{"id":236751,"date":"2025-07-26T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/236751\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T04:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T04:34:10","slug":"buccaneers-qb-baker-mayfield-shares-effusive-praise-of-tampa-bay-rookie-wr-emeka-egbuka-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/236751\/","title":{"rendered":"Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield shares effusive praise of Tampa Bay rookie WR Emeka Egbuka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield had high praise for rookie wide receiver Emeka Egbuka, calling the former Ohio State standout an \u201cabsolute stud\u201d in a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewterreport.com\/baker-mayfield-emeka-egbuka-absolute-stud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:recent interview on the New Heights podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> recent interview on the New Heights podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And for good reason.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Egbuka might be one of the most important additions to this year\u2019s offense.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, the Bucs made a strong playoff push but were dealt a major blow when<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abcactionnews.com\/sports\/football\/tampa-bay-bucs\/buccaneers-lose-top-receivers-evans-and-godwin-to-injury-in-double-digit-loss-to-ravens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:both Mike Evans and Chris Godwin went down with injuries;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> both Mike Evans and Chris Godwin went down with injuries<\/a> in a loss to the Ravens. Their absence exposed just how thin the receiver room was behind them.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Egbuka.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not just a weapon, but a critical insurance policy. He brings reliable hands, elite route running, elite run blocking skills for a rookie, and the kind of polish that should make him NFL-ready from day one.<\/p>\n<p>Although<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/sports\/bucs\/2025\/07\/21\/chris-godwin-nfl-training-camp-emeka-egbuka\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Godwin is expected to be at camp but won\u2019t participate in practice activities;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Godwin is expected to be at camp but won\u2019t participate in practice activities<\/a>, that only makes Mayfield\u2019s confidence in Egbuka more important, as he also said later that they can just plug and play him anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>With a healthy receiving corps and a rising talent like Egbuka already winning over the locker room, this division is Tampa Bay\u2019s to lose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield had high praise for rookie wide receiver Emeka Egbuka, calling the former&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077],"tags":[1842,211,699,702,7,700,6,1446,704,250,2597,2596],"class_list":{"0":"post-236751","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-chris-godwin","11":"tag-emeka-egbuka","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-mike-evans","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-ohio-state","16":"tag-tampa-bay","17":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","18":"tag-tampabay","19":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114917675468811774","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236751","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=236751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}