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Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield reveals he played with sprained MCL and PCL in knee since Week 2 last season
Baker Mayfields performance declined in his third year as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback last season. But he was apparently dealing with injuries that werent previously reported. Mayfield reveals that he played with a sprained MCL and PCL in his knee since Week 2 on the new season of Netflixs Quarterback docuseries, via the Tampa Bay Times Rick Stroud. The third season of Quarterback premieres July 14. Bucs QB Baker Mayfield, on the Netflix series Quarterbaxk, reveals he played with a sprained MCL and PCL since Week 2. He also had a bad biceps contusion that was bruised and affected his velocity. Then the left shoulder injury vs. Rams. Bonus for toughness but it affected his Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) July 13, 2026If that was indeed the case, its presumably news to the NFL. Mayfields knee wasnt mentioned much during the season on the leagues injury report. Knee is only listed four times among the 10 weeks when Mayfields name was among the Bucs injuries in Weeks 5, 8 10 and 18 as Pro Football Talks Mike Florio highlights. Otherwise, biceps, oblique and shoulder injuries, in addition to illness were mentioned for Mayfield on the injury report. Mayfields revelation confirms what linebacker Lavonte David said on The Arena podcast in April about the quarterback on the shows April 6 episode.Play Yahoo's new College Fantasy Football game: Create or join a league now!Man, Baker was going through a lot, bro, David said. Baker had a lot of injuries that you didnt expect a quarterback to play through. You know what Im saying?He had the oblique injury, he had the shoulder injury, he had a lot of things, he added. You know, ankle injury, knee injury He was really trying to push through and really trying to be the player that we needed him to be.After throwing for 4,500 yards and 41 touchdowns on 71.4% completions during the 2025-26 season (and 4,044 yards with 28 TDs the previous year), Mayfields production slid to 3,693 yards, 26 TDs and a 63.2% completion rate. He only threw for 300 yards or more twice in 16 games and compiled fewer than 200 yards seven times.That fall in Mayfields numbers could certainly be a reason that he and the Buccaneers have not yet agreed on a new contract. He is in the final year of the three-year extension he signed in 2024, set to pay him nearly $40 million. Could the Bucs be concerned about Mayfields durability after sustaining so many injuries last season? Its also possible that he wasnt completely candid about his injuries, which is why they werent listed on the report. Before inking him to a new extension, the team might want to know exactly how healthy their quarterback is.
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