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When appearing on Jason and Travis Kelce‘s New Heights podcast, Baker Mayfield said the Buccaneers have allowed him to be himself after previous teams told him to “tone it down.”
“This isn’t to shit on the other teams and franchises, but when you step in and your GM and your head coach say, ‘Hey, just be you,’ after I’ve been told at every stop and everywhere I go, ‘You need to tone it down a little bit, you need to be a franchise quarterback.’ It’s just not who I am,” Mayfield said. “I wear my emotions on my sleeves. I’m gonna talk shit, I’m going to do whatever, but when it’s time to turn the lights on and go do something I’m going to do it. So when I stepped into the building they all told me to just be myself.”
Bucs LB Lavonte David has fallen in love with the grind, which keeps him engaged and hungry entering his 14th season.
“My favorite part about the grind is that third, fourth day of full-pad practices and everybody is tired, everybody’s beat up, everybody’s complaining and then to just come out like ‘No, F that, I want to be the one to bring everybody on.’ I want to see everybody pick themselves up, and I want to be the guy bringing everybody up when they are going through hard times in camp,” David said, via the team’s website. “I just feel like that’s a part of the grind people do not really pay attention to. I feel like if I am one of those guys who can pick everybody up when it’s tough and it’s hard, then everything is going to be easy after that.”
David said that returning to the Super Bowl is his main goal as he begins the final stages of his career.
The Panthers signed WR Hunter Renfrow this offseason. When asked about the veteran receiver, QB Bryce Young said Renfrow is proving successful against both zone and man coverage.
“He has such a great feel for the game,” Young said, via PanthersWire. “Versus man, versus zone—he just has a great knack for getting open. He understands concepts. Understands defensive leverage. Does a really good job at the top of routes, creating separating, giving indicators. Really friendly and easy to throw to as a quarterback. So, super excited to build chemistry with him.”
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