Baker Mayfield Signs 3-Year, $165 Million Buccaneers Extension After Rejecting $100 Million Offer
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 8
Baker Mayfield Signs 3-Year, $165 Million Buccaneers Extension After Rejecting $100 Million Offer
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 8
Summary
$165 million over three years will keep Baker Mayfield in Tampa Bay instead of sending him toward free agency after the season.
The deal came after the Buccaneers moved closer to Mayfield's asking price, replacing an earlier 2-year, $100 million offer he had deemed insufficient when camp opened.
$55 million per year ties Mayfield with Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, Jordan Love, Trevor Lawrence and Matthew Stafford as the NFL's third-highest-paid quarterbacks.
Tampa Bay ultimately chose to lock up the quarterback who has thrown 95 touchdown passes in 51 starts for the club, ending a brief standoff over his self-imposed training-camp deadline.