The New England Patriots don’t have a promising quarterback situation. In 2023, they had Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe starting under center, and neither did an amazing job. That is also why the Patriots are widely considered in the offseason as a team that needs to shore up their QB room. They just aren’t going to go places with Jones and Zappe.
Enter Tampa Bay Buccaneers Baker Mayfield, whose name gets linked more and more to the New England Patriots as the NFL free agency gets closer and closer. The Buccaneers are still the favored 2024 team of Mayfield, but so long as he’s not put pen on paper, speculations will continue to swirl about his ultimate destination. For former New England Patriots wide receiver Chris Hogan, Mayfield is the right target for the AFC East franchise this offseason.
Chris Hogan Likes Baker Mayfield For The New England Patriots
Here’s what Hogan said about the New England Patriots and Mayfield during a recent appearance on The Patriots Report (h/t James Brizuela of Sports Illustrated).
“The quarterback obviously has to be addressed. You know, I’ve seen a bunch of different things out there, free agents that we could be possibly targeting at the quarterback position…I will add and that’s the one [Mayfield] that I was going to reference was, you know, he played great last year and he is a from everything that you read from last year. Right. From everything that that kid has gone through in his whole career. He’s a locker room guy. He’s got a lot of energy, he’s matured a ton. And he’s going to go out there and he’s going to play his frickin ass off.”
Hogan played for three seasons with the New England Patriots and won two Super Bowl rings with the team.
Baker Mayfield Had A Solid 2023 Campaign With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The reason Mayfield is attracting this much attention in the offseason is his career season with the Bucs in 2023. That season, he posted career-highs in passing yards (4044) and passing touchdowns (28). He also got his first-ever NFL Pro Bowl selection.