Hot Mic Caught Baker Mayfield Telling Steve Young His Plans for NFL Free Agency

The Buccaneers quarterback is a free agent this offseason.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield is hitting free agency this offseason after just one year with the team, but it sounds like he plans to stay in Tampa Bay.

During a break on the Up & Adams Show on Wednesday, microphones caught Mayfield speaking about his free agency with Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young.

The full conversation couldn’t be clearly heard, but it sounded like at one point Mayfield said he wanted to go back to the Buccaneers and “get some pieces back.”

!HOT MIC!

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield chats w/ Steve Young on Up & Adams set today about staying in Tampa Bay

BM says “getting some (Bucs) pieces back”, & responds “yea” to being in the right spot & settling in career wise

Sure seems like Bucs will Bake again@953WDAE @JayAndZWDAE pic.twitter.com/qhq3HKe5rY

— 𝗭𝗮𝗰 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗻𝗲𝗿🎙 (@ZacOnTheMic) February 7, 2024

Mayfield reiterated his desire to stay in Tampa in front of the camera as well, speaking on First Things First later in the day.

“I would love to be back,” Mayfield said. “Obviously the pieces have to fall in the right place for me to be back. ... I love playing there. It got me back to a good headspace and playing football and enjoying it again. We’ll see what happens.”

"I'd love to be back in Tampa. I love playing there. It got me back to a good headspace & playing football & enjoying it again."

— @bakermayfield on if he expects to be back in Tampa next season, his relationship with new Bucs OC Liam Coen & how influential his time in LA was: pic.twitter.com/mE0b8DeRxX

— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) February 7, 2024

The Buccaneers finished the 2023 season with a 9–8 record. Mayfield led the team to the NFL divisional round after upsetting the Philadelphia Eagles 32–9 in the wild-card game. Tampa Bay lost 31–23 to the Detroit Lions in the divisional round.