NFL News: Why did Baker Mayfield’s victory over the jets ‘personal’?


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Baker Mayfield has the Bay Buccaneers Tampa are 3-0 during the first three weeks of the NFL 2025 season, but Sunday’s victory over New York’s jets seemed to mean more for the field marshal.

Mayfield put the Buccaneers in a position to allow Chase McLaughlin to kicked a 36 -yards field for victory after the jet supporter Will McDonald IV recovered an attempt at a blocked field goal on the previous trip and returned it for a touchdown to give New York the advantage.

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The New York Jets Defensive Tackle Harrison Phillips (97), takes the field marshal of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baker Mayfield (6) during the first half of a NFL football match on Sunday, September 21, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (Ap Photo/Chris O’Meara)

McLaughlin nailed the kick, and Tampa Bay won the game, 29-27.

Mayfield said that after the game the victory was personal for him since he was the defensive coordinator of the Jets, Steve Wilks, who cut him while the two were with the Carolina Panthers.

“I loved it,” he said when defeating the jets. “In addition, his (defensive coordinator) was the one who cut me in Carolina. So, many things were personal today. Haason Reddick, former plane, many people.”

Dan Quinn of the commanders was bloody after the field marshal meets him during the game

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers field marshal, Baker Mayfield (6) smiles from the bank during the first half of a NFL football match against New York Jets on Sunday, September 21, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo Ap/Jason Behnken)

Wilks was the chief coach of the Panthers when the team decided to move from Mayfield in the mid -2022 season. He joined the Los Angeles Rams a day later and organized an performance to remember at short rest.

The Buccaneers gave him a chance in 2023 after Tom Brady retired. He hit Kyle Trask for the initial work. In his first season in Tampa Bay, he was a professional bowling player for the first time in his career. He also obtained a Pro Bowl assent in 2024. In both seasons, he exceeded 4,000 air yards.

Mayfield now has the Buccaneers at the top of the NFL during the first three weeks of the season.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Campa Marshal, Baker Mayfield, speaks during a press conference after the game after a NFL football match against the New York Jets on Sunday, September 21, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (Ap Photo/Chris O’Meara)

He was 19, 29, with 233 aerial yards and had a touchdown pass for Mike Evans.

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