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<\/p>\n\t\t\tBaker Mayfield\u2019s Bucs
\nSeptember 6th, 2026 <\/p>\n
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New big dog.<\/p>\n
The past couple of years it was clear that the Bucs locker room was prowled by two legendary veterans: Mike Evans and Lavonte David.<\/p>\n
Oh, Baker Mayfield was there, too. But even he seemed to defer to David. And while Evans was mostly a quiet guy, most of the players would step to the side when Evans had something to say.<\/p>\n
Respect.<\/p>\n
But now, David and Evans are gone. David is retired and Evans bolted to San Francisco.<\/p>\n
So the Bucs are now Baker Mayfield\u2019s team. And from the words of Bucs coach Todd Bowles recently on SiriusXM NFL Radio, there is no room that Mayfield is not welcome in, offensive or defensive position rooms.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s so special,\u201d Bowles said of Mayfield\u2019s leadership. \u201cHe spends time with the defense as well as the offense and different position groups, all the way around.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can really appreciate that about him. He has a way of getting everybody going without getting on their nerves \u2014 and he has a way of getting on people\u2019s nerves and getting them going. But he has a good feel for both [sides of the line of scrimmage].<\/p>\n
He\u2019s great to be around. He\u2019s an outstanding leader. He\u2019s the pulse of our offense.\u201d<\/p>\n
How important is Mayfield to the Bucs? Without Mayfield\u2019s presence in the locker room, Bowles said, the Bucs are limited.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, I don\u2019t think we can go far without him,\u201d Bowles said.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s saying a lot. Even though Bowles runs the defense, he seems to believe that it\u2019s not the defense but Mayfield and his intangibles that can carry the Bucs far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baker Mayfield\u2019s Bucs September 6th, 2026 New big dog. The past couple of years it was clear that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[10998,10997,135,2964,137,136],"class_list":["post-392175","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\/392175","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=392175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}