Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield was asked about how his role within the organization meshes with his personality ahead of Sunday’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Bucs.
“They wanted me to come in, be myself, bring the joy back to football for guys who weren’t having as much fun,” Mayfield told reporters.
Tom Brady responded to those comments on the Fox broadcast during Sunday’s game. “I thought stressful was not having Super Bowl rings,” Brady responded. As a good portion of the current Bucs roster was on the Super Bowl winning team of the 2020 NFL season, Brady added “There was a mindset of a champion that I took to work everyday.”
“This wasn’t daycare. If I wanted to have fun, I was going to go to Disneyland (World) with my kids,” Brady concluded.
Likely, Mayfield was referencing the last year Brady was the Bucs’ quarterback, when the team finished 8-9 and nothing seemed to gel across the board. Nonetheless, what an exchange from the greatest of all-time to his successor, who has repeatedly stated that he was not here to fill in Brady’s shoes or be the second-coming of the former Bucs quarterback—but to be the best Baker Mayfield he could be.