Baker Mayfield has chimed in on undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels making the Tampa Bay roster as its only other quarterback.
No, Mayfield didn’t tell Daniels to know his place and to get his weight up. The Bucs’ franchise QB was in celebration mode.
“I’m proud of Jalon. I think he took tremendous steps from the first time I met him in the offseason to now,” Mayfield said yesterday at his charity foundation event in Tampa, [via a Jenna Laine X video](https://x.com/JennaLaineESPN?lang=en). “Played his tail off, worked hard, worked on things the coaches wanted to get done out of him and for him to progress with. Yeah, excited for him.”
Daniels appears to be in a great situation. He and Mayfield are similar-sized with similar play styles, so Daniels is in excellent position to learn. Also, the Bucs have quarterback coach and rising-star QB guru Chandler Whitmer on staff, a guy the team feels lucky to have been able to sign in February.
Joe still would love to see the Bucs put a veteran QB on the practice squad.
Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht said publicly he liked the meeting room fit of Mayfield and Jake Browning, the veteran signed in March to back up Mayfield. But the Bucs cut Browning yesterday.
It could only be a positive if Mayfield has the right veteran around him to compare noteds, and Daniels could benefit, as well.