For most of the season, the NFC South felt like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' division to lose. Now, four losses in five games have opened the door just wide enough for the Carolina Panthers, and Baker Mayfield knows it.
Mayfield didn’t sound panicked during his latest media availability, but he sounded aware. Aware that the division he once controlled now hinges on how he plays in two matchups against the league’s hottest climber.
“We’re still in control of our own destiny — that’s just a fact,” Mayfield said. “We’re tied for the division, we would love to be ahead and in a different spot, but we are where we are and we control our own destiny, win one game at a time and see what happens.