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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 30-19, to move to 5-1 on the year. It marks the sixth time in franchise history that the Buccaneers have started 5-1 (1979, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2021). Through Sunday’s 4:00 p.m. ET slate of games, the Buccaneers sit atop the NFC standings as the only 5-1 team (Detroit could match). Since Tampa Bay’s Week 11 bye last year, the Buccaneers are 11-2 in the regular season (.846) – the best record in the NFL over that span (Detroit could match). Dating back to the 2021 season, the Buccaneers have now held at least a share of the NFC South lead for 64 of the last 78 weeks.
– The Buccaneers produced 352 net yards of offense across 50 offensive plays on Sunday, averaging 7.0 yards per play after averaging 7.3 against the Seahawks in Week 5. As of Sunday’s 4:00 p.m. ET slate of games, the Buccaneers are the only team in the NFL to record consecutive games averaging at least 7.0 yards per play.
– Tampa Bay surpassed 100 rushing yards as a team for the fifth time this season – tied with four other teams for the most such occurrences this year.
– QB Baker Mayfield completed 17-of-23 passes (73.9%) for 256 yards and two touchdown passes compared to zero interceptions for a 139.0 passer rating. Over the last two weeks, Mayfield has completed 82.1% of his passes – highest mark among any quarterback over that span (Jared Goff could also meet this figure, pending Sunday Night Football). His 137.7 passer rating over the last two weeks also leads all such quarterbacks (again pending Jared Goff). During this two-game stretch, Mayfield has posted consecutive performances of averaging at least 11.0 yards per attempt – the only such span by any quarterback this season.
– Mayfield became just the ninth quarterback in NFL history to complete at least 82% of his passes while averaging at least 11 yards per attempt across multiple games within a single season, joining Jared Goff (2024, twice), Brock Purdy (2023), Ryan Tannehill (2015), Alex Smith (2012) and Peyton Manning (2008), Kurt Warner (1999), Rob Johnson (1997) and Ken Anderson (1974).
Through Sunday’s 4:00 p.m. ET slate of games, Mayfield’sranks among NFL leaders:
– Mayfield has three touchdown passes of 40 yards or more – the most by any quarterback in the NFL this season.
– Mayfield also recorded a 15-yard scramble on a third-and-14 in the third quarter, generating 27 yards after contact as he avoided a sack in the backfield. Per Next Gen Stats,Mayfield had just a 3.7% chance of picking up the first down via run at the onset of the play. The Buccaneers scored two plays later.
– RB Rachaad White contributed a season-high 86 yards from scrimmage in the form of 17 carries for 65 yards with...
