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09-08-2025
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Buccaneers React to Latest Baker Mayfield News on Monday
Buccaneers React to Latest Baker Mayfield News on Monday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have made the playoffs in five consecutive seasons and have won the NFC South in each of the last four—despite some years where the division was notably uncompetitive. Nonetheless, they're coming off a 10-7 campaign in which they lost star wide receiver Chris Godwin for the season. After a Wild Card Round loss to the Washington Commanders, Tampa Bay is once again placing high hopes in Baker Mayfield to lead the way. Mayfield is coming off a career year, completing 71.4% of his passes for 4,500 yards, 41 touchdowns, and 16 interceptions. He posted a 106.8 passer rating, and on Monday, the Buccaneers reacted to the NFL's reveal that Mayfield has officially been ranked No. 50 on the NFL Top 100 list. "LFB," Buccaneers posted. "@bakermayfield makes his Buccaneers debut on the Top 100 at 50." Bucs fans reacted to Mayfield debuting on the Top 100 list: "he should've been top 20 are we serious," a fan said. Someone else added, "Well deserved." Another person wrote, "Dare I say top 6 QB." "BAKER GONNA BAKE," one more fan commented. Baker Mayfield has had a very interesting journey throughout the NFL since being drafted No. 1 overall by the Cleveland Browns in 2018. He spent four seasons with the Browns before brief stints with the Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams—moves many believed might signal the end of his time as a starting quarterback in the league. However, Mayfield found his footing in Tampa Bay, where he's since become the franchise quarterback and has played like it over his first two seasons with the organizationThis story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Aug 4, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
07-08-2025
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Baker Mayfield, George Kittle among NFL players against smelling salt ban
Among one of the odder wars between the NFL and their own players this season has been the recent ban on NFL teams supplying smelling salts and other ammonia-style inhalants by the NFL, which frustrated a lot of players. It started on Tuesday, with San Francisco 49ers' star TE George Kittle breaking the news on the ban to NFL Network's Mike Garafolo. Since then, multiple NFL players have spoken out against the ban, including big names like Tampa Bay Buccaneers' QB Baker Mayfield. 'I think the reasoning is because it masks concussion symptoms, but if you get knocked out, which is the whole purpose of smelling salts to wake you up, you're not allowed back in the game,' Mayfield said. 'I think it was a quick trigger to ban em.' The Los Angeles Chargers' NFLPA player representative Josh Harris also raised questions about the ban. Again, it's worth noting that the NFL isn't banning smelling salts outright, but the distribution of them by NFL teams. ESPN's Kalyn Kahler, obtained the message the NFLPA about the smelling salt ban. So maybe we see players do what Mayfield said and bring their own juice to games. How would you make your own smelling salts? That feels like an episode of Breaking Bad. The NFL's ban on smelling salts feels like it probably should've happened earlier. Not because of any inherent harm or danger to players, but because the league has tried so hard to clean up their image around concussions and concussion-like symptoms. The league has been at the forefront of new helmet usage, making new caps to wear on top of the helmet and other scientific research to help mitigate concussions, so smelling salts lasting all the way until 2025 feels like an accomplishment. How you would make your own smelling salts? Well, that feels like an episode of Breaking Bad waiting to happen.
