Buccaneers Need Baker Mayfield to Shine at Training Camp
Evan Winter breaks down why all eyes should be on Baker Mayfield during Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp. After an inconsistent offseason under a new offensive system, Mayfield needs to stack strong practices and prove he's ready to lead the offense into the 2026 season.
Video Transcript
Is Baker back on track?
How many plays is he making?
Is he c- is he throwing a lot of interceptions, turnovers, or is he making plays, scoring points?
That needs to get answered over the next month.
There wasn't ever really a practice where he's flat out dominated, and while, again, it's OTAs and mini camp and it's first year under a new system, that's still, you know, something to definitely keep an eye on and think about.
Because you want a quarterback, especially if you're gonna pay him or maybe pay him what the Buccaneers are going to pay him, you want him to have some really good practices here and there.
Not everything's gonna be perfect.
He's not gonna come out and be Peyton Manning and Tom Brady every single practice, and hey, even Peyton Manning and Tom Brady have had bad practices over the course of their career
