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Film Bonding For Josh Grizzard And Baker Mayfield

September 12th, 2025

These two don’t just dress alike.

Praise for Baker Mayfield usually comes in the form of respect for his rifle arm, tough-guy mentality, vocal leadership and the always popular “moxie” love.

But those close to Mayfield like to point out his preparation and how his study focus is underappreciated.

Offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard went there this week on the Buccaneers Radio Network.

The rookie playcaller noted how Mayfield is quick to know what went wrong on a play as soon as it happens and lauded Mayfield for being more eager to grind the film room than most.

“And then we both, of course, love watching tape and being able to try to exploit weaknesses in the defense and who we want to attack,” Grizzard said.

“It is one of those things where you would assume guys like to watch a lot of tape, but it’s just not the case across the league. So the fact that he loves watching tape and preparing and not only preparing for what he’s expecting to see, ‘but hey, what if they do this? What are we gonna get to?’ It’s just not guaranteed but it’s something that he hangs his hat on and is really cool to see.”

Mayfield has played for so many offensive coordinators that he’s approaching Ryan Fitzpatrick and Josh McCown territory. So by default almost, Mayfield is a well-rounded student of the game. But it’s great to hear how he hasn’t lost his love of film study and is hungry to get deep in the weeds to win games.

Joe wonders to whom Grizzard was referring when he said guys around the league don’t like watching a lot of film?

If Grizzard was referring to Dolphins quarterbacks and receivers from the seven years Grizzard spent in Miami, then Joe has some ideas.