TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers keep losing key players and stockpiling wins.

That’s because Baker Mayfield is playing his best football.

Down to their Nos. 5-8 wide receivers, Mayfield threw a pair of touchdown passes to players who had never caught one before in the NFL in a 30-19 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Kameron Johnson’s 34-yard TD catch was his first career reception. Tez Johnson’s 45-yard TD reception was only the sixth catch of the season for the rookie.

They stepped up to help the Buccaneers reach 5-1 for the sixth time in franchise history. No other NFC team has five wins.

The four-time defending NFC South champions entered the season with lofty expectations. They haven’t advanced past the division round of the playoffs since Tom Brady led them

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