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Baker Mayfield can relate a little bit to the struggles that Bryce Young is going through with the Carolina Panthers, so he offered support to the young quarterback on Wednesday.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback assured Young that things can get better following his benching, suggesting that Young isn’t entirely to blame for what’s happened in Carolina since it selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
“Obviously [my career] didn’t happen in the same time frame as Bryce, but quarterback is hard, especially for young guys when you’re not surrounded with the pieces … and you’re not given the opportunity to have success,” Mayfield told reporters.
“A lot of time, guys have the talent, they might have the brains, but they don’t have the right opportunity or the right fit. I’m sitting here right now in a way better fit than the other places I’ve been. That’s not to put other teams down. But it’s a matter of the pieces around you, the coaches. And for Bryce, a guy that — I can relate to this — finding that belief within yourself again. He’ll get it. His story is far, far from finished.”
Mayfield had a rocky tenure with the Cleveland Browns after they selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. He showed promise as a rookie before slumping in his second season. He led the Browns to a postseason berth and a playoff win in 2020, but his regression in 2021 led the Browns to cut ties with him.
The struggles didn’t end for Mayfield in Cleveland. He went 1-5 in six starts with the Panthers after they traded for him in 2022, getting benched due to poor play. He was later released and finished the 2022 season with the Los Angeles Rams, putting some spark back into his career.
That spark with the Rams helped him land a one-year deal with the Buccaneers in the 2023 offseason, proving that he can be a quality starting quarterback in the NFL. He threw for 4,044 yards, 28 touchdowns and 10 interceptions last season, leading Tampa Bay…
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