Baker Mayfield is a tricky cut price, and he needs to get the kind of deal he feels deserving of.
That burned some bridges with the Cleveland Browns earlier than his commerce, and he might have realized his lesson. Earlier within the offseason, Mayfield set a deadline to get a brand new cope with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, claiming he’d both signal earlier than coaching camp or play on the ultimate 12 months of his contract. Now, talking at his annual quarterback camp in Oklahoma, plainly he is modified his tone.
Baker Mayfield lowers his guard with the Bucs
“I might like to be there,” Mayfield told reporters. “I believe either side wish to get it completed. Now, it’s a matter of discovering that center floor and what makes either side comfortable. I wish to be there long-term. They’ve handled me proper.”
Mayfield revived his profession in Tampa Bay, and whereas consistency and accidents have held him again at occasions, he is been his finest model since arriving in Florida. The Bucs haven’t got a possible possibility to exchange him proper now, with Jake Browning, Connor Bazelak and Jalon Daniels as the opposite quarterbacks on the roster.
Ideally, either side would wish to get this out of the way in which sooner moderately than later. In any other case, this may solely be a distraction at a time when head coach Todd Bowles’ seat may get a bit too lukewarm. Mayfield is at the moment making $33 million, rating sixteenth amongst NFL quarterbacks, and he could be taking a look at one thing nearer to the $50 million mark.
Whether or not the Bucs will comply and meet his calls for stays to be seen, however with Daniel Jones getting $88 million over two years in free company, Mayfield’s baseline asking value needs to be above that.
