New Heights podcast<\/a> that in his four years with the Browns, plus his brief stints with the Panthers and Rams, his teams wanted him to change. But Buccaneers General Manager Jason Licht and head coach Todd Bowles told him from the beginning that they wanted him to be who he is.<\/p>\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t to shit on the other teams and franchises, but when you step in and your GM and your head coach say, \u2018Hey, just be you,\u2019 after I\u2019ve been told at every stop and everywhere I go, \u2018You need to tone it down a little bit, you need to be a franchise quarterback.\u2019 It\u2019s just not who I am,\u201d Mayfield said. \u201cI wear my emotions on my sleeves. I\u2019m gonna talk shit, I\u2019m going to do whatever, but when it\u2019s time to turn the lights on and go do something I\u2019m going to do it. So when I stepped into the building they all told me to just be myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
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