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Mayfield Returns to Face Cleveland

The Buccaneers quarterback will play his former team for the first time since 2022 when the two teams meet on September 20, per Sports Illustrated.

Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, September 20, 2026, in Week 2 - Mayfield's first contest against the Browns since being traded by the team in 2022, per Sports Illustrated.

For Mayfield, the fixture is distinguished by what it represents: a return to the organization that once shaped his NFL path. Homecomings of this kind carry inherent narrative weight in professional football.

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