{"id":244799,"date":"2025-07-29T07:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/244799\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T07:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:42:10","slug":"bucs-restructure-baker-mayfields-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/244799\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucs Restructure Baker Mayfield\u2019s Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"jYgNQg\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bucsnation.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> have restructured quarterback Baker Mayfield\u2019s contract, guaranteeing $30 million of his $40 million salary for the 2026 season, previously unguaranteed, according to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter. The move, finalized in April, maintains the three-year, $100 million deal signed in 2024, with no extension of terms.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Buccaneers have reworked QB Baker Mayfield\u2019s contract to give him $30M guaranteed in 2026 \u2014 a year that previously had no guarantees, per sources.<\/p>\n<p>The length of the contract remains the same, but Mayfield now has financial security heading into next season, which is the final\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vkMLFsaxRv\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/vkMLFsaxRv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1949907575496966225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"AA17le\">Mayfield, 30, enjoyed a career-best 2024, completing 71.4% of his passes for 4,500 yards, 41 touchdowns, and a 106.8 passer rating, leading Tampa Bay to a fifth consecutive playoff berth. The restructuring converted $30 million of his 2025 base salary into a roster bonus, reducing his 2025 cap hit to $23.88 million and saving $14.4 million in cap space, per KPRC2\u2019s Aaron Wilson.<\/p>\n<p id=\"LDGZvG\">The adjustment signals the Buccaneers\u2019 confidence in Mayfield, who revitalized his career in Tampa after stints with Cleveland, Carolina, and the Rams. General manager Jason Licht expressed a desire to extend Mayfield long-term, per The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have restructured quarterback Baker Mayfield\u2019s contract, guaranteeing $30 million of his $40 million salary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077],"tags":[1838,211,2956,4092,1563,7,29,1839,28,6,6712,396,704,250,2597,2596],"class_list":{"0":"post-244799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-baker","9":"tag-buccaneers","10":"tag-bucs","11":"tag-contract","12":"tag-exclude-from-stn-video","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-front-page","15":"tag-mayfield","16":"tag-nation","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-restructure","19":"tag-s","20":"tag-tampa-bay","21":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","22":"tag-tampabay","23":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114935401477595397","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244799","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=244799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}