The team is doing everything they can to not only incentivize Mayfield this year, but sweeten the deal and make it clear they want to keep him around long term. Mayfield hasn’t had this kind of love from a team before so it could be the type of positive reinforcement that actually works. Even when the Bucs extended him after the 2022 season.

Mayfield and the Buccaneers agreed Monday to a reworked contract that gives the quarterback $30 million guaranteed in 2026, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Mayfield signed a three-year, $100 million contract after throwing for 4,