Irreplaceable Advantage For Baker Mayfield
February 4th, 2026
Joe hates quoting one of the great enemies of the Buccaneers, but the future Hall of Famer is a heck of a talker and he will be highly visible in the media for decades to come.
His name is Cam Jordan, the eight-time Pro Bowl edge rusher the Bucs didn’t draft because he talked too much.
Jordan, who has yet to retire after the slimy Saints drafted him in 2011, is cruising around Radio Row at the Super Bowl today pitching a football helmet and talking about the Saints and his 10 1/2-sack 2025 season at 36 years old.
During a lecture on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Jordan noted that quarterbacks get better with age — and too many in the NFL don’t understand that.
“When it comes to the quarterback position, we are so fast to label a quarterback the next superstar or the next bust, when in the quarterback position, your best weapon is experience,” Jordan said.
That got Joe thinking about Baker Mayfield, who has eight NFL seasons under his belt playing for a different offensive coordinator every year. Mayfield also played four college seasons under multiple head coaches and systems.
In the NFC, only three starting quarterbacks are older than Mayfield, who turns 31 in April. They are Jared Goff (31), Dak Prescott (32) and Matt Stafford (38). And all three of those guys had exceptional 2025 seasons statistically. (While drafted with Mayfield in 2018, Super Bowl QB Sam Darnold is two years younger than Mayfield.)
Joe wonders if Mayfield’s experience is an attractor for the Bucs. The team likely views Mayfield, whose contracts expires after next season, as a quarterback on the rise with at least four seasons in his prime ahead.
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