Baker Mayfield “Didn’t Trust His Offensive Line”
February 7th, 2026
Is this why Baker Mayfield had a rough second half of the season?
After the bye week, Mayfield threw 13 touchdowns and 9 interceptions in 9 games. Not good, but it was a different kind of horror show versus the one featuring Jameis Winston throwing 19 touchdowns and 18 interceptions in his final 9 games of the 2019 Bucs season.
Mayfield had various injuries in his final 9 games. Were the injuries limiting him?
That’s a mystery, but Bucs legend and official team operative and Xs and Os analyst Rondé Barber is adamant that those injuries were a factor, as was Mayfield’s mental state playing behind guys like guards Michael Jordan and Dan Feeney.
“[The injuries] messed with him and he didn’t trust his offensive line. You could see it. He was jittery. He was quick,” Barber said with passion this week on the WFLA streaming show that bears his name.”
Imagine if a healthy offensive line is all Mayfield needs to get his game right. Throw in a healthy receiving corps and Bucky Irving doing Bucky things, and the Bucs could be a highly dangerous team again in September.