Baker Mayfield Gives Update on Injured Ankle After Wednesday Practice

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield will be ready to rock and roll against the Las Vegas Raiders.

Dec 1, 2024; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) looks to pass in the second quarter at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images / Bob Donnan-Imagn Images

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will need their star quarterback for any chance to make the playoffs this season. And thankfully, it looks like a recent injury won't slow him down much, if at all.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield suffered an ankle injury against the Carolina Panthers last Sunday when a Panthers player stepped on him after a sack. He was sore and played through pain, but after a few days off, it seems as if his foot has healed fine. When he was asked about his ankle, he made it clear he was set to play against the Las Vegas Raiders this weekend.

"Yeah, it’s a part of my job just to get ready to physically play," Mayfield said. "[I’m] doing my recovery stuff, everything I need to do to be able to be ready to play and yeah, [I] feel decent. [I’m] still a little sore but it’s Week 13 or 14 in the NFL so [I] got to go.”

Additionally, head coach Todd Bowles said that if the Buccaneers had practiced on Wednesday — they did a walkthrough — Mayfield would have been fine.

Todd Bowles says that if today’s practice was a real practice and not a walkthrough, Baker Mayfield would have been a full participant.

— River Wells (@riverhwells) December 4, 2024

“He would have been [a] full [participant]," Bowles said.

That's encouraging news for the Buccaneers, who need to win almost every game remaining in the year to make the playoffs. That run continues on Sunday, when they play the Las Vegas Raiders at home at 1 p.m.

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