Baker Mayfield’s turn on Netflix’s “Quarterback” should give Buccaneers fans a rare look at the season they only saw from the outside.
The third season of the documentary series premieres July 14 and features four NFL quarterbacks: Jayden Daniels, Joe Flacco, Baker Mayfield and Cam Ward. For Tampa Bay, the draw is obvious. Mayfield’s 2025 season had plenty of twists, and the show could finally answer some of the biggest questions surrounding it.
The first is simple: how banged up was he, really?
Mayfield played through injuries all year, and the pain was on display during Tampa Bay’s Week 2 win over the Houston Texans. He later took an AC joint injury against the Los Angeles Rams, and Teddy Bridgewater finished that game at quarterback.
Even with all of that, Mayfield never missed a start. The series could show just how much he was dealing with behind the scenes.
Then there’s the early-season surge that had the Bucs rolling.
Mayfield delivered four game-winning drives in the first five weeks, including a 38-35 victory over the eventual Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. He kept finding ways to drag Tampa Bay across the finish line while the offense dealt with injuries along the offensive line and at receiver. The interesting part now is what viewers will hear from him in those moments - what he was telling teammates in the huddle and on the sideline when the game was hanging in the balance.
And finally, there’s the collapse.
After a 6-2 start, Tampa Bay stumbled to a 2-7 finish and ended up missing the postseason at 8-9. That stretch raised plenty of questions about what was happening inside the locker room as the losses piled up. Leadership matters just as much when things go sideways, and “Quarterback” could show how Mayfield handled the pressure, who spoke up, and what the mood was like as the season slipped away.
For Bucs fans, that’s the appeal here. Not just the highlights, but the messy middle too.
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