Bails out offense.
Apparently, this comes straight from the numbers crunchers who chug coffee in the great Northwest.
(Joe flew into Seattle for the first time Friday. A brief stroll around downtown, there are coffee shops on every block in this city plopped down into a forest. Sort of reminded Joe of Munich, which has a _brauhaus_ on every block.)
By way of Brady Henderson of BPSN, Seahawks’ statheads fed Seattle coach Mike MacDonald intel that no quarterback in the NFL extends plays and gets production from extended plays as well as Baker Mayfield.
No stats were offered. But MacDonald seems to believe containing Mayfield is his defense’s key tomorrow.
> Coach Mike Macdonald said that by the Seahawks’ in-house metrics, Mayfield is probably the best quarterback in the NFL right now in terms of extended-play situations. “That’s something you have to deal with, but he also plays on time,” Macdonald said. “He’s extremely accurate, he’s got a great arm, and then when he extends plays, obviously he’s a great competitor.” Mayfield has the eighth-fastest average time before throw at 2.68 seconds.
Now Joe doesn’t know what that stat means. Does it suggest Mayfield is one of the quickest quarterbacks to get off a pass? Does this mean that Mayfield is pressured so much that he has to get rid of the ball?
The injuries to the Bucs’ offensive line and all the shifting around and [Charlie Heck’s struggles](https://www.joebucsfan.com/2025/10/gnarly-stats-on-charlie-heck/) in pass blocking may indicate that.
However, Joe is wondering if looking at the flip side of the coin is the reason Mayfield is unloading passes. Could it be that Bucs receivers are getting open that quickly?