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Baker Mayfield Talks Culture Shift, As*hole Josiah Trotter September 1st, 2026There was all kinds of crowing a year ago about how great the Bucs’ culture was. Joe didn’t realize “soft” was a part of that. Maybe the Bucs didn’t realize how soft they were. That’s possible. Joe’s been on teams and seen teams that thought they had it all figured out but then came apart at the seams. That was the Bucs last season. Consecutive losses to the Saints, Falcons and Panthers were an abomination, followed by a quitter-like effort against the tanking Dolphins. So change was needed and it wasn’t just players, says Baker Mayfield. He talked to the Green Light podcast several days ago at One Buc Palace for an episode that published yesterday. Mayfield talked about the additions to the defense’s front-7 and saved his fondest affection for rookie second-round pick Josiah Trotter. “Trotter, we needed a guy like that. He’s an as*hole and I love it,” Mayfield said. After talking about free agent defensive tackles A’Shawn Robinson and Rakeem Nuñez-Roches, and how “nasty” Calijah Kancey is when healthy, Mayfield said the team is significantly different. “Improvement up front with the players and also just culture-wise, they’re not going to take any sh*t. We needed that,” Mayfield said. Joe hears this stuff and can’t help but think of Lavonte David and how so many people raved about how David successfully led the defense and forged its identity.