Heading into this upcoming NFL season, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield is looking to once again prove that he belongs as a starting quarterback in the league. And he’s not listening to anyone who wants to suggest otherwise.
During a recent press conference, Baker Mayfield made it clear that he is not worried about what people outside of the team have to say about him heading into the season.
“I don’t need anyone on the outside to tell me what I can or can’t do,” Mayfield said according to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers official team website. “I know what I am capable of. Yeah, I mean I got hurt in Cleveland. That is why my run ended there. Then last year, it was what it was in Carolina. Everything happens for a reason. I am here now, and I am ready to go. This team, you talk about skeptics and what the narrative is around this team, I think it speaks to our veterans and the people that were a part of the run to the Super Bowl and the success that they have had recently, more so than me.
“I will always have a chip on my shoulder. That is how I approach every day, but it is good to be around a room and a group who has had that success and continues to have that mentality as well. It is a good fit, but we are going to write our own story. You cannot carry on anything from the past years. You might internalize and think about it, but nothing translates to the next year.”
Mayfield has a chance to prove a lot of people wrong. We’ll have to see how he does this season.
