Man, this video doesn’t look good.
After Sunday’s game in Carolina, where Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield played with hurt ribs, got hit a few times too and also injured an ankle, Mayfield could barely walk off the field.
NFL Network reporter Sara Walsh, who covered the game, shared video on NFL+ on Monday that she shot of Mayfield walking off the field after the game.
The guy looked like he was in serious pain. Walsh noted that often after a Bucs win Mayfield is jogging off the field, yelling and hollering and interacting with fans. Not in this video.
Mayfield walked off the field like he was Frankenstein. Only a flash of a smile with a coach. No interaction with others aside from a hug from a coach and lofting a football in the air to acknowledge the Bucs fans who hung out after the game.
Joe remembers FOX sideline reporter Shannon Spake saying in the second half that Mayfield was in such pain, all Mayfield did during a Stinking Panthers possession was sit on the bench, head hung low while breathing deeply as if searching for inner strength to get back on the field.
In Joe’s eyes, it’s a darn good thing the Bucs are playing the Eagles on Monday night. Mayfield is going to need all the rest he can get.
Wonder what Bucs coach Todd Bowles thinks of the father of his step-grandson right now?