Baker Mayfield's Injury-Riddled Season

0:00On April 6th, Baker Mayfield had the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looking like contenders early in the 2025 season, starting 5-1 with MVP vibes all around. But it all crumbled mid-season, leading to an 8-9 finish that knocked them out of the playoffs. He still posted solid numbers, throwing for 3693 yards, 26 touchdowns, and 11 picks with a 90 point. 6 pass-or-rating over 17 games. Things got rough behind the scenes, as injuries piled up across the roster and hit Mayfield hard. Recently retired linebacker Levante David spilled the details on a podcast, saying Baker battled through an oblique strain, shoulder issues, ankle, problems, and knee pain that no one saw coming for a quarterback. David gave props to Mayfield for keeping the team afloat late in the year, despite the chaos, but admitted the locker-room vibe taint even as they hung in the playoff hunt. That drop in energy showed how tough it was to stay motivated with everything stacking up.

1:00Now, fresh info from insiders highlights just how much pain Mayfield endured, painting his second half dip as more injury noise than a red flag on his. Skills. He enters the final year of his three-year $100 million deal, after outperforming it big time. With a 30-year-old gunslinger like that, Tampa Bay faces a big call on a new contract, maybe pushing 50 million a year to lock him down. Long-term, weighing if those struggles were just bad luck or a deeper warning sign. That wraps NFL news today, brought to you with AI. I'm Corey with The Story.