Jason Licht, Baker Mayfield and cold beers.
A new Baker Mayfield contract is coming. When that is, it’s anyone’s guess.
Who said that? Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht said that. That’s who.
Licht made an appearance with Kay Adams last week on her weekday morning show “Up and Adams” seen on FanDuel TV. There, Licht confidently explained he has no deadline whatsoever to do a new deal with Mayfield, though it is atop his to-do list.
One reason Licht said he’s not sweating a new contract for Mayfield is that both are kindred spirits.
“I’m sure the time will come when we will do that,” Licht said of Mayfield inking a new contract with the Bucs. “There’s no timeline right now, but I know what he means to us.
“I know that everybody in this building knows what he means to us, so I’m sure we’ll figure it out at some point.”
Adams followed that up asking, “There’s no deadline at all?”
Then Licht explained one reason why he’s not worried about extending Mayfield’s stay in Tampa Bay.
“I kind of foresee when it does happen, we’re doing this at a dive bar,” Licht said. “That’s just the type of people both of us are.”
Joe thinks that’s hilarious and Joe could see that happening.
Joe remembers Hall of Fame pitch Bruce Sutter leaving the Cardinals to sign with the Braves. Soon after, he blew out his arm and that was it. But the news of Sutter’s departure hit Cardinals shot-caller Whitey Herzog hard. His initial reaction was, “I just got 20 games dumber.”
(Instead of “dumber,” the Cardinals played in two of the next three World Series and Herzog cemented himself as a baseball genius.)
Herzog and Sutter had grown close and become fishing buddies. Herzog lamented that if he and Sutter had just gone fishing, caught some catfish and had a couple of beers, a contract would have been signed before they got the boat back to shore.
Unfortunately for the Cardinals, agents, lawyers and team suits stood between Herzog’s boat and Sutter.
So Joe is of the mind Licht better bring a copy of Mayfield’s proposed new contract to whatever bar they hang at.
Buccaneers GM Jason Licht isn't worried about rushing an extension with QB Baker Mayfield:
"I foresee when it does happen that we're doing this at the dive bar" 😂@Buccaneers | @bakermayfield | @heykayadams pic.twitter.com/SEuqWB79Aq
— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) May 7, 2026