Mike Tannenbaum: Bucs On Same Level As Eagles, Lions
July 14th, 2025
Has a fan at BSPN.
A former NFL shot-caller triggered some folks at BSPN recently. He spoke well of the Bucs.
The hah-rah!
Former Jets and Dolphins big-shot Mike Tannenbaum was on BSPN this week and let the nation know the Bucs are right up there with the Eagles and Lions. For Tannenbaum, it’s because of Baker Mayfield.
“If you look head-to-head with the Rams and start at the quarterback position, Baker Mayfield thoroughly outplayed Matt Stafford, who’s had obviously a Hall of Fame career [and a] Super Bowl winner.
“But if we just look at the way Baker Mayfield is playing in Tampa, hey, there’s a reason. Liam Coen is a head coach, like Baker Mayfield has worked his way back into the top 10 conversation.”
Tannenbaum is not off base. Mayfield has led the NFL the past two seasons combined in touchdown passes. How can anyone argue Mayfield hasn’t played better than the injury-prone Stafford?
Good guy Kevin Clark tried. He scoffed at Tannenbaum invoking the Bucs in the same sentence with the Eagles and Lions, who Clark said are the class teams of the NFC. The Bucs, Clark said, are a “cut below.”
Joe isn’t sure about that. The Bucs played toe-to-toe with the Lions on the road in the playoffs and then last season beat them in Detroit.
The Bucs, the week prior to the close playoff loss to the Lions, blasted the Eagles and then followed that up by hammering the Eagles in the 2024 regular season.
How can they not be on the same level as the Eagles and Lions?