{"id":360386,"date":"2026-08-02T01:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/360386\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T01:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:13:09","slug":"the-jets-and-a-baker-mayfield-trade-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/360386\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jets And A Baker Mayfield Trade – JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Very interesting to hear Tiki Barber, the twin brother of Buccaneers legend and insider Rond\u00e9 Barber, talking about how the Bucs feel like a \u201ccrumbling\u201d operation.<\/p>\n

Tiki Barber even said of Todd Bowles: \u201cTheir head coach, he\u2019s not solid,\u201d Barber barked on his WFAN radio show<\/a> in New York this week.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s not on solid footing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hmmm, from whom is Tiki Barber getting that read on Tampa Bay? Joe has a not-so wild guess.<\/p>\n

More interesting to Joe, though, was Barber talking about how Baker Mayfield should be a trade target right now of multiple teams, including the New York Jets.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can you not look at Baker Mayfield and say, \u2018I need to consider going after him,’\u201d Barber bellowed. \u201cBaker Mayfield to the New York Jets has to be a real conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barber believes Mayfield\u2019s public condemnation of the Bucs for not respecting his contract demands creates an opening, as the organization reels from the stinging Mayfield comments and assesses his future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis [Bucs] team could look completely different a year from now, and the last thing you want to do is tie yourself to a quarterback who is demanding to be paid like Dak Prescott. And he\u2019s not Dak Prescott,\u201d Barber said. \u201c[Mayfield is] a good player. Maybe he should be making $50 million a year on a three-year deal. But he shouldn\u2019t be making $60 million on a three-year deal. Like there\u2019s this impasse that doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s going to get settled or the Bucs want to get settled.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barber pleaded to the Jets: \u201cCapitalize on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those who didn\u2019t get the reference before, Tiki Barber and Rond\u00e9 Barber do not hide how close they are. Is Tiki getting cues from Rond\u00e9, who is tight with Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels like Tampa is crumbling,\u201d Tiki Barber said, referring to Mayfield as \u201cdisgruntled.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe doesn\u2019t want to trade Mayfield, but it sure would be intriguing if the Jets were willing to cough up one of the three first-round picks they hold in the 2027 draft, a draft primed to be rich in QBs.<\/p>\n

New York owns the Colts\u2019 and Cowboys\u2019 first-rounders, and their own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Very interesting to hear Tiki Barber, the twin brother of Buccaneers legend and insider Rond\u00e9 Barber, talking about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[10998,10997,135,2964,137,136],"class_list":["post-360386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-bucs-message-boards","tag-bucs-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}