Bucs seeking much-needed win vs. Rams on Sunday Night Football | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

Bucs seeking much-needed win vs. Rams on Sunday Night Football | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

CONGRATULATIONS TO BUCCANEERS QUARTERBACK BAKER, MAYFIELD AND HIS WIFE EMILY. HE POSTED ON INSTAGRAM THIS WEEK THAT HE AND EMILY ARE EXPECTING THEIR SECOND CHILD. A BABY BOY, HERE’S BAKER ON IF HE WANTS HIS SON TO FOLLOW IN DAD’S FOOTSTEPS AND PLAY FOOTBALL, EVERYBODY’S ABLE TO LET HIM DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. UM, MY PARENTS DIDN’T WANT ME TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT A CERTAIN POINT. WHEN YOUR KID WANTS TO DO SOMETHING, YOU JUST ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO AND UH, OBVIOUSLY BEST WAY BUT I’M GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE HEAD ON MY HANDS. YEAH. HEY THAT’S THE PROBLEM BAKER. THE APPLE WILL NOT FALL FAR FROM THE TREE, THAT’S GREAT AT FIRST. I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA DO LIKE A REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY THING. LIKE, I ABSOLUTELY WANT YOU TO PLAY FOOTBALL. YOU MUST PLAY FOOTBALL. YOU HAVE NO CHOICE. IT’S THE FAMILY BUSINESS. YOU, WHOOP, LIFE FOOTBALL. I DON’T WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL. AH, GOOD. BUT YOU KNOW, I I MEAN, I I JUST MAYBE IT’S JUST LAZINESS. IT’S TOO HARD TO MICROMANAGE YOUR KIDS’ LIVES. I, I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU PARENT YOUR KIDS, BUT MAN, AT SOME POINT AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID AND KIND OF COMING OF AGE AND I DIDN’T WANT TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO SHOCKER. LIKE THERE’S A POINT WHERE YOU JUST GOT TO LET PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIFE, GOOD BAD. OTHERWISE LIKE YOU JUST GOT TO LIVE YOUR LIFE, MAN. I MEAN, I CAN’T LIVE IT FOR YOU. YOU JUST GOT TO DO IT AND YOU WELL, IT MAY TEACH YOU NOT TO DO SOMETHING DUMB ROAD. YEAH, UH MICROMANAGING. NO THAT’S NOT MY STYLE. I’LL I’LL PROBABLY SAY TO THEM. I I USUALLY SAY TO THEM. HEY, I’VE BEEN IN THIS SITUATION BEFORE. LIKE I ALWAYS TELL THEM BECAUSE THEY’RE, YOU KNOW, 3 TEENAGERS IN THE HOUSE. I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, I WAS I KNOW IF YOU FIND, IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE I WAS 15 UH, I WAS A 17 YEAR OLD BOY ONCE I KNOW GENERALLY WHAT YOU’RE THINKING. SO IF YOU IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING OR IF YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH SOMETHING, JUST COME TO ME AND TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. I I I THEY TAKE IF THEY TAKE THE ADVICE GREAT, UH IF THEY DON’T TAKE THE ADVICE AND THAT’S A SOMETIMES, IT’S A TOUGH LESSON LEARNED AND THEY YEAH. SO WHICH IS GREAT TOO, AIN’T THAT GREAT? WELL THEY CAN SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LET THEM YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THEIR FACE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY