NFL Top 100: Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield is No. 50, will play the Cardinals in 2025
Player No. 50 is Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield. He was not in the top 100 in 2024.
Mayfield led the Bucs to the playoffs for the second straight year, winning the NFC South, giving the Bucs five straight playoff appearances.
He had his best season in 2024, completing 71.4% of his passes for 4,500 yards, 41 touchdowns and 16 interceptions.
He was third in the NFL in passing yards, third in completion percentage and second in touchdown passes. He also led the NFL in interceptions.
"The ultimate teammate," said running back Rachaad White, Mayfield's teammate.
Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon, No. 58 in the top 100, said Mayfield "wakes up, like he says, feeling dangerous."
He is the closest thing to Brett Favre this generation has seen.
He is a gamer, an incredible competitor. He "can make some crazy plays," according to 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy.
Saints safety J.T. Gray said Mayfield has "a Superman ability."
However, he has never beaten the Cardinals. He is 0-3 against the Cardinals and Kyler Murray, his old buddy at Oklahoma.
The Cardinals have a six-game stretch to end the 2025 regular season with four games against 2024 division winners and two teams that just missed the playoffs last season. That stretch opens in Week 13 with the Bucs on the road.
Can Murray and the Cardinals keep Mayfield winless against them one more time? We will see.
'NFL Top 100' opponents for Cardinals in 2025
Of the players in the top 100 revealed as of this week, the Cardinals face the following:
QB Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No. 50)
OLB Jared Verse, LA Rams (No. 53)
DE Nick Bosa, San Francisco 49ers (No. 57)
RB Joe Mixon, Houston Texans (No. 58)
QB Matthew Stafford, LA Rams (No. 59)
RB Bijan Robinson, Atlanta Falcons (No. 62)
DE Josh Hines-Allen, Jacksonville Jaguars (No. 63)
QB Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers (No. 68)
QB Sam Darnold, Seattle Seahawks (No. 72)
RB Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers (No. 73)
DT Vita Vea, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No. 75)
WR Tee Higgins, Cincinnati Bengals (No. 77)
QB Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys (No. 79)
DE Rashan Gary, Green Bay Packers (No. 80)
RB Kyren Williams, LA Rams (No. 85)
S Jessie Bates III, Atlanta Falcons (No. 92)
LB Lavonte David, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No. 96)
WR Drake London, Atlanta Falcons (No. 97)
DL Leonard Williams, Seattle Seahawks (No. 99)
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