90 Percent Baker Mayfield Over Brock Purdy
May 19th, 2025
Joe’s not the only one dialed in to how deeply Baker Mayfield is underpaid.
Now it’s getting high-profile national discussion.
NBC Sports popped a video on that subject today featuring Pro Football Talk insider Mike Florio and ex-Bucs QB Chris Simms. Both agreed that if a poll was done of NFL decision makers, they would pick Mayfield over 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy by a 9-1 margin.
Each called Mayfield’s current contract insane (three-years, $100 million). There are two seasons remaining on the deal, 2025 and 2026.
Purdy just signed an extension that added three years and $155 million guaranteed to his rookie deal in San Francisco.
Simms gushed about Mayfield’s “special attributes” and “elite arm,” noting Mayfield can pressure a defense and throw lasers.
While Simms acknowledged Mayfield isn’t the dual-threat quarterback star celebrated weekly after backyard plays, he does enough in that area to be dangerous.
“He makes a lot of high-level throws that I go, ‘Those type of throws are top-4 or 5 guys in the sport type throws,'” Simms said.
Florio noted that he plans to write a story about Mayfield deserving a fat new contract. He added that he may block area code 813 on his phone because that could generate annoyed cut-that-out texts from One Buc Palace.
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