Steve Wilks insists that Baker Mayfield’s beef with him is misguided.

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The Buccaneers quarterback said following Sunday’s last-second 29-27 win over the Jets that defeating Wilks was “personal” because he believed the Jets’ first-year defensive coordinator was “the one that cut me in Carolina” in 2022.

Not so, said Wilks, who had replaced Matt Rhule on an interim basis in October of that season after the Panthers had opened with a 1-4 record.

“I don’t really think an interim coach has much authority over personnel,” Wilks said before Jets practice Friday in Florham Park. “If that’s the case, I wouldn’t have gotten rid of our best pl

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