The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have agreed to a three-year, $165 million contract extension with quarterback Baker Mayfield, a league source confirmed. The athletics.
Mayfield, 31, joined the Buccaneers in 2023 on a one-year, $4 million deal. He was part of the quarterback competition with Kyle Trask and John Wolford to determine who will replace Tom Brady, who is retiring following the 2022 season. After competing all season and much of training camp, Mayfield was named the 2023 starter after the second preseason game.
Since earning the starting job, Mayfield has started all 17 games for the Bucs in each of the last three seasons. In the year He was named to the Pro Bowl in 2023 and 2024, leading the team to the postseason both years. The Bucs won the 2023 wild card game against the Philadelphia Eagles. In the year In 2024, Tampa Bay fell to the Washington Chiefs 23-20 in the wild-card round.
The 2025 season was a roller coaster for Mayfield. By mid-October, the Bucks were 5-1 and he was seen as an early candidate for league MVP. But the offense was decimated by injuries, and a 1-7 stretch through November and December not only hurt Mayfield’s MVP chances, but also knocked the Bucs out of the playoffs. The team finished 8-9 with a shootout win over the Carolina Panthers.
The marriage between Buck and Mayfield is mutually beneficial. Before arriving in Tampa Bay in 2023, Mayfield’s NFL career began to fall in the wrong direction. After the Cleveland Browns acquired Deshaun Watson in 2022, they traded Mayfield to the Carolina Panthers, although Mayfield will lead Cleveland through the 2020 postseason.
The 2018 No. 1 pick went 1-5 as a rookie with the Panthers before being let go in December. The Los Angeles Rams ruled Mayfield out after Matthew Stafford was injured. Mayfield started four games for the Rams, going 1-3 to finish the 2022 regular season. A few months later, he signed with the Bucs.
Mayfield time He told reporters. The two sides were in talks during Tampa Bay’s offseason workout in early June, but the talks are “nowhere close,” he said. Still, Mayfield said he wants to stay in Tampa Bay.
“We’ve built roots here in Tampa. We love the community. We love being here. They’ve welcomed us, and we enjoy being here and obviously we can raise kids here,” Mayfield said.
