Baker Mayfield Talks “Natural Feel” Of Emeka Egbuka
June 5th, 2025
“Hope you enjoy losing, Liam. We’re freakin’ loaded.”
The blessing of Emeka Egbuka has come from face of the franchise.
Yes, with respect to Mike Evans and Lavonte David, Baker Mayfield is the face of the Tampa Bay franchise, at least nationally.
And Mayfield, as Joe discusseed on the Ira Kaufman Podcast, was in the face of Prickly Pete Prisco of CBS on Tuesday. No, Mayfield wasn’t mad at Prisco, it’s just that Prisco is the kind of guy who gets in your grill when he talks to you.
The results came today in the form of Prisco writing a Mayfield feature for CBSSports.com.
One intriguing nugget was Mayfield weighing in on the Bucs’ vaunted first-round draft pick, Egbuka.
“He [Egbuka] has a natural feel to his route running,” Mayfield said. “He has a good feel of getting to the right spots in zone. He’s extremely smart. His head was never spinning. He was getting other guys lined up. He’s polished.”
But Mayfield was quick to point out the Bucs offense this year will be a lot like it was last year.
“It still runs through the run game and Mike [Evans],” he said. “That’s how it goes.”
This warms Joe’s Bucs-loving heart. Mayfield wouldn’t throw that level of respect on the rookie unless he’s earned it. Damn impressive for early June.