Big Play Baker Mayfield
October 13th, 2025
An ESPN TV screenshot.
Fans love the deep ball, and so does the NFL industrial hype complex.
That’s a good thing for the Bucs. Why? Because no quarterback has delivered more long touchdown throws than Baker Mayfield over the last 40 regular-season games. ESPN TV boldly shared the graphic above last night.
Again, that’s not just a this-year stat.
And Mayfield accomplished this while spending the 2024 season in Liam Coen’s successful dink-and-dunk offense. Coen’s successor, rookie playcaller Josh Grizzard, set out to emphasize more deep shots in the Bucs offense and it’s worked wonderfully.
Mayfield added to his total with long TD throws to Kameron Johnson and Tez Johnson in yesterday’s win against the 49ers.
Joe wonders where Grizzard will be coaching next year.
Baker Mayfield to Kameron Johnson for 6!
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