So did some Bucs lose their joy for football playing with Tom Brady? And was everyone at One Buc Palace too stressed out once the calendar turned to 2023?
Listen to the words of Baker Mayfield, whose appearance on the Casa De Klub podcast was posted yesterday.
“The building was a little bit different with Tom in there,” Mayfield said of Bucs headquarters with Brady. “Obviously, playing-wise, Tom is different. He had everybody dialed in, high-strung environment, so I think everybody was pretty stressed out.
“So for me, and everybody was expecting the Bucs to not be good last year, they wanted me to come in, be myself, bring the joy back to football a little bit for guys that weren’t having as much fun, and just continue to raise the competition level. They just asked me to be myself. As a player, you really can’t ask for much more than that.”
That was intriguing. Which Bucs were losing some love of the game?
Some fans skewered Joe for writing last year that Brady had run his course in Tampa and Mayfield was not only a better player in 2023 than the 2022 edition of Brady, but that he was an upgrade off the field.
It seems some at One Buc Palace had similar vibes before Mayfield arrived.
