Baker Mayfield lands with Buccaneers in NFL free company with likelihood to switch Tom Brady

Baker Mayfield has a brand new residence.

The 27-year-old quarterback is signing a one-year, $8.5 million take care of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in NFL free company, based on a number of stories.

Mayfield now figures to be within the catbird seat to be Tom Brady’s successor after the longer term Corridor of Famer retired for good this offseason.

The transfer additionally doubtless eliminates any risk that Brady returns to Tampa Bay, as he did final 12 months after saying his retirement – slim as these probabilities could have been.

Mayfield, a former No. 1 total choose with the Browns, has bounced across the league after 4 underwhelming seasons in Cleveland.

He was traded to the Carolina Panthers final offseason after the Browns landed Deshaun Watson, then was lower midway by means of the season and resurfaced with the Los Angeles Rams.

Mayfield went 1-3 with the Rams, however head coach Sean McVay expressed curiosity in retaining him, both as a backup or a potential safety blanket in case injured quarterback Matthew Stafford doesn’t get well correctly forward of the 2023 season.

As a substitute, Mayfield took a job with the Buccaneers, the place he has a a lot better likelihood of beginning.

He’ll doubtless compete with Kyle Trask, whom Tampa Bay chosen within the second spherical of the 2021 NFL Draft.