Following their Wild Card victory on Monday evening, Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had loads to be comfortable about. Mayfield was profitable in guiding the squad to a stunning playoff win over the Philadelphia Eagles within the final Wild Card sport of the 2023/24 season.
With quarterback Tom Brady’s retirement on the finish of the earlier marketing campaign, few folks had excessive expectations for the Buccaneers this 12 months. Nevertheless, quarterback Baker Mayfield has drawn a whole lot of consideration from followers and observers alike.
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With 4,044 throwing yards, 28 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, Mayfield performed a key function within the Bucs’ 2023 NFC South championship. He added a landing and 163 yards of speeding as effectively. He’ll now undoubtedly profit from his excellent performances following Monday evening’s victory. The truth is, as a part of his contract’s incentive construction, the quarterback will obtain a $250,000 bonus for the Bucs’ postseason victory.
Earlier than the 2023 season, Mayfield inked a one-year ‘prove-it’ contract with the Bucs. Based on Spotrac, his contract is value $4 million in assured funds plus a $2,875,000 signing bonus.
Mayfield initially obtained $600,000 for ending within the high 5 within the NFC or high 10 within the league in passing yards and touchdowns as a part of his contract incentives. On high of that, he obtained one million {dollars} further for advancing into the postseason. Moreover, he has now obtained $250,000 in bonuses for successful a postseason match. He’ll obtain an additional $250,000 for every postseason victory he has this season.
Who will Baker Mayfield and Bucs play in subsequent spherical of the playoffs?
Within the last Wild Card spherical sport on Monday evening, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers utterly dominated the Philadelphia Eagles. The Bucs, who led by seven factors on the break, got here again for a decisive 32-9 victory to win the sport and transfer on to the Divisional Spherical of the playoffs.
Following their victory over the Eagles, Mayfield and the remainder of his battle-focused teammates will journey to face the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Jan. 21 at 3:00 p.m. ET. NBC will broadcast the sport.
This season, on Oct. 15, 2023, the Bucs and Lions performed one regular-season sport. That day, on the highway, the Lions prevailed 20–6. The Bucs will now attempt to actual revenge in an effort to advance to the NFC Championship Sport.