Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield didn’t waste much time taking aim at Kevin Stefanski, his former coach in Cleveland and now current head coach of the NFC South-rival Atlanta Falcons.
Mayfield took a jab at Stefanski on social media Tuesday while addressing a post from an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter.
The newspaper writer wrote Stefanski was saddled with a “dumpster fire at quarterback in Cleveland — Baker Mayfield and Deshaun Watson failed, which started a chain reaction to 11 other starters.”
Mayfield, who played under Stefanski with the Browns from 2020-21, took issue with that comment before putting Stefanski on blast.
“Failed is quite the reach pal,” Mayfield wrote. “Still waiting on a text/call from him after I got shipped off like a piece of garbage. Can’t wait to see you twice a year, Coach.”
Mayfield, 30, guided the Browns to the playoffs in 2020 — their first postseason berth since 2002 — before requesting a trade out of Cleveland after the team acquired Watson during the 2022 offseason. The Browns shipped Mayfield to the Carolina Panthers for a fifth-round pick, and the top overall pick of the 2018 NFL Draft requested his release and signed with the Los Angeles Rams later in 2022.
Mayfield has found success in Tampa Bay, earning back-to-back Pro Bowl selections in 2023 and 2024 while helping the Buccaneers capture consecutive division titles. The team limped to an 8-9 record this season and missed the playoffs.
The Falcons hired Stefanski on Saturday to replace the fired Raheem Morris as their new head coach. They finished 8-9 in the 2025 season.
–Field Level Media
