Baker leads league in drop back pressure. 40% drop backs pass pro breaks down. Worse than Herbert. No wonder he never seems safe in the pocket…
November 15th, 2026 at 3:41 pm
Let him. Baker is not a franchise quarterback I’ve been telling yall this every year it’s some one else fault. He holds on to the ball because he can’t see over the line I’m sick of all the excuses this backup quarterback gets . He’s the worse quarterback in the division think about this he has a top 5 defense and a top 5 running game playing in a trash division and we are 3-6 ? Lol 😆
November 15th, 2026 at 3:42 pm
Adam. the season is already over with a healthy Baker so it doesn’t matter we don’t have a franchise quarterback.
November 15th, 2026 at 3:43 pm
doesnt matter of baker plays or not. this will be another loss by bowles and just 4 more losses to go to get rid of this loser hc
November 15th, 2026 at 3:53 pm
Bench him even if healthy!!!
Daniels is better.
November 15th, 2026 at 5:23 pm
We do not know yet how serious the ankle injury is, right?
I’m telling you right now…Daniels will not save the season for us. He’s not that good.
November 15th, 2026 at 5:24 pm
Oneilbuc Says:
“…the season is already over with a healthy Baker so it doesn’t matter we don’t have a franchise quarterback.”
While I agree that normally losing 7 games is enough to end the season for us…in this division it may not be the case. But unless the offense starts humming, this team certainly does not deserve the playoffs.
November 15th, 2026 at 5:25 pm
Erik with Unique Modern Art Says:
“Daniels is better.”
He really isn’t. Teams have just not started treating him like a rookie yet. Rest assured, the Lions would tear him a new one.
November 15th, 2026 at 6:10 pm
Daniels has been absolutely awful as well but at least the kid can run.
Let’s just turn him into RB4 and we have a shot to win just with our run game.