Baker Mayfield has fired shots at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The veteran quarterback was hoping to reach an agreement with the Bucs over a long-term contract extension before training camp.Mayfield will play the 2026 NFL season and see out his current contractGettyHe is keen to remain with Bucs organization, but revealed the two parties were ‘far apart’ in negotiations.Now, training camp has begun, and no agreement has been reached, with Mayfield now expected to play the 2026 NFL season under his current three-year, $100 million contract, which will see him earn $10 million in base salary. He will then enter the market as an unrestricted free agent in 2027 unless he lands the franchise tag, with the Bucs taking a massive gamble.Mayfield told reporters on Thursday that it was “disappointing” not to reach an agreement over an extension that he feels he has earned. “I’ve been pretty honest about my feelings about Tampa, and it being the home for our family, raising kids here. We love it here,” Mayfield said. “I wanted a deal done and set a deadline, and told them [front office] it was going to be all ball after that. I did mean that.“I don’t know if they thought I was just going to take the first offer they gave, but I’m at the point in my career, and understanding what I’ve brought to this franchise. “One, I’m very, very thankful for the chance they gave me. Do not get me wrong on that. But also, I really know what I’ve brought to this franchise leadership-wise, and even play-wise. “It’s been some of the best years of my career, and I only feel it’s going to trend upwards. Just being comfortable and feeling that.”Mayfield believes he is a franchise QBThe 31-year-old insists that he is a franchise quarterback — a view the front office apparently shares.Mayfield has made it clear he wants to stay in Tampa Bay for the long-termGettyBaker Mayfield is all in on this season amid the stalled contract negotiationsGetty“So it’s disappointing in that regard, to feel disrespected a little bit. That’s really the disappointing part, to feel undervalued after thinking you earned it,” he continued. “This is not a ‘poor me’ thing. There’s a lot of other people who 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, and I deserve to be compensated for that.“I think I’m a franchise quarterback. I’ve been told I’m a franchise quarterback. It’s been said publicly from ownership down here. So to not have a deal done here is very disappointing. “But the deadline is the deadline. … After today, I’m not answering any more because I’m not negotiating any more.”In conversation with ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Mayfield also revealed that the Bucs offered him a two-year deal, which wasn’t enough years for him. Mayfield revitalized his NFL career in TampaGettyFurthermore, he was seeking a deal in the $50 million range annually, a figure that signal callers including Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, and Justin Herbert all receive, among others. Despite not getting the new deal he desperately wanted, Mayfield will not let that have any effect on his commitment to giving everything for the team next season. Mayfield turned the entire trajectory of his career around when he arrived in Tampa Bay ahead of the 2023 season. Before then, he had bounced around the league with the Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams after leaving the Cleveland Browns, where he was drafted with the No. 1 overall pick in 2018. Joining the Bucs on a one-year prove-it deal in 2023, he impressed enough – earning two Pro Bowl nods – to still be here four seasons on.In his three years in Tampa so far, Mayfield has completed a career-high 66.3 percent of his passes for 12,237 yards and 95 touchdowns to just 37 interceptions in the regular season. He vows to be even better next season, now that he no longer appears to be dealing with a shoulder injury, and he now has the failure to get a new long-term contract finalized to use as added motivation for the upcoming campaign. Get ready, Mayfield is looking to prove absolutely everybody wrong in 2026.