When seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady announced his retirement from the NFL in February 2023, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quickly found their replacement a month later, signing then-free agent Baker Mayfield to a one-year deal.

The New England Patriots are still struggling to replace Tom Brady under center, but it didn't take the Tampa Bay Buccaneers long. They signed former No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield to a one-year deal in 2023,

Baker Mayfield , coming off a tumultuous 12 months, which included him being replaced by Deshaun Watson in Cleveland , to a disappointing stint in Carolina, to a brief return to relevance in Los Angeles, signed in Tampa on a one-year 'prove it' deal, worth just $4 million.