'Disrespected' Baker Mayfield warns Buccaneers 'it's only going to get worse' after failed contract talks

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Baker Mayfield used the word "disrespected" and phrases such as "very disappointed to say the least" and "undervalued after thinking you've earned it," so it's pretty obvious the team's starting quarterback is not thrilled about how the Tampa Bay Buccaneers handled his recent contract negotiations.

Those negotiations have ended now. Mayfield imposed a start-of-training-camp deadline to bring them to a close and he's sticking to it.

But the weeks of negotiations and offers the Bucs made before the deadline have left him in an unhappy place. And that's not a good place for any player, much less the team's starting quarterback, to be to start training camp.

BAKER MAYFIELD'S SELF-IMPOSED CONTRACT DEADLINE ARRIVES AS BUCCANEERS AND QUARTERBACK FAIL TO AGREE ON DEAL

Tampa Bay Buccaneers newly signed Quarterback Baker Mayfield addresses the media on March 20, 2023 at AdventHealth Training Center in Tampa,FL. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"It's disappointing in the regard to have, you know, to feel disrespected a little bit," Mayfield told reporters. "And, um, that's really the disappointing part to feel undervalued after, you know, thinking you've earned it.

"This is not a poor-me thing. There's a lot other people that have it way worse off, but I can sit here and look at other quarterbacks and peers and evaluate myself based on that and put myself in certain categories that I deserve