Mayfield extended...

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield agreed to a 3-year, $165 million contract extension on September 8, 2026. [1]

Contract Details

• Total Value: $165 million

• Length: 3 years (signed through the 2029 season)

• Average Annual Value: $55 million per year

• Ranking: Places him in a tie for the third-highest-paid quarterback in the NF

Very good QB, great leader and deserves this contract. I think the Bucs take down Cincy this weekend, my upset special.

Thats a ballsy call Sticky....Lots of adoring press fawning over Burrows and the Bengals this year.

StickierBuns wrote:

Very good QB, great leader and deserves this contract. I think the Bucs take down Cincy this weekend, my upset special.

I picked the Bucs too. Burrow starts slow every year. Maybe this year he doesn't but fading the Bengals early has paid well in the past.

On Baker- Good for him. Not sure why TB was messing around with this so much right up to the season but as an outside observer I'd say the money seems fairish and they got their guy for another couple years. Egbuka and Irving are still on rookie deals this year so the timing for Baker to get paid makes a lot more sense to do now than next offseason.

McCarthy should use Mayfield as inspiration for the kind of career he can eventually have. When JJ was drafted I thought the worst-case scenario is that he'd follow a Darnold or Mayfield type path. Unfortunately, this is now his best-case scenario.

MaroonBells wrote:

McCarthy should use Mayfield as inspiration for the kind of career he can eventually have. When JJ was drafted I thought the worst-case scenario is that he'd follow a Darnold or Mayfield type path. Unfortunately, this is now his best-case scenario.

I don’t think he’s at that point yet.

He just needs to keep on getting practice reps and figure out how to dial in his mechanics under pressure.  Get better every day.  There’s a very real chance that he gets called upon this year and he needs to be as ready as possible, both for the team and for himself.

Right now?

I'm hoping they at least dress JJ to play on game day...I think with the emergency QB rules in place, that'll be the case.

Honestly, not sure how telling a mandatory wk/wk depth chart really is?

Sorry to see the extension. I was hoping the Bucs would bungle the negotiations, piss off Baker and he would become a free agent and be a potential Vikings option next year if this season with Kyler did not go as planned.

MaroonBells wrote:

McCarthy should use Mayfield as inspiration for the kind of career he can eventually have. When JJ was drafted I thought the worst-case scenario is that he'd follow a Darnold or Mayfield type path. Unfortunately, this is now his best-case scenario.

I knew he was young, crazy young, coming out from Michigan. I had high hopes. Argued with many, but that video you showed of Chambliss throwing his WR open is what we needed to see from JJM. It wasn't there. Maybe it will be in time.

medaille wrote:

I don’t think he’s at that point yet.
He just needs to keep on getting practice reps and figure out how to dial in his mechanics under pressure.  Get better every day.  There’s a very real chance that he gets called upon this year and he needs to be as ready as possible, both for the team and for himself.

No, you're probably right. He's probably not at that point yet. But I can't help but consider all of those things the coaches see but we don't...things that led to him not just losing the QB1 competition, but QB2 as well.

I don't think the Vikings have released their official depth chart yet, but in order for JJ to get that chance you're talking about, he has to be QB2.

MaroonBells wrote:

No, you're probably right. He's probably not at that point yet. But I can't help but consider all of those things the coaches see but we don't...things that led to him not just losing the QB1 competition, but QB2 as well.
I don't think the Vikings have released their official depth chart yet, but in order for JJ to get that chance you're talking about, he has to be QB2.

He can be #3 but just wouldn't be able to go into the game if Murray got hurt. If it was more extensive of an injury, they could evaluate and always have JJM start the next week. Or am I seeing this wrong?