Bucs QB Baker Mayfield Faces Backlash for Tom Brady Comments
Baker Mayfield's recent comments on Tom Brady are not sitting well with everyone.
Mayfield appeared on the Casa de Klub podcast with former Cleveland Indians pitcher Corey Kluber and had some interesting insight on his predecessor in Tampa Bay.
"The building was a little bit different with Tom in there," Mayfield said. "Obviously, playing-wise, Tom is different. He had everybody dialed in, in a high-strung environment, so I think everybody was pretty stressed out."
Mayfield continued: "For me, and everybody was expecting the Bucs to not be good last year, they wanted me to come in, be myself, bring the joy back to football a little bit for guys that weren't having as much fun, and just continue to raise the competition level. They just asked me to be myself. As a player, you really can't ask for much more than that."
Skip Bayless was among those who didn't like hearing what Mayfield had to say.
"I've defended Baker for maturing, saying all the right things. But now on a podcast he says Brady kept the team on edge, stressed, purposely threw balls away on plays he didn't want called," Bayless wrote on X . "I'm sure much truth there but Baker: "
Bayless has a point. Brady arrived in Tampa Bay and helped the Bucs capture Super Bowl LV.
The Bucs signed Mayfield to a three-year, $100 million contract this offseason. He has Tampa Bay rolling at 2-0 and is tied for the league lead in touchdown passes (5).
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