GET THEM. YEAH, I MEAN YOU GOTTA LET THEM FAIL AND I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE WILLING TO FAIL. YOU LEARN THROUGH FAILING AND IT MAKES YOU MORE LIKELY TO SUCCEED LATER. ONCE YOU’VE LEARNED HOW TO FAIL AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT, THE WORLD DOESN’T END BECAUSE YOU DID SOMETHING THAT DIDN’T WORK OUT OR YOU DID SOMETHING DONE, YOU LEARNED FROM IT AND YOU MOVE SO THE RAMS AND THE BUCCANEERS GET TOGETHER AT SOFI STADIUM ON SUNDAY NIGHT. IN THAT GAME, 3 YEARS AGO, JUST RAIDERS, WHERE BAKER PANTHERS. OF THE RAMS AND WITH 2 DAYS TO GET READY. I DON’T KNOW IF HE WAS RELEASED OR TRADED OR WHATEVER, BUT HE HAD 2 DAYS TO GET READY. I THINK IT WAS HE WASN’T TRADED. AND HE GOES OUT THERE AND HE HE GETS IT DONE AND HE PULLS OFF THE VICTORY. IT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE. I THOUGHT THAT THE RAIDERS WOULD SIGN HIM IN FREE AGENCY, THE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE JOSH, MCDANIELS WAS THERE AS A HEAD COACH? THAT’S HOW IMPRESSIVE I THOUGHT IT WAS. AND THE BUCCANEERS ENDED UP GETTING A STEAL TWICE. HE WAS A FREE AGENT TWICE AND NOBODY ELSE WANTED HIM, BUT THAT GAME IS GOING TO BE AND SHOULD BE REMEMBERED BECAUSE HE’S BACK THERE. STARTING A GAME IN SOFI STADIUM AND HE WILL BE TAKING ON THE RAMS. AND THEY REMEMBER THAT COACHING STAFF THAT KNOW VERY WELL WHAT BAKER MAYFIELD CAN DO. YEAH, THAT WAS UH, YOU KNOW, FOR A GAME LIKE THAT AND, AND THE RAMS WERE NOT VERY GOOD THAT YEAR, UH, FOR A CHANGE. IT WAS A LIKE, THE ODD YEAR WHERE THE RAMS JUST WEREN’T UH COMPETITIVE. BUT IT WAS A RAMS AND RAIDERS, RIGHT? THEY WERE PLAYING THE RAIDERS SO THAT JOSH MCDANIELS IS RAIDERS. YEAH THAT WAS. SO THAT WAS SUCH A FUN GAME TO WATCH. I LOVED THE THE END AND HOW BAKER UH BROUGHT THEM BACK AND THEN THE CELEBRATION THE CELEBRATION IN THE LOCKER ROOM WHERE MCVEIGH IS GOING CRAZY AND EVERYBODY’S UH RALLYING AROUND BAKER, MAYFIELD, YOU KNOW HE IS UM, HE HE IS, HE’S REALLY UH A QUARTERBACK WHO WHO’S GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT UH SKILL SETS. YOU KNOW. HE HE’S A GUY WHO CAN, HE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS AND I I I MEAN HE GETS CREDIT FOR IT NOW BUT I I THINK HE’S GOT A LOT MORE, A LOT MORE RANGE TO HIS GAME. THAN, KNOW, I THINK PART OF IT COMES FROM, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT FAILURE. PART OF IT COMES FROM FAILING IN OTHER SITUATIONS, THINK YOU’RE PLAYING WITH KEVIN THAT’S 1 KIND OF YOU KNOW, I THINK PART OF IT IN CLEVELAND THAT’S 1 KIND OF OFFENSE, THAT’S STEFANSKY RUNS WITH EVERYBODY. UH, AND THEN YOU GO TO CAROLINA AND THEN YOU SPEND YOUR TIME THERE AND MCVEIGH, I KNOW IT WAS BRIEFLY IN THE MCVAY OFFENSE AND THEN WIND UP IN TAMPA WHERE HE’S HAD SEVERAL OFFENSIVE COORDINATORS THAT HE HAS MADE. LOOK GOOD I THINK ONCE YOU GO THROUGH THAT MUCH CHANGE AND DEAL WITH TERMINOLOGY IT REALLY, IF YOU’RE GOOD, IF YOU’RE TALENTED, IT REALLY BENEFITS YOU AND I, I CAN SEE IT IN HIS GAME. OH, HE’S THE RARE PLAYER