Baker Mayfield is approaching this season differently, eager for the Buccaneers to write their own story

Baker Mayfield has skilled his fair proportion of setbacks for the reason that Cleveland Browns chosen him within the prime spot of the 2018 NFL Draft.

After a four-year run in Cleveland, Mayfield requested a commerce in the course of the 2022 offseason. Final July, he was traded to the Carolina Panthers in alternate for a draft decide. However, Mayfield had a turbulent tenure in Charlotte and was benched and ultimately requested his launch. The Panthers granted his request and he was later claimed off waivers by the Rams.

Mayfield is now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and is hoping to fill the void that seven-time Tremendous Bowl winner Tom Brady left when he determined to retire for a second time.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) goes through a drill in the course of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Coaching Camp on July 27, 2023 on the AdventHealth Coaching Middle at One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)

The Bucs have but to announce whether or not Mayfield or Kyle Trask would be the beginning quarterback in 2023.

Regardless of the lack of a number of key gamers this offseason and the uncertainty on the quarterback place, Mayfield continues to be assured in his talents as he prepares for the upcoming season. 

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“I don’t want anybody on the surface to inform me what I can or can’t do,” Mayfield stated, through the Buccaneers web site.

“I do know what I’m able to. Yeah, I imply I received damage in Cleveland. That’s the reason my run ended there. Then final 12 months, it was what it was in Carolina. The whole lot occurs for a purpose. I’m right here now, and I’m able to go. This group, you speak about skeptics and what the narrative is round this group, I feel it speaks to our veterans and the those who have been part of the run to the Tremendous Bowl and the success that they’ve had lately, extra so than me. I’ll at all times have a chip on my shoulder.”

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) smiles in the course of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Coaching Camp on July 27, 2023 on the AdventHealth Coaching Middle at One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)

Mayfield added that he’s taking a day-by-day method as he goes by coaching camp along with his new group. 

“That’s how I method day-after-day, however it’s good to be round a room and a bunch who has had that success and continues to have that mentality as effectively. It’s a good match, however we’re going to write our personal story. You can’t keep on something from the previous years. You would possibly internalize and give it some thought, however nothing interprets to the following 12 months.”

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Offensive Coordinator Dave Canales tells the play to Quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) in the course of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Coaching Camp on July 26, 2023 on the AdventHealth Coaching Middle at One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)

The NFC South was one of many worst divisions in the NFL final season. The Bucs received their second consecutive division title with an 8-9 document and went on to lose to the Dallas Cowboys within the wild-card spherical.

The group retained head coach Todd Bowles for the 2023 season. Mayfield and the Bucs will try to show doubters unsuitable by claiming a 3rd straight division title.

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Elsewhere within the NFC South, the Saints signed veteran quarterback Derek Carr. The Panthers hope rookie sign caller Bryce Younger would be the long-term reply. The Falcons added former Texas Longhorns star working again Bijan Robinson to the roster, in an effort put extra expertise at talent positions round second-year passer Desmond Ridder.