Baker Mayfield heard "MVP!" chants during the first month-and-a-half of the 2025 season, and it wasn't all due to his prolific passing numbers. With 158 rushing yards through the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' first six games, Mayfield was on pace to blow away his previous single-season high of 378 yards, set just last year. Clutch scrambles late in wins over Houston and San Francisco helped the Bucs run out to a 5-1 record and came in handy as the Bucs' talented receiving corps kept taking injury hits.

Unfortunately, the injury bug started to bite Mayfield, as well. First a knee ailment and then an oblique strain put an obvious limit on his mobility; that coupled with some opponents starting to use a backfield spy on him shut down his rushing opportunities for multiple weeks. In fact, Mayfield di

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