Overview
- Mayfield wrote on X that he was "still waiting on a text/call" from Stefanski after being "shipped off like a piece of garbage," adding he "can’t wait" to face him twice a year.
- He was replying to Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter D. Orlando Ledbetter, who called Stefanski’s Browns quarterback situation a "dumpster fire" and said Mayfield and Deshaun Watson "failed."
- Stefanski’s hire by the Falcons places him in the NFC South, guaranteeing two regular-season games each year against Mayfield’s Buccaneers.
- Mayfield and Stefanski shared a successful 2020 season in Cleveland that produced an 11-5 record and the franchise’s first playoff win in 26 years, before injuries and the Watson trade preceded Mayfield’s 2022 exit.
- Since joining Tampa Bay in 2023, Mayfield has revived his career with Pro Bowl honors and division titles, and league coverage notes the Bucs–Falcons meetings will draw added attention.