Baker Mayfield has entered the NFL MVP conversation .

After his latest round of heroics in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 38-35 walk-off win in Seattle, Mayfield is now drawing the third-best MVP odds, behind only Buffalo's Josh Allen and Kansas City's Josh Allen, both former winners of that coveted award. That's a long way from a player who signed a one-year "prove-it" deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2023 after playing for three different teams in the span of 13 months.

Famously, when the Buccaneers bet on Mayfield in their search for a Tom Brady replacement, team management gave the former first-overall draft pick a message: Be yourself. That was an important message for Mayfield, whose fiery demeanor and all-out approach on the field was seen by some as part of the reason his ten

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