Baker Mayfield is trying to enhance his game in this certain aspect.

The projection paired Tampa Bay with quarterback Drake Lindsey, largely because Mayfield is not currently under contract beyond the 2026 season. That uncertainty alone is enough to keep the Buccaneers tied to quarterbacks in long-range mock drafts, even while the current roster remains built to compete now.

Baker Mayfield received major concern from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers passing game coach TJ Yates recently. Mayfield enters a contract year and still waits on an extension from the Buccaneers brass. In the past,

Baker Mayfield's new quarterbacks coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is excited to get to work with him.

Most recently, Mayfield suffered a significant injury to his non-throwing shoulder in a Week 12 defeat this past fall, and that issue seemingly bothered him through early January as the Buccaneers ultimately missed the playoffs.

Former Cleveland Browns quarterbacks Joe Flacco and Baker Mayfield will be featured in the Netflix show Quarterback.

Buccaneers pass game coordinator T.J. Yates called Baker Mayfield the "last of a dying breed" of quarterback in the NFL.

Mayfield remains in the final year of the three-year deal he signed in March 2024.