Bucs Nation on Baker Mayfield

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Baker Mayfield has largely been a net positive for this team, but since midway through 2025, he's been a huge negative on the field... he got his big-money extension right before the dawn of the season despite not earning it on his most recent performances, and that's looking like a critical error unless he hugely turns it around.
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Mayfield's extension looks like a critical error after mid-2025 decline.

Baker Mayfield has been a net positive for the Buccaneers historically, but since midway through 2025 he has been a huge negative on the field. Despite not earning a big-money extension on his most recent performances, he received it right before the 2026 season after spending the off-season talking about his slighted feelings and carrying a Cleveland-sized chip on his shoulder. The source characterizes this as a critical error unless he hugely turns it around.

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