Netflix’s latest look inside NFL quarterback life makes one thing pretty obvious: if there’s a king of trash talk in this group, Baker Mayfield has a strong claim to the throne.
Season 3 of Quarterback just dropped, and the series follows Mayfield, Tennessee Titans rookie Cam Ward, Washington Commanders QB Jayden Daniels and longtime journeyman Joe Flacco, who played with the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals last season. Each passer brings a different personality to the show, but the trash-talking angle is where Mayfield separates himself fast.
A recent Netflix Sports trailer drove that point home in a hurry. In the clip, Mayfield lays out exactly how he sees it.
"I do think I play better when I trash talk. Gives me an edge.
Gets me going," Mayfield said, with clips of him trash-talking opponents in various scenarios segmented in between his comments. "I've learned you've gotta have some things ready to roll.
You've got to keep a couple in the holster. A couple in the chamber."
"However you wanna describe it. You better be quick on your feet if you want to talk trash to me," he stated confidently.
Mayfield has built his career on that kind of edge. From his days as a walk-on in college, to becoming a Heisman trophy winner, to a point when his NFL starting career looked finished, to the rebound he found in Tampa that turned him into a Pro Bowler, he’s always played like a quarterback who feeds off the fight.
His wife, Emily, backed that up with her own blunt description of what makes him such a natural at it.
"Baker is such a gamer. He talks smack all the time," she said.
"All the time. It could be against one of the biggest linemen in the league and he will go head-to-head with them.
It doesn't matter; the man loves competition, he will talk smack no matter what it is, and um, that's what makes Baker, Baker."
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