{"id":891973,"date":"2026-09-14T18:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/891973\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T18:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:34:18","slug":"baker-mayfield-clevelands-next-we-have-a-bad-taste-in-our-mouth-want-to-get-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/891973\/","title":{"rendered":"Baker Mayfield: Cleveland’s next \u2014 we have a bad taste in our mouth, want to get it out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baker Mayfield\u2019s Sunday afternoon did not go well, with three lost fumbles directly contributing to Tampa Bay\u2019s 33-27 loss to Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

After agreeing to a contract extension earlier in the week, Mayfield finished 23-of-28 for 216 yards with no touchdowns, no picks, and the three giveaways.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis one falls on me<\/a>,\u201d Mayfield said in his postgame press conference. \u201cI mean, they had, I think, 17 points alone off of my turnovers. Turns out to be a one-score game \u2014 six points.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the Bengals were just one of two AFC North opponents that the Buccaneers have to begin their 2026 slate.<\/p>\n

The next, of course, is the Browns.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, obviously, there\u2019s history there \u2014 there\u2019s no way to go around that,\u201d Mayfield said.<\/p>\n

You think?<\/p>\n

The Browns infamously decided to move on from Mayfield after the 2021 season and traded for Deshaun Watson as his replacement. While Mayfield has found a home with the Bucs after stints with the Panthers and Rams in 2022, the Browns are still reeling from the aftereffects of that disastrous trade.<\/p>\n

While Mayfield is 0-1 against Cleveland, having lost to the team with Carolina in 2022, he now has a unique chance to rub the Browns\u2019 nose in it.<\/p>\n

But, at least publicly, he\u2019s not making more of it than what it is.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the next opponent,\u201d Mayfield said. \u201cCleveland happens to be the next opponent \u2014 our home opener. So, yeah. Have a bad taste in our mouth, looking forward to getting it out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still the next one, and that\u2019s the most important one,\u201d Mayfield added. \u201cI\u2019ve said that to you guys over the years \u2014 it doesn\u2019t matter who it is, the most important one is the next one. And we\u2019ve got \u2014 I\u2019ve got to get some stuff fixed. And we\u2019ve got to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baker Mayfield\u2019s Sunday afternoon did not go well, with three lost fumbles directly contributing to Tampa Bay\u2019s 33-27…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-891973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}