{"id":581929,"date":"2026-04-13T16:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/581929\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:33:08","slug":"bucs-owner-joel-glazer-will-gladly-write-a-big-check-for-baker-mayfields-next-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/581929\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucs owner Joel Glazer will gladly write a big check for Baker Mayfield&#8217;s next contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buccaneers owner Joel Glazer will gladly pay what it takes to keep quarterback Baker Mayfield in Tampa Bay beyond the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>Mayfield is heading into the final year of his contract, and Glazer said he\u2019ll be happy to write the big check that Mayfield will get when he signs his next deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously the quarterback is the highest paid position on the team, rightfully so,\u201d Glazer said, via PewterReport.com. \u201cThat means that it\u2019s going good, so if the quarterback\u2019s making top money, then your team is probably doing well and the quarterback\u2019s performing well. That\u2019s obviously a key component to success. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewterreport.com\/are-glazers-to-pay-big-bucs-baker-mayfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">That doesn\u2019t hurt at all to write that check<\/a>, it\u2019s something that all the teams do when you have good quarterbacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buccaneers General Manager Jason Licht said on PFT Live during the offseason that the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/bucs-gm-jason-licht-everything-is-on-the-table-for-a-baker-mayfield-contract-extension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bucs\u2019 plans revolve around Mayfield<\/a>, and Glazer says Mayfield is the kind of quarterback the franchise wants to build around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s gone above and beyond anything we could\u2019ve asked or hoped for Baker,\u201d Glazer said. \u201cEverybody loves him, performs, gives 250 percent when he\u2019s on that field and that\u2019s all you can ask for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now the question is when Glazer will pay Mayfield all the money he\u2019s asking for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buccaneers owner Joel Glazer will gladly pay what it takes to keep quarterback Baker Mayfield in Tampa Bay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-581929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}