Bucs have never paid top dollar to a quarterback

Buccaneers owner Joel Glazer recently said it doesn’t hurt to write a big check to a quarterback. He wouldn't know, because the Bucs have never done it. Yes, they paid Tom Brady.

But not top-of-market money. When he arrived in 2020, the Bucs gave him $25 million per year. The market, at the time, was led by Patrick Mahomes, at $45 million annually.

(Before Mahomes signed his second deal, the market leader was Russell Wilson, at $35 million. ) On PFT Live , Chris Simms and I went through the list of Tampa Bay quarterbacks since the franchise was founded in 1976. (Simms was one of them.

) None has ever gotten a top-dollar, market-level contract. With Baker Mayfield entering the final season of a three-year, $100 million deal, those days could be ending. It's not like Mayfield will get $60 million per year.