{"id":687154,"date":"2026-06-06T02:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/687154\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T02:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:36:09","slug":"baker-mayfield-disappointing-to-lose-mike-evans-but-we-have-a-lot-of-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/687154\/","title":{"rendered":"Baker Mayfield: Disappointing to lose Mike Evans, but we have a lot of weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baker Mayfield\u2019s take on <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/baker-mayfield-buccaneers-are-not-anywhere-close-in-talks-on-new-contract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">his contract situation<\/a> was the juiciest bit of information to come out of his first media session of the offseason, but he also had a chance to weigh in on a significant change to the team\u2019s receiving corps. <\/p>\n<p>Mike Evans left for the 49ers as a free agent and Mayfield said that there\u2019s no way to sugarcoat that it is \u201cdisappointing to not have him back\u201d for the 2026 season. Mayfield then pivoted to praising Chris Godwin\u2019s leadership of a receiving corps and expressing confidence in a group that also includes Jalen McMillan, Emeka Egbuka, Tez Johnson, and third-round pick Ted Hurst.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo also have J-Mac, Chris and Emeka really, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48976225\/mayfield-contract-talks-not-anywhere-close-buccaneers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">really healthy right now<\/a>, feeling good \u2014 to lead those guys and just to watch the steps from Year 1 to Year 2 when it comes to Meck and Tez and watching them help Ted Hurst out as well,\u201d Mayfield said, via Jenna Laine of ESPN.com. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of weapons in that room. And so when you lose a guy like that, you got to have a lot of people fill those shoes, not just one person and we have that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the Bucs don\u2019t sign Mayfield to an extension ahead of the season, his performance with that group of wideouts will likely determine whether there\u2019s an appetite for continuing the relationship in Tampa. If that appetite does not develop, the Bucs could be looking at another significant change next offseason. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baker Mayfield\u2019s take on his contract situation was the juiciest bit of information to come out of his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-687154","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\/687154","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=687154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}