Believes Baker Mayfield can return to being a top-shelf quarterback.

Fix Baker Mayfield and you have fixed the Bucs’ offense.

That seems to be the conclusion of former Bucs quarterback Shaun King when he recently spoke with Kyle Odegard of ESportsBets.com.

King, one of only four Bucs quarterbacks to lead the team to an NFC title game, believes when Mayfield has a good offensive coordinator, he plays well. When Mayfield doesn’t have a good coordinator, he play becomes erratic.

King made these comments before the Bucs hired Zac Robinson.

“Baker Mayfield is a professional athlete that needs a persistent, high-disciplined coach at all times,” said King, a second-round pick of the Buccaneers in 1999 who played five seasons with the team. “Baker is better when he’s being held accountable every day, and he feels like his back is against the wall, that nobody believes in him. That Baker is a really good player. The minute that Baker has a little success – people started talking about how he was the leader in the clubhouse for MVP – then the reckless, careless Baker surfaces.

“I’ll never forget: There was this press conference and it was probably Week 5 or 6, and he was rolling,” King said. “He said, ‘Well, when I was in Cleveland and I used to celebrate, they would call me immature. Now when I do it, I’ve got moxie.” I said, ‘Ohhhh, hell.’

“He’s been throwing picks ever since.”

Please don’t misunderstand King. He’s a Mayfield fan. When Mayfield is rolling, King thinks Mayfield is a top-10 quarterback.

“Some of those guys, they play better when they don’t feel like everything is going in their favor, for whatever reason,” King said. “At his best, I think he’s one of the top 10 quarterbacks in the National Football League. He played at that level the previous two years. He just got a little out of (his zone since the bye).”

Joe doesn’t think it’s a stretch to suggest if Robinson gets Mayfield right, Mayfield starts balling again and the Bucs are winning, that this time next year Joe will again by typing about yet another new Bucs offensive coordinator.