Baker Mayfield keeps collecting respect from around the league, and the latest nod comes from one of the NFL’s most relentless pass rushers.
Maxx Crosby recently put the Buccaneers quarterback in rare company when asked on a Neon-hosted stream which quarterbacks are toughest to bring down because of their movement. Crosby started with Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, and Josh Allen, then added Mayfield to the list.
“Sleeper one too: Baker Mayfield. He pissed me off bro I had like two of them I should’ve had on him.
He lowkey ducked under and got out of there. I was f***ing livid.”
That kind of praise carries real weight coming from Crosby, who has built his reputation on chasing quarterbacks down. He has 69.5 sacks in his career and has averaged about 10 sacks a season since being drafted in 2019. Even so, Mayfield has managed to be a tricky target for him.
Across four head-to-head matchups, Crosby has only one sack against Mayfield.
For Buccaneers fans, none of this is exactly a surprise. They’ve watched Mayfield escape pressure and turn busted plays into something useful time and again. Last season, he pulled off “Mayfield Magic” repeatedly, including several clutch moments that helped keep Tampa Bay alive in tight games.
Mayfield’s standing with his peers was already clear when he was voted onto the NFL’s Top 100 list for the second straight year. Crosby’s comments only reinforce the same point: Mayfield’s elusiveness is one of his best traits, and it’s a big reason he can make chaos look manageable.
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