Baker Mayfield announced another leave now Tampa Bay lost…..
During downtime at training camp, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield texted a picture of a Goldendoodle puppy sign he saw at the team hotel, which led to a big surprise.
When Mayfield came home to his wife, Emily, there was a “big brother” shirt on his dog, prompting Mayfield to search for a new puppy.
Instead, Emily Mayfield had some other news — a baby on the way.
Last time against the Falcons, Mayfield completed 64.3% of his passes for 275 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception. The Buccaneers fell short 16-13 in the process.
“The first game was a little hard to watch filmwise just going back through it and seeing the improvements that we’ve had,” Mayfield said about the first meeting. “But they presented different issues for us that we had to learn from — some blitz package issues.”
Since that loss, the Buccaneers have scored two or more touchdowns in every game. Tampa Bay also snapped a four-game losing streak in the process and went 2-2 in the past four games. Now, the Buccaneers have the season on the line against the Falcons.
“They’re obviously leading the division,” Mayfield said. “Divisional games are already important, but obviously where we’re at right now [is] extremely important for us and just got to be singular focus on any way we can beat the Falcons.”