Bucs QB Baker Mayfield shares a moment with Bucs killer Cooper Kupp after Sunday’s Bucs win.
Holy flurkingschmidt! Do the Bucs have an all-time quarterback on their hands?
Look, Joe is a big fan of Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield. But still, Joe puts Pat Mahomes on a pedestal of his own when it comes to clutch quarterbacks currently in the middle of their careers.
But a guy Joe respects a ton, NFL columnist/humorist Mike Tanier, thinks NFL fans better start respecting Mayfield as one of the game’s best signal-callers when a game is in doubt.
In a piece Tanier typed for his own Substack page, _Too Deep Zone_, Tanier suggested the only people who don’t respect Mayfield as one of the [best clutch quarterbacks](https://miketanier.substack.com/p/walkthrough-its-all-about-the-journey) in the game, don’t watch him.
> I am running out of ways to say that the Buccaneers should be taken seriously as Super Bowl contenders. If you don’t believe it at this point, just watch them. You may discover that, besides Patrick Mahomes, there is no better quarterback right now with the game on the line than Mayfield.
(One-liner respect: Tanier referred to the second half of the Bucs-Seahawks game as an unexpected breakout of an NBA All-Star Game.)
Coming from a level-headed man like Tanier, a friend of Joe’s, that is a helluva statement.
But the proof is in the pudding. What other quarterback has led his team to four last-minute game-winning drives in five games?
Hint: It isn’t Mahomes.