It’s hard to believe that franchises like the Cleveland Browns and Carolina Panthers didn’t feel Baker Mayfield could continue to be part of their organizations.
The Browns and Panthers are among the worst-run franchises in the NFL. If either of those teams decide somebody can’t play, you need to get second, third and fourth opinions to make sure their analysis is on the mark.
Mayfield is about to play his second game of his third season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night against the host Houston Texans and nobody views him the way he was looked at in 2021 and 2022.
Mayfield has guided Tampa Bay to the postseason in each of the past two seasons, winning one game in 2023 and coming up empty last season.
His development into a solid quarterback is one of the reasons the Bucc