The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took an opportunity on Baker Mayfield this season and the payoff has been great for either side. For Mayfield, his profession has been revamped after trying like one other title to affix the listing of “primary total picks who turned out to be busts”. For the Bucs, they’re within the playoffs and gained their first playoff recreation of the post-Tom Brady period.
Regardless of all the good vibes that Mayfield and the Bucs have had as of late, it nonetheless would not essentially be loopy if he did not re-sign with the group for 2024 and past. The hope is {that a} new deal will get completed between the 2 but when he has a nasty recreation in opposition to the Lions this weekend or some unexpected occasion occurs within the offseason, possibly he does not come again to the Bucs.
Ryan Fowler of Bleacher Report mentioned three attainable touchdown spots for Mayfield if he does not return to Tampa. The three groups he linked to Mayfield have been the Broncos, Raiders, and Vikings.
It is unknown if Mayfield hadn’t gone primary total within the 2018 NFL Draft if the Broncos would have taken him at quantity 5 however they did not have the prospect. With former Saints head coach Sean Payton now main the cost in Denver, it is not wild to see him and Mayfield working collectively.
“Whereas the dynamic of Payton and Mayfield can be Exhausting Knocks worthy, Denver has the items in place to compete on offense within the AFC West.
Studying a brand new offense is not simple, however Mayfield proved this fall the kind of success he can have with expertise round him and some seconds to scan a protection.”– Ryan Fowler
Russell Wilson will not be again in Denver subsequent season, or no less than it does not really feel as if he shall be, so the Broncos shall be on the lookout for a brand new quarterback as soon as once more. Mayfield has been on 4 groups in his brief profession so becoming a member of a fifth one and studying one more new offense can be nothing new for him.
Davante Adams would profit probably the most from Mayfield becoming a member of the Raiders. Mayfield has had Mike Evans and Chris Godwin to throw to throughout his lone season in Tampa Bay and the outcomes have been there. Fowler notes in his write-up that the Raiders want “spunk” on the quarterback place and Mayfield might convey that spunk.
For Mayfield, nonetheless, becoming a member of the AFC West won’t be the neatest plan. He’d be going head-to-head with Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert every twice a 12 months and whereas Mayfield is not the sort to essentially care about that stuff, why not keep in a extra winnable division?
Justin Jefferson performs for the Vikings in order that proper there’s a sturdy sufficient incentive for any quarterback to need to play in Minnesota. With Kirk Cousins probably not returning to the Vikings in 2024, might the group decide to hit the free-agent market as an alternative of drafting somebody?
If that’s the case, Mayfield could possibly be an choice. They’ve the offensive weapons in place however now they simply want a quarterback to execute the performs and keep wholesome. Mayfield is without doubt one of the extra sturdy signal-callers within the league and he’d give this Vikings offense some spice.
Hopefully, all of this hypothesis is for nothing and Baker Mayfield returns to Tampa to proceed main the Bucs.
