There is one thing we know about Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield; if you trash talk him, he will respond. And often, he won’t make you look good, as Detroit Lions’ safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson recently discovered.
The Buccaneers are through to the NFL Divisional Round after an upset win against the Philadelphia Eagles and have the Detroit Lions standing in their way to the NFC Championship game. Gardner-Johnson recently talked about the matchup and praised the Bucs’ receiving core but also threw a shot at Mayfield by saying that the group would be better if they had a “good quarterback”.
“This group probably is one of the better groups we done faced all year, besides that Tampa group,” Gardner-Johnson told Detroit Free Press earlier this week. “If you give that Tampa group a good quarterback, that’s a great group. Evans, Godwin, (Russell) Gage, that’s a great group. I played against them for real.”
Mayfield didn’t take long to respond to Gardner-Johnson. He said that the Detroit safety didn’t pay much attention when watching the film. Otherwise, he would know that Gage hasn’t played all season due to an ACL injury.
“I don’t think he’s really watched the film because he mentioned Russell Gage,” said Mayfield. “You know, we love Russell, but he hasn’t played a snap this year for us. He must be going off the preseason stuff the media was talking about, but he didn’t play our first game so I’m excited to see him.”
