Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles spoke with reporters Friday and gave the replace on quarterback Baker Mayfield that Tampa Bay followers needed to listen to forward of Sunday’s regular-season finale on the 2-14 Carolina Panthers.
“He is full-go,” Bowles mentioned about Mayfield, as shared by the Buccaneers’ web site. “He’ll be able to go on Sunday. I anticipate him to be the identical as he at all times was.”
Mayfield suffered an harm to his ribs late in final Sunday’s 23-13 loss to the New Orleans Saints, and the 28-year-old was then a limited participant in Thursday’s observe. Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales revealed on Thursday that Mayfield “seemed fairly good” and “ripped a few balls down the sector” throughout the session, and Bowles insisted on Friday he isn’t involved in regards to the first decide of the 2018 NFL Draft being slowed by his newest setback at Carolina’s Financial institution of America Stadium.
“We simply cannot let him get hit,” Bowles added about his QB1.
Had Mayfield been deemed unable to begin or play towards the Panthers, 2021 second-round draft decide Kyle Trask would’ve acquired the nod. Trask has by no means began a regular-season recreation and has tried simply 10 complete official passes as a professional.
8-8 Tampa Bay would declare the NFC South division title and a playoff berth with a victory over Carolina no matter what occurs elsewhere due to the tiebreaker advantage the Buccaneers maintain over the 8-8 Saints.
In response to ESPN stats, Mayfield enters the weekend ranked ninth amongst certified signal-callers with a 95.9 passer ranking, tied for fourth with 28 landing passes and eighth with 3,907 yards by the air on the season. As of Friday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook listed Mayfield third among the many betting favorites at +1300 odds to win the Comeback Participant of the Yr Award for the marketing campaign. Buffalo Payments security Damar Hamlin topped the checklist at -275 odds at the moment.
