The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield is going to be a hot item in the looming 2024 NFL free agency following a resurgent campaign in 2023. It’s not hard to imagine several other teams looking in his direction and with the intent of signing him. For NFL insider Jeremy Fowler, he’d love to see the New England Patriots be that team to acquire the services of the former No. 1 overall pick.
The Patriots submarine the Buccaneers by signing QB Baker Mayfield. While Tampa is the clear-cut favorite to re-sign Mayfield, now a coveted free agent after a banner year with the Bucs, anything can happen in free agency. And the Patriots’ new brain trust — including lead personnel man Eliot Wolf and personnel executive Alonzo Highsmith — were part of the Cleveland regime that took Mayfield No. 1 in the 2018 draft. They believed in him. Yes, the Patriots can take a quarterback at No. 3 overall. But who’s to say they wouldn’t still need a veteran? Or, if they believe Mayfield is a long-term answer in this case, they could draft Ohio State’s Marvin Harrison Jr. or trade back for more capital.
Will Baker Mayfield And The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Give It Another Go?
As mentioned by Fowler, the Bucs are still the favorites to sign Mayfield in free agency. However, there is no such thing as a sure thing, and the wind could blow in a different path if, say, wide receiver Mike Evans ends up leaving Tampa Bay, which is already looking like what’s going to happen.
The Patriots are an intriguing destination for Mayfield, but he can be viewed as an upgrade over what New England has at the moment in their QB room, which alternated between Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe in 2023. Neither offers as great of an outlook as Mayfield, who passed for 4,044 yards and 28 touchdowns last season.
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