It was one of the most memorable plays of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' entire 2024 season. It might have been the play of the season if the game in which it occurred had ended better for the Buccaneers. On the network broadcast of the game, color commentator Tom Brady called it, "One of the best plays I've ever seen a quarterback make."

Brady was referring to a stunning moment of grit, bravado and improvisation spun by the man who succeeded him as the Buccaneers' starting quarterback, Baker Mayfield . Just after the two-minute warning of Tampa Bay's Week 10 home game against the San Francisco 49ers, Mayfield and the offense faced a must-have fourth-and-seven at their own 37, with the visitors leading by three points. Fail to convert, and Mayfield very well might not touch the ball again

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