Todd Bowles: Baker Mayfield, Kevin Stefanski will have to "figure out" their beef

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The NFL will release its schedule next month, and among the games to watch are the Buccaneers' NFC South matchups against the Falcons. Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield added some spice to an already spicy rivalry after the Falcons named Kevin Stefanski their new head coach. The two men spent two seasons together in Cleveland. It apparently was one season too long. In a social media post, Mayfield accused Stefanski of not contacting him after a 2022 trade to the Panthers, accusing the coach of treating him "like a piece of garbage." Mayfield also pointedly said, "Can't wait to see you twice a year, coach." Last week, Bucs coach Todd Bowles told Josina Anderson of the Exhibit News Network that Mayfield and Stefanski would have to decide it on the field. "I think that's something that they have to figure out from that standpoint since we can’t have a boxing match where they get in the ring with each other and knock each other out," Bowles told Anderson. "You know we're going to back our guy Baker, and I'm sure they're going to back their coach as well. It's a division game, so it's already going to be a tough-fought, hard-fought game, so it just adds to it." Stefanski took the high road in his response to Mayfield, who has since downplayed his initial remarks .