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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. In what would've been a contract year for him, Mayfield spent the off-season talking a big game about his slighted feelings and carrying a Cleveland-sized chip on his shoulder. Well 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 before the season looks like a critical error given his decline.

Mayfield has been a net positive for the Bucs early in his tenure but has been a huge negative on the field since midway through 2025. Despite not earning a big-money extension on his most recent performances, he received a contract extension right before the season began. This is viewed as a critical error unless he significantly turns around his play.

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