Baker Mayfield is applying leverage to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, setting a hard deadline to halt contract extensions once training camp begins in roughly a month. Head coach Todd Bowles believes Mayfield is the team’s franchise quarterback long-term following a 2025 campaign where Mayfield logged 3,693 passing yards and 26 passing touchdowns.
The former number one overall pick currently commands a 15.56-percent cap hit for the 2026 season, leaving both sides with significant ground to cover to find financial alignment. Mayfield’s Top-5 fantasy QB 2024 season proved to be a mirage in 2025, but Tampa will be forced to extend him based on position scarcity. Draft Mayfield with confidence in fantasy football superflex dynasty leagues.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Jalen McMillan has an ...
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With Mike Evans now in San Francisco, Chris Godwin assumes alpha status in Tampa Bay after a compromised campaign where he averaged 9.2 Fantasy Points Per Game following a severe 2024 ankle dislocation. No longer grinding the rehabilitation process, his trajectory points upward with a massive volume of vacated targets available in this passing game.
At a current WR40 price tag in best ball drafts, Godwin is a premier rebound candidate at a significant discount. At age 30.3. years of age, he has several years of high target share years left for bargain-shopping dynasty managers.
Ted Hurst has dominated recent practices, using his 6-4 frame and 4.42 speed to push for the Buccaneers’ X-receiver spot. Although the team features a deep receiving corps, he is the only TB receiver with the physical profile to play the Mike Evans role. Hurst can secure a major role on offense if his strong play continues through training camp.
Hurst is a name for fantasy managers to watch heading into the season. A top rookie draft sleeper for dynasty leagues, Hurst could become best ball-viable as he competes with Jalen McMillan throughout Bucs camp and preseason
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin is returning from a dislocated ankle and won’t be placed on Injured Reserve, but still isn’t expected on the field in the first four weeks of the season. General manager Jason Licht believes Godwin could return in week five or later.
Godwin isn’t the only Bucs wide receiver that will miss time to open the season, second year wide out Jalen McMillan was placed on IR with a neck injury. With Godwin and McMillan out for at least the first four weeks of the season first round rookie Emeka Egbuka will have to step up alongside Mike Evans in the Tampa Bay passing attack.
What was once considered their deepest position, wide receiver depth is now a question for the Buccaneers. Expect Baker Mayfield’s targets to consolidate around Evans and Egbuka for the opening weeks of the season.
Author: David Leonard (@RealDelcoDave)
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers got bad news for their receiver room. Second year player, Jalen McMillan has suffered a sprained neck after falling on the back of his head in a preseason matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The injury could keep McMillan out past the team’s Week 9 bye. With Chris Godwin not looking like a lock to start the season healthy, what was once a major depth piece for the Buccaneers is now becoming somewhat thinner. Fortunately, rookie Ohio State phenom Emeka Egbuka will be able to fill in. Egbuka has drawn high praise from starting quarterback Baker Mayfield and scored a touchdown in the matchup with the Steelers.
Egbuka is going in the middle of round 6 on Underdog and should see his ADP continue to rise. Mike Evans who is a near lock for 1,000 yards receiving every year can be drafted in the early part of round 4. Expect Godwin’s ADP to fall into the 9th round while McMillan will be lucky to be drafted at this point between now and the start of the season (current round 15 ADP).
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
McMillan heated up at the end of the year, scoring 16 or more PPR fantasy points and at least one Touchdown in the final five games of the regular season. Some may point to Touchdown dependency and possible regression, though it’s important to note he also earned five or more targets in each of these games.
While McMillan was relatively quiet in the Buccaneers playoff loss to the Commanders, it was encouraging to see him log a season-high 92% snap share, signaling that the coaching staff wanted to lean on him when they needed to most. Mike Evans will remain a fixture in Tampa Bay, but there is room for McMillan to further ascend in a wide receiver room devoid of any other major talent outside of Chris Godwin, who faces an uphill battle to return to fantasy relevance after suffering the second major injury of his NFL career in week 7.
With Baker Mayfield set to return in 2025, the Buccaneers figure to again be one of the top passing offenses in the NFL. Fantasy Managers should target McMillan now for a relatively low cost before he continues to pickup buzz this offseason.
-Jonny Tooma (@FantasyPicasso)
