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Buccaneers' Baker Mayfield has great response to lack of 1 offensive element

One of the biggest weapons in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ' offensive arsenal over the first portion of the season was Baker Mayfield's ability to scramble.

Not only that, but to scramble and keep drives alive on third down with big gains. Baker, in his first six games, had at least 13 rushing yards per game, which might not sound like a lot, but many of them were keeping drives alive.

But over the past three weeks? Baker's rushing ability has been nonexistent, no rush yards, no attempts, nothing.

Why is that?

"I think first, schematically, obviously starting in Detroit, they started with the spy defense on third down, some of that stuff," Mayfield said . "Just disciplined in the rush

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