The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took a gamble at quarterback last year, signing former No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield to a cheap one-year deal to compete with recent second-round pick Kyle Trask for the starting job.
Mayfield won that job easily, and proceeded to have the best season of his NFL career, earning a Pro Bowl berth and leading the Bucs to a third straight NFC South title and fourth consecutive playoff appearance. He put up better numbers and led the Bucs to more wins than Tom Brady in Tampa Bay the prior year.
The Bucs rewarded Mayfield with a new three-year contract extension and a massive raise, but he’s still one of the more affordable quality starters in the league.
In fact, Fox Sports talking head and die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan Skip Bayless recently said he’d rather have Mayfield at quarterback than Dak Prescott:
Prescott has put up impressive numbers throughout his tenure in Dallas, but has fallen short of postseason expectations, and heads into a contract year in 2024 without a new extension on the horizon.
It looks like the Cowboys might be looking for a new starting quarterback before the Bucs will.
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