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