THAT HAS HIS OWN COACHING TREE. RIGHT. DAVE CANALES. LIAM COHEN HELD. JOSH GRIZZARD MAY BE NEXT BY THE TIME IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE. HERE’S BAKER MAYFIELD ON HOW THE RAMS HELPED RESURRECT A CAREER THEY REALLY SEEM TO BE CAREENING OUT OF THE NFL. THERE’S NO WAY FOR ME TO, YOU KNOW, SUGARCOAT IT. IT WAS PIVOTAL IN MY CAREER IN MY JOURNEY. UM, I TOLD YOU GUYS THAT HELPED ME FIND THE FOOTBALL OR THE FUN AND FOOTBALL AGAIN, THAT JOY, UM, AND JUST GETTING TO LEARN FROM THOSE GUYS. OBVIOUSLY, IT LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT. NOW THAT RAHEEM MORRIS IS GONE. ZACH ROBINSON LIAM. BUT UM SEAN’S BEEN THERE THE WHOLE TIME. SO IT’S UM, YEAH, THEY HELPED ME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, HELPED ME DISCOVER WHAT OFFENSE I REALLY WANT TO PLAY IN. AND UH, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH, IN THAT A LOT OF ACCOUNTABILITY, A LOT OF THE SCRIMMAGE AND TO CHECK AND GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE. BUT UM, YEAH. IT WAS INSTRUMENTAL AND IN MY CAREER, UH, SOMETHING I’M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR AND IT’LL BE FUN TO GO BACK AND SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES. TO WAIT FOR SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. THERE’S A CHANCE. IF THE BUCCANEERS SHOULD BEAT THE RAMS, THIS WILL BE A REALITY. BOTH QUARTERBACKS WILL HAVE AN ALL-TIME 500 RECORD BECAUSE MAYFIELD IS 56 AND 57 AND MATTHEW STAFFORD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN HIS ENTIRE CAREER, WENT ABOVE 500 LAST WEEK WITH THAT. WIN OVER THE SEAHAWKS, HE’S 1 161 115 AND 1 AS A STARTER. SO THERE’S A CHANCE THAT BOTH OF THEM COME OUT OF IT AT 500, IF THE BUCKS. SOMEHOW BEAT THE RAMS, THE RAMS ARE FAVORED BY 6 AND A HALF, I THINK, BUT THE AND AND, AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE URGENT BECAUSE DON’T LOOK NOW. THE PANTHERS ARE PANTHERS. DOWN THEIR NECKS. YEAH, I I WONDER, I WONDER HOW DANGEROUS THE BUCCANEERS ARE NOW THOUGH. YOU OR HOW THEY FEEL, BECAUSE YOU GO IN IN 6 AND 2. YOU HAVE THAT PATRIOTS GAME. YOU’RE 6 AND 2 LOSE TO THE PATRIOTS, YOU LOSE TO THE BILLS. AND NOW YOU’RE YOU’RE 6 AND 4 AND IT MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 6 AND 4 AT 8 AND 2 BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE THE, THE BUCKS, I THOUGHT THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO BEING WHERE WHERE THE RAMS AND AND UH EAGLES ARE. AND IT’S JUST I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S THE INJURIES OR JUST THE, UH, THE SLOPPY MISTAKES AND CRITICAL MOMENTS. NOW, IF IF I LOOK AT THE BUCKS AND UH, LOOK AT THE PANTHERS, TOO TOO CLOSE TO CALL AND AND 2 WEEKS AGO, I WOULD HAVE SAID, OF COURSE, THE BUCS WIN THAT DIVISION GOING AWAY. I DON’T KNOW. UH THE PANTHERS ARE REALLY FOUND SOMETHING, SO IT’S GOING TO BE, UH, THEY THEY’RE IN DESPERATION MODE. I THINK JUST TO STAY IN FRONT OF NOT TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS PANTHERS. THAT’S A TOUGH MATCHUP FOR HIM GAME