Baker Mayfield has expert his fair share of setbacks since the Cleveland Browns selected him in the top rated place of the 2018 NFL Draft.

Immediately after a four-year run in Cleveland, Mayfield asked for a trade through the 2022 offseason. Previous July, he was traded to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for a draft decide. But, Mayfield had a turbulent tenure in Charlotte and was benched and eventually requested his release. The Panthers granted his ask for and he was later claimed off waivers by the Rams.

Mayfield is now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and is hoping to fill the void that 7-time Tremendous Bowl winner Tom Brady still left when he made a decision to retire for a next time.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) goes through a drill all through the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Schooling Camp on July 27, 2023 at the AdventHealth Education Heart at One particular Buccaneer Location in Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The Bucs have however to announce no matter if Mayfield or Kyle Trask will be the starting quarterback in 2023.

Even with the reduction of several crucial players this offseason and the uncertainty at the quarterback situation, Mayfield is still self-assured in his capabilities as he prepares for the impending year. 

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"I never want any individual on the exterior to notify me what I can or can’t do," Mayfield reported, by way of the Buccaneers site.

"I know what I am able of. Yeah, I signify I got damage in Cleveland. That is why my run ended there. Then previous yr, it was what it was in Carolina. All the things takes place for a explanation. I am listed here now, and I am ready to go. This workforce, you converse about skeptics and what the narrative is about this workforce, I think it speaks to our veterans and the individuals that ended up a portion of the run to the Super Bowl and the achievement that they have experienced just lately, much more so than me. I will constantly have a chip on my shoulder."

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) smiles for the duration of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp on July 27, 2023 at the AdventHealth Training Center at A single Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire by means of Getty Pictures)

Mayfield included that he is getting a working day-by-working day technique as he goes via instruction camp with his new staff. 

"That is how I method each individual day, but it is superior to be around a space and a group who has experienced that results and continues to have that mentality as properly. It is a good in shape, but we are heading to write our individual tale. You can not have on nearly anything from the earlier decades. You might internalize and feel about it, but absolutely nothing interprets to the next calendar year."

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Offensive Coordinator Dave Canales tells the engage in to Quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) in the course of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Education Camp on July 26, 2023 at the AdventHealth Instruction Center at One Buccaneer Put in Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire by means of Getty Visuals)

The NFC South was one particular of the worst divisions in the NFL final season. The Bucs won their 2nd consecutive division title with an 8-9 record and went on to eliminate to the Dallas Cowboys in the wild-card spherical.

The group retained head coach Todd Bowles for the 2023 year. Mayfield and the Bucs will attempt to establish doubters wrong by proclaiming a 3rd straight division title.

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Elsewhere in the NFC South, the Saints signed veteran quarterback Derek Carr. The Panthers hope rookie signal caller Bryce Young will be the extended-expression remedy. The Falcons extra previous Texas Longhorns star jogging back again Bijan Robinson to the roster, in an hard work set far more talent at talent positions all-around 2nd-calendar year passer Desmond Ridder.