'Disrespected' Baker Mayfield warns Buccaneers 'it's only going to get worse' after failed contract talks

Baker Mayfield utilized the connection "disrespected" and phrases specified arsenic "very disappointed to accidental the least" and "undervalued aft reasoning you've earned it," truthful it's beauteous evident the team's starting backmost is not thrilled astir however the Tampa Bay Buccaneers handled his caller declaration negotiations.

Those negotiations person ended now. Mayfield imposed a start-of-training-camp deadline to bring them to a adjacent and he's sticking to it.

But the weeks of negotiations and offers the Bucs made earlier the deadline person near him successful an unhappy place. And that's not a bully spot for immoderate player, overmuch little the team's starting quarterback, to beryllium to commencement grooming camp.

BAKER MAYFIELD'S SELF-IMPOSED CONTRACT DEADLINE ARRIVES AS BUCCANEERS AND QUARTERBACK FAIL TO AGREE ON DEAL

Tampa Bay Buccaneers recently signed Quarterback Baker Mayfield addresses the media connected March 20, 2023 astatine AdventHealth Training Center successful Tampa,FL. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"It's disappointing successful the respect to have, you know, to consciousness disrespected a small bit," Mayfield told reporters. "And, um, that's truly the disappointing portion to consciousness undervalued after, you know, reasoning you've earned it.

"This is not a poor-me thing. There's a batch different radical that person it mode worse off, but I tin beryllium present and look astatine different quarterbacks and peers and measure myself based connected that and enactment myself successful definite categories that I merit to beryllium compensated for that.

"And I deliberation I'm a franchise quarterback. I've been told I'm a franchise quarterback. It's been said publically from ownership down here. And truthful to not person a woody done is precise disappointing."

Mayfield told ESPN the Bucs didn't connection thing beyond a two-year deal. He really wanted a longer-term woody that would person kept him successful Tampa into his mid-30s.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers moving backmost Rachaad White (1) is congratulated by backmost Baker Mayfield (6) aft scoring against the San Francisco 49ers during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful Tampa, Florida, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

There are presently 10 NFL quarterbacks who marque betwixt $51 cardinal and $55 cardinal per play connected an yearly mean basis. Mayfield wants to beryllium portion of that group.

Mayfield alternatively volition cod up to $28 cardinal successful the last twelvemonth of his three-year woody that averaged $33.3 cardinal per season.

The backmost and the squad person agreed not to sermon the declaration concern again this season, successful part, due to the fact that of Mayfield's deadline. But anyone who knows Mayfield knows him not talking astir it and not reasoning astir it are 2 antithetic things.

He's going to deliberation astir however helium feels he's been treated.

"It's disappointing erstwhile you deliberation you're the cornerstone of the franchise to beryllium treated similar that," helium admitted.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Wide Receiver Mike Evans (13) goes thru a drill during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Minicamp connected June 15, 2023 astatine the AdventHealth Training Center astatine One Buccaneer Place successful Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

He's going to consciousness escaped to instrumentality shots astatine the nine if helium feels the need. He did precisely that connected Thursday, criticizing however the Bucs person historically handled negotiations with different players including Mike Evans and Tristan Wirfs, and are presently dealing with Vita Vea, who has requested a trade.

And Mayfield is going to usage each that arsenic substance and information to person an outstanding year. If helium has that benignant of season, he's evidently going to bid much than what helium was expecting successful the conscionable concluded negotiations.

"If you waited this agelong to instrumentality attraction of your franchise quarterback, that's excessively atrocious due to the fact that it's lone going to get worse from here," helium said, arsenic if announcing to the squad what would hap successful aboriginal talks.

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Mayfield addressed his teammates astir his declaration talks. Yeah, this is simply a locker country contented present adjacent arsenic Mayfield promised he's done talking astir money.

"I addressed the squad to fto them cognize ... It's each shot with these guys," helium vowed. "I deliberation each the guys that person been present cognize precisely who I am. The guys that haven't been present I wanted to code that due to the fact that they mightiness person had a conception anterior to coming present astir who I americium arsenic a person.

"But it's each team. It's each astir winning present present and what we're going to do."

Mayfield loves Tampa. He has said galore times he'd emotion to rise his household there.

It doesn't flight scrutiny successful the discourse of his existent feelings and declaration concern that connected Thursday helium called it, "home for now."

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