IN A MONTH. BECAUSE THEY HAD THEIR BUY, RIGHT. THE LAST WIN WAS WEEK 8 AGAINST THE SAINTS. IN NEW ORLEANS. WOW. YEAH. SAINTS. AND THEN THEY GET THE BUY GET THOSE 2 LOSSES. LONG LONG MONTH FOR THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AND UH WE’LL SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. THEY NEED THIS 1, THE RAMS NEED IT TOO THOUGH THE RAMS ARE JOCKEYING WITH THE EAGLES AT THE TOP, THAT’S THERE’S DIFFERENT DEGREES AND LAYERS OF DESPERATION THAT ARE COMING TO FRUITION. NOW YOU’VE GOT TEAMS THAT ARE TRYING TO JOCKEY FOR THE 1 SEATS THAT ARE TRYING TO STAY IN THE DIVISION LEAGUE. YOU GOT TEAMS THAT ARE TRYING TO STAY AND PLAY OFF POSITION. YOU GOT TEAMS THAT ARE TRYING TO PULL DESERT THE, THE LOST. YOU KNOW, IT MAKES FOR A FUN FINISH BECAUSE IT REALLY, IT REALLY DOES FEEL NOT JUST WIDE OPEN. BUT LIKE, EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. WE THINK WE KNOW IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. AND, AND EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ASPECTS THAT ARE WIDE OPEN, WE WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE KNOW CERTAIN THINGS, THOSE THINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, TOO, IT CAN GO LIKE THAT. THERE’S STILL ENOUGH FOOTBALL LEFT THE TEAMS THAT WE THINK ARE GOOD CAN TURN AROUND TEAMS THAT WE THINK ARE BAD CAN TURN AROUND AND JUST LIKE WITH THE BUCKS LOOKING AT MAYBE BEING 6 AND 5 OR YOU COULD, YOU COULD PUT A CRACK IN WHATEVER THE RAMS ARE DOING. AND THE NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, THEY’VE FALLEN OFF. IT’S, IT’S A CRAZY SEASON. IT’S A LOT EASIER WHEN THERE’S JUST 2 OR 3. GOOD TEAMS. YEAH, I MEAN, WE WERE TALKING PROBABLY A MONTH AGO ABOUT HOW HOW, HOW MUCH STRONGER THE NFC IS THAN THE AFC AND YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A MONTH AGO THAT THE BUCKS, YOU KNOW, THE WHO, WHO’S THE CLASS OF THE NFC? WELL OBVIOUSLY, IT’S PHILADELPHIA AND DETROIT, UH, IN TAMPA AND THROW THE RAMS IN THERE FOR, FOR GOOD MANAGER. LOOK AT THE DETROIT. AND AFTER AFTER GETTING, SHUT DOWN THERE BY PHILADELPHIA, THEY’RE 6 AND 4 6 AND 4. YOU CAN SAY OH THEY’RE THEY GOT A LOT MORE TALENT THAN THAT BUT ALL RIGHT, YOU’RE RIGHT THERE IN THE DOG. FIGHT WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. AND I HAVEN’T EVEN MENTIONED THE PACKERS WHO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON WE THOUGHT, OH, THEY BEAT DETROIT, THEY’RE ON THEIR WAY SOMEWHERE. AND THEY LOOK EVEN WHEN THEY WIN GAMES, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY’RE STRUGGLING TO WIN. SO YOU’RE RIGHT. IT IS WIDE OPEN. I THINK PHILADELPHIA IS KNOWS? WELL, AND THEY’RE FLAWED. THAT’S WHAT JUST MAKES IT ALL AMAZING. YOU GOT THE EAGLES, YOU GOT THE RAMS, THE LIONS. LIKE I HAVE TO, LIKE, LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE. SOMETIMES LIKE DID ARE THEY REALLY 6 AND 4 LIKE HOW DID, HOW IS THIS TEAM 6 AND 4? THEY WERE 15 AND 2 LAST YEAR AND IT FEELS LIKE THE SAME TEAM. SO

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