Bucs QB Baker Mayfield responds to Lions’ C.J. Gardner-Johnson’s comments
Things are already heating up for the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers playoff game to be a banger. Lions S C.J. Garder had a not-so-nice comment about Bucs QB Baker Mayfield not being a good quarterback. "If you give that Tampa group a good quarterback, that's a great group. (Mike) Evans, (Chris) Godwin, (Russell) […]
Things are already heating up for the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers playoff game to be a banger.
Lions S C.J. Garder had a not-so-nice comment about Bucs QB Baker Mayfield not being a good quarterback.
"If you give that Tampa group a good quarterback, that's a great group. (Mike) Evans, (Chris) Godwin, (Russell) Gage, that's a great group. I played against them for real," the Lions defender said, according to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.
Mayfield responded when asked about the question in typical Mayfield fashion.
"I don't think he's really watched film because he mentioned Russell Gage. We love Russell, but Russell hasn't played a snap all year for us. He must be going off the preseason stuff," Mayfield said Wednesday, according to Matt Matera of PewterReport.
This season, the Bucs’ No. 3 pass catcher has been RB Rachaad White and he has 64 catches for 549 yards. Both Mike Evans and Chris Godwin crossed the thousand-yard mark this season.
Mayfield has 28 touchdowns to 10 interceptions and has been a relatively solid quarterback for Tampa Bay this season. Gardner-Johnson’s comments are likely to get a little chirping going before the game.
The winner will have the last laugh when they play Sunday at 3:00 p.m. in Detroit. You can bet that the Lions’ defensive back is going to try to get his hands on a Mayfield pass.
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