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Baker Mayfield has the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 3-0 through the first three weeks of the 2025 NFL season, but Sunday’s win over the New York Jets appeared to mean more for the quarterback.

Mayfield got the Buccaneers into a position to allow Chase McLaughlin to kick a 36-yard field goal for the win after Jets linebacker Will McDonald IV recovered a blocked a field goal attempt on the previous drive and returned it for a touchdown to give New York the lead.

McLaughlin nailed the kick, and Tampa Bay won the game, 29-27.

Mayfield said after the game the win was personal for him given that it was Jets defensive coordinator Steve Wilks who cut him while the two were with the Carolina Panthers.

“I loved it,” he said of beating the Jets. “Also, the

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