Mexico City. / 09/11/2023 21:31:30
Baker Mayfield, quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said this Monday that his team turned into motivation the negative comments it had regarding the retirement of Tom Brady for the 2023 NFL season.
“It’s been kind of a motto for us all offseason into training camp. The outside narrative that everyone used against us we turned into momentum,” Mayfield said.
The motivation of the Bucs
The Bucs appeared in week one of this campaign with a 17-20 away victory over the Minnesota Vikings, despite the fact that they were not favorites due to the retirement last February of Tom Brady, considered the best player in the league. NFL history.
Mayfield, 28, dispelled the pessimism with a consistent performance against the Vikings in which he gained 173 yards and connected with two touchdown passes.
The former Rams and Panthers quarterback, who arrived in Tampa Bay this season, highlighted how his teammates faced this criticism.
“We have a lot of talent in the locker room. That’s the most important part. So we just went out and got a road win to open the season in the middle of that negative environment.”
Brady spent three seasons with the Buccaneers. He joined the team in 2019, after winning six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and in his first season in the Florida franchise he led them to the championship, to add his seventh championship ring.
But Brady announced his retirement from the NFL last February, so the Bucs began searching for the man who would guide them, something not easy after the successful passage of the best of all time.
In the preseason, Mayfield convinced team coach Todd Bowles that he was ready to run the offense over 25-year-old Kyle Trask, who was backup to Brady until the previous season, something that was confirmed last Sunday against the Vikings.
“We had a fair rhythm, we were able to do it thanks to those scores with Mike Evans and Trey Palmer, that was really what caused our guys to settle in. Nobody was tense. I was able to do it and that was good for us,” the quarterback concluded.
2023-09-12 03:31:30
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