Baker Mayfield Doubles Down On His ‘hatred’ Of Rival Saints

Baker Mayfield has conscionable astir perfectly fresh into his domiciled arsenic nan backmost of nan Buccaneers for galore reasons—one of which is his axenic hatred of their section rival, nan Saints.

During an interview pinch Barstool Sports' Pardon My Take podcast this past summer, Mayfield said he didn't consciousness bad that Tampa Bay threw nan shot precocious successful a blowout complete New Orleans past play to get wide receiver Mike Evans complete nan 1,000-yard mark, because he "hate(s) nan Saints."

Fast guardant to Week 8 of nan 2025 NFL season, and nan MVP campaigner is doubling down connected his claim.

"It hasn't precisely been cleanable play from their portion erstwhile we play them," Mayfield said astatine his weekly property conference connected Wednesday erstwhile asked astir his distaste for nan Saints up of their matchup this Sunday. "It's a beingness game. It is what it is. You expect it, section rival. Yeah, not overmuch other to opportunity too nan truth that I don't for illustration them."

Since joining nan Buccaneers successful nan 2023 offseason, Mayfield has faced disconnected against New Orleans 4 times, starring Tampa Bay to a 3-1 grounds while completing 69% of his passes for 1,101 yards, 11 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.

Sunday's title will footwear disconnected astatine 4:05 p.m. ET from New Orleans' Caesars Superdome.

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