Butker's 69-Yard Bomb Didn't Even Win the Game
Harrison Butker hit a 69-yard bomb that would've broken the NFL record. Then he missed the kick that actually decided the game. Neither one matters.
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Harrison Butker hit a 69-yard bomb that would've broken the NFL record. Then he missed the kick that actually decided the game. Neither one matters.
Sixteen NFL players just won court orders to void their contracts and return to college football. That tells us plenty about what those deals are worth.
Three fights, a Geno Smith pick-six, and a Jets DB taken off on a stretcher -- this joint practice needed an ambulance more than a highlight reel.
Vita Vea wants out of Tampa Bay after watching Jalen Carter and Jeffery Simmons get paid ahead of him, and now his hold-in has left him hurt, too.
Baker Mayfield reported to camp with no deal, and Tampa Bay stalling for months didn't create leverage. It built an $80 million trap of its own.
Vita Vea asked the Bucs for a trade. Tampa Bay answered with a permanent mural on Raymond James Stadium instead of a trade call. That is not a coincidence.
Baker Mayfield backed Vita Vea's trade fight instead of saving leverage for his own deal. That's not a nice teammate gesture. That's a message.
Baker Mayfield's camp deadline came and went without a deal. The Bucs just ran the same play that cost them Mike Evans, except this time it's their quarterback.
Vita Vea requested a trade from Tampa Bay after months of stalled contract extension talks, and the front office saw this coming the whole offseason.
Gibbs and Mayfield are both in contract standoffs as training camps open. The reasons look different. The cause is the same — and the league designed it this way.
Baker Mayfield set his own training camp deadline on his Buccaneers contract extension — and now he's the one sweating it. Two weeks to sign or get traded.
The Cleveland Browns are already fielding trade calls about Shedeur Sanders. He hasn't been to a single training camp practice. This is the thing they do.
Baker Mayfield said contract talks are nowhere close and set a training camp deadline. Tampa Bay's response was a shrug. The shrug is correct.
Baker Mayfield set a July 27 camp deadline, the Buccaneers are nowhere close on a deal, and the NFL is running its favorite QB underpayment story once again.
The Bucs expect Baker Mayfield to blink before camp. I have seen this playbook. It ends with a bad deal or burned bridge. They already handed him the narrative.