Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield, center, enjoys time with his wife, Emily, left, and daughter, Kova Jade, before a game against the San Francisco 49ers last October at Raymond James Stadium.
Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield, center, enjoys time with his wife, Emily, left, and daughter, Kova Jade, before a game against the San Francisco 49ers last October at Raymond James Stadium. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times, 2025 ]
Baker Mayfield may not want to relive the Bucs’ 2025 season, from the peak of a 6-2 start to spiraling out of the playoffs with losses in seven of the last nine games.
But thanks to Netflix, you can.
Mayfield is one of the four NFL players profiled in the third season of “Quarterback,” a documentary series that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the 2025 season.
Also featured are Cam Ward of the Titans, Jayden Daniels of the Commanders and Joe Flacco, who played for both the Browns and rival Bengals in 2025.
Mayfield continued to play despite an array of injuries to his throwing shoulder, elbow, knee and oblique.
He passed for 3,693 yards and 26 touchdowns in his third season with the Bucs but failed to win a third straight NFC South title, losing out to the Panthers on a tiebreaker despite owning an identical 8-9 record.
Off the field, there was plenty of pain but also joy when Mayfield and his wife, Emily, learned they were expecting their second child, a boy named Maverick.
In the end, the Bucs walked off the field as winners in their final game over Carolina Jan. 3 at Raymond James Stadium. But their streak of four straight division titles ended the next day, when Atlanta beat New Orleans.
The colorful and authentic personality of Mayfield should come through in the series, which in the past has featured quarterbacks such as Kirk Cousins, Patrick Mahomes, Marcus Mariota, Joe Burrow and Jared Goff.
The first episode will stream on July 14.
It should be entertaining, if you have the stomach for it.
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