Quarterback · Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Baker Mayfield

No. 6 · 9th season

Baker Mayfield has started every game for three years and he'd like you to know he's fine

There's a version of this conversation where Baker Mayfield nods politely and says sure, he'll be more careful out there. That's not what happened.

Mayfield has been one of the more durable quarterbacks in football over the past three years — not a single missed start across that whole stretch. That kind of consistency is rarer than it sounds. Quarterbacks get hurt. They get benched. They lose jobs. Mayfield has done none of those things.

So when the suggestion came up that he should do more to protect himself from taking hits, he pushed back. The streak speaks for itself, and he seemed to feel that pretty clearly.

For a player who has had to rebuild his career and his reputation more than once, staying on the field isn't just a physical thing — it's the whole argument. Every game he starts is another data point in a case he's been quietly making for a while now.

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