The Tampa Bay Buccaneers started their 2025 season without two of their top receivers from 2024, as Chris Godwin is coming back from last year's ankle dislocation and Jalen McMillan is out for a while with a severe neck sprain. As it turned out, that was not a problem for Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield.

Mayfield, who led the NFL over the 2023-24 seasons with 69 touchdown passes, started his 2025 campaign with three more scoring tosses. On the receiving end of two of them, both from outside the red zone: rookie wideout Emeka Egbuka.

Egbuka seemed a bit like a luxury pick and a future play when the Buccaneers took him 19th overall in this year's draft despite already rostering Godwin, McMillan and future Hall of Famer Mike Evans. Luxury quickly turned into necessity and Egbuka was t

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