This time a year ago, Baker Mayfield was in limbo.
As the starting quarterback for the flailing Carolina Panthers, he had completed 30 of 56 passes for 380 yards, with two touchdowns and one interception. The Panthers started the season 0-2 on their way to a 7-10 finish. Mayfield wound up finishing the season doing mop-up duty for the washed out Los Angeles Rams and it appeared the 2017 Heisman Trophy winner and first overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft was heading towards flopsville.
This year, the rejuvenated Mayfield first had to make the Bucs, and so far he’s shown why he’s been reborn, completing 47 of 68, for 490 yards and three touchdowns and no interceptions for the 2-0 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.