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Baker Mayfield injury: Buccaneers QB stepped on by Jadeveon Clowney, heads to tent vs. Panthers

Brian Jones Profile Picby:Brian Jones•12/01/24•

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Baker Mayfield
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield suffered an injury in the third quarter of Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers after Jadeveon Clowney stepped on him. The team looked at him in the blue medical tent, and Mayfield was walking with a noticeable limp.

The good news for Buccaneers fans is Mayfield returned to the game during the next series, taking over for backup QB Kyle Trask. However, Mayfield’s first pass attempt was an interception.

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Despite the pick, Mayfield is putting together a strong 2024 season. In 11 games, (not including Sunday’s game against the Panthers), Mayfield has completed 71.4 percent of his passes for 2,799 yards, 24 touchdowns and nine interceptions with a 104.1 passer rating. He’s coming off a 2023 season where he led the Bucs to the divisional round of the playoffs and was named to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career.

Baker Mayfield loves playing in the Buccaneers’ offense

“This is the most balanced offense I’ve been in, strictly,” Mayfield said last month, per the Buccaneers’ official website. “Obviously, you talk about the scheme that we’ve brought in and how we’re executing the run game now, and then just the different personnels that we’ve been forced to get into and learn and grow in with the injuries that we’ve had. It’s fun to see. It’s fun to see the different packages that we can have and the stuff that we can… You know, plays off of plays, still calling your bread and butter – the stuff that if it [isn’t broken] don’t fix it.”

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Mayfield also talked about having the best completion percentage of his career. “You know, completion percentage is obviously the play calls and scheme, but trust with the receivers and then also, like I keep saying to you guys, letting the defense dictate where the ball needs to go,” he said. “Not trying to force things, not trying to do too much, move through progressions, and then it goes back to check-downs and simple things that are easy throws that these guys are making explosive plays off of. It’s me just trusting that and trusting the guys that we have, and we have the right group to do that.”