The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are off to a 2-0 begin and the workforce has embraced Baker Mayfield as its new franchise quarterback following a profession 12 months in 2023 and a powerful playoff victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.
He had main footwear to fill after taking on for 7-time Tremendous Bowl champion Tom Brady, however he has gained the workforce and fanbase over together with his efficiency and character, which was on full show throughout a latest podcast look the place Baker advised a joke about Brady’s tenure with the Bucs.
Former MLB Cy Younger winner Corey Kluber hosted Mayfield on his podcast, Casa De Klub, and when requested concerning the funniest story Baker had heard about Brady’s tenure in Tamps, Mayfield stated that Brady used to play thoughts video games with the offensive coaches and in the event that they ran a play throughout a sport that he didn’t like in the course of the week of observe, he’d deliberately throw the ball away or throw the ball at a receiver’s ft.
Mayfield got here beneath hearth a bit for these feedback, significantly from Skip Bayless, but it surely’s not shocking to goal followers who watched Brady’s tenure with the Bucs, particularly over his closing season when the offense began to look clunky.
I’ve defended Baker for maturing, saying all the best issues. However now on a podcast he says Brady saved the workforce on edge, careworn, purposely threw balls away on performs he did not need referred to as. I am positive a lot fact there however Baker: A BUNCH OF YOUR TEAMMATES HAVE RINGS BECAUSE OF BRADY
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) September 21, 2024
Mayfield and Brady couldn’t be extra completely different, but it surely’s clear the followers and workforce have taken fairly nicely to Baker although he’s a polar reverse from the workforce’s earlier QB.
It’s all the time good to do a seamless transition from one franchise QB to a different, and Bucs followers have been lucky sufficient to do precisely that.
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