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In Tampa, the Baker Mayfield contract saga has a new tone. Bucs GM Jason Licht came out Friday saying he's "very optimistic" about keeping Mayfield in Tampa beyond two thousand twenty six, even after the quarterback publicly said he felt "disrespected" by the team's initial offer. That tension hasn't cooled the front office's confidence, and it sounds like both sides want this to work — the question is whether the money catches up to the mood.
Over in Green Bay, the Packers closed out the preseason on a high note, rallying past the Cardinals forty two to thirty eight. Kyle McCord was the story, throwing four touchdown passes including two to Kisean Johnson in the final three and a half minutes. With Jordan Love resting, McCord made a serious case that the backup room in Green Bay is in capable hands heading into the regular season.
And in Kansas City, a preseason matchup that ended in the strangest way possible — a nine to nine tie between the Seahawks and the Chiefs after Jason Myers missed a fifty two yard field goal as time expired. Seattle's Jalen Milroe showed some real promise, but nobody's walking away happy from a deadlock in August.
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