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• Updated Jun 21, 2026 at 7:59am

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Will Baker Mayfield be able to lead the Bucs to a Super Bowl?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers scouting department shouldn’t get time off, shouldn’t get an offseason, shouldn’t get vacations, and should be eating lunch at their desks right now.

Things are that serious.

With the future of starting quarterback Baker Mayfield up in the air in the final year of his 3-year, $100 million contract, and with a possible quarterback class for the ages coming up in the 2027 NFL draft, there is a lot of work to do.

Too much work to take days off, and too much work with Mayfield not having signed an extension yet — the Buccaneers need to be ready.

There’s even a chance the 2027 class breaks the record for quarterbacks taken in the 1st round — 6 each in 1983 and 2024.

“The 2027 NFL Draft QB class is insanely deep,” NFL insider Jordan Schultz wrote on his official X account in April following the 2026 NFL draft. “I can tell you right now: there are teams and scouts who are absolutely giddy about it.”

It’s up to the Buccaneers to have all the information about all of them when the moment comes.

Up to 10 Quarterbacks Could Go in 2027 1st Round

It’s hard to comprehend at this point, but it’s a possibility up to 10 quarterbacks go in the 1st round of the 2027 NFL draft and blow the previous records out of the water.

Here are the 10 quarterbacks, right now, who have been landing in the 1st round of recent mock drafts:

• Dante Moore, Oregon
• Arch Manning, Texas
• Julian Sayin, Ohio State
• Drew Mestemaker, Oklahoma State
• CJ Carr, Notre Dame
• Sam Leavitt, LSU
• Darian Mensah, Miami
• Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss
• LaNoris Sellers, South Carolina
• Brendan Sorsby, Texas Tech (supplemental draft)

It should be noted that all but Sellers, Manning, and Carr started their college careers at other schools.