Changing the narrative.
We are in the depths of List Season. Everyone has a list. If you can hatch a list of some sort, if it hasn’t been copied, it will be in the next 10 days.
So Evan Kaplan, an NFL researcher with BSPN, came up with an interesting stat that has sort of flown over Joe’s head.
Mayfield actually leads the NFL in touchdown passes since he signed with the Bucs. Pretty incredible.
Now, with everyone and their half-brother publishing lists, there are tons of lists by this guy and that guy of the rankings of quarterbacks in the NFL. Joe has seen Mayfield from anywhere to No. 8 to No. 16.
Given the fact that Mayfield leads the league in touchdown passes thrown since he signed with the Bucs, maybe his floor is No. 8? Think about it: If Saint Lamar Jackson led the league in touchdown passes, you would be able to stand on the docks in Tarpon Springs and hear the orgasmic moaning about Jackson all the way from Bristol, Conn., people would freak out so much.
Jackson, as Joe likes to point out, has just one more career playoff win than Mayfield.
Props to Bucs coach Todd Bowles. He’s the one who constantly hounded Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht to sign Mayfield.
Who would have thought the Bucs would be able to replace Tom Brady with a guy who, in the following two-year period after Brady retired, would lead the NFL in touchdown passes?
And it didn’t cost the Bucs one draft pick.
Baker Mayfield has the most touchdown passes in the NFL (69) in the last 2 seasons since joining the Buccaneers.
In 2024 he became the 4th QB to ever have 40+ TD passes and complete 70% in a season (others are Brees, Rodgers, Burrow).
— Evan Kaplan (@EpKap) July 9, 2025