Baker Mayfield, a quarterback known for keeping receipts, cashed in on some history with the Bucs versus his ex-team, the Carolina Panthers, in a 48-14 victory at Raymond James Stadium. On Sunday, Mayfield completed 84.4% of his passes for 359 yards and a season-high five touchdowns, which matched his personal best from his 2020 season in Cleveland.
With those yards, he set a new career high for single-season passing yards at 4,279 and tied an all-time franchise record set by NFL legend Tom Brady. “He really played a heck of a ballgame, intelligently,” Bucs head coach Todd Bowles said. “We didn’t turn it over offensively.
We were very good on third down and he controlled the ball. Spread it around. [He] got everybody touches and he played a good ball game.
” Baker Mayfield, A Panthers Castaway Turned Bucs Star Before Baker Mayfield became one of the faces of the Bucs, he spent a short stint with the Carolina Panthers. Back during his time with the Panthers during the first half of the 2022 season, Baker went just 1-5 as a starter before becoming a defensive lineman in practice on occasion on Carolina’s scout team. With that, the former No.
1 overall pick’s time as a starter in the league seemed to be in jeopardy before joining the Los Angeles Rams off the waiver wire at the end of the 2022 campaign to play for Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen, who was an L.A. offensive assistant at that time.
Since becoming the Bucs starter, he’s beaten the Panthers four st.
