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– The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 38-35 on Sunday to move to 4-1 on the season. Tampa bay started 4-1 or better for the sixth time in franchise history (1979, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2021,2025).
– According to the Associated Press, the Buccaneers are the first team in NFL history with four wins by three-or-fewer points in their first five games of season.
– Tampa Bay remains in first place in the NFC South and has held at least a share of first place in 63 of the last 77 weeks.
– The Buccaneers 426 yards of offense on Sunday marked their most in a game this season and their most since Week 17, 2024 (551 yards vs. Carolina). After scoring 38 points on Sunday, the Buccaneers currently rank sixth in the NFL through Sunday’s 4 p.m. ET games with 135 points scored on the season in their first year under new Offensive Coordinator Josh Grizzard.
– Baker Mayfield completed 29-of-33 passes (87.9%) for 379 yards and two touchdowns, with zero interceptions, earning a 134.7 passer rating. His 87.9 completion percentage was the highest by any quarterback in a game this season, and the second highest of his career behind only his 90.5 completion percentage (19-of-21) on 9/19/21 vs. Houston as a member of the Cleveland Browns.
– Through Sunday’s 4 p.m. ET games, Mayfield ranks tied for third in passing touchdowns (10), fourth in passing yards (1,283), fourth in touