{"id":220552,"date":"2025-07-19T22:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T22:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/220552\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T22:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T22:40:10","slug":"bucs-baker-mayfield-might-have-helped-his-alma-mater-find-its-next-quarterback-in-john-mateer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/220552\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucs&#8217; Baker Mayfield might have helped his alma mater find its next quarterback in John Mateer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Oklahoma looks to rebound after finishing 14th in its debut season in\u00a0the Southeastern Conferencelast year, a familiar face from the program&#8217;s golden era has played a subtle but influential role in shaping its future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/oklahoma\/article\/baker-mayfield-discusses-similarities-with-new-oklahoma-qb-john-mateer-251878451\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Baker Mayfield;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Baker Mayfield<\/a>, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback who led the Sooners to a 33-6 record as a starter and now enters his third season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has closely followed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secsports.com\/videos\/2025\/07\/john-mateer-says-he-make-oklahoma-offense-more-dynamic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:emergence of John Mateer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">emergence of John Mateer<\/a>, a promising transfer from Washington State aiming to become OU&#8217;s next offensive leader.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, at his annual football camp held at OU&#8217;s practice field in Norman, Mayfield shared his feelings about the hype Mateer is receiving.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love the way he plays,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ow8IkpxHqF0?si=C7E6ZCItMtGt7EMd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mayfield said, according to SoonerScoop;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mayfield said, according to SoonerScoop<\/a>. &#8220;I think there are some similarities in our game, just by the way he carries himself. You can tell leadership goes a long way with him. I love that, and I&#8217;m excited he came in. We\u2019ll see what happens, but it\u2019s exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bucs star went on to share that when Mateer was considering a transfer from Washington State, he offered him guidance and took the opportunity to praise Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, he was still deciding,&#8221; Mayfield said. &#8220;You can&#8217;t force somebody to do anything they don&#8217;t want to. But I told him everything I would&#8217;ve said. If you trust it, if you love it there, if you want a chance to go shine in a place that will truly embrace you for everything you are, this is the place to be.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The tradition here, you can&#8217;t beat it. The atmosphere. Once you start winning, people will rally around you. It&#8217;s up to him now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mayfield&#8217;s advice may have been instrumental in shaping Mateer&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>After throwing for 3,139 yards and 29 touchdowns with 826 rushing yards and 15 scores at Washington State, Mateer prepares to navigate the challenge of becoming Oklahoma&#8217;s next leader under center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Oklahoma looks to rebound after finishing 14th in its debut season in\u00a0the Southeastern Conferencelast year, a familiar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077],"tags":[1842,211,31971,7,15709,6,1135,704,250,2597,2596,6093],"class_list":{"0":"post-220552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-baker-mayfield","9":"tag-buccaneers","10":"tag-debut-season","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-john-mateer","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-oklahoma","15":"tag-tampa-bay","16":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","17":"tag-tampabay","18":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers","19":"tag-washington-state"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114882309315105860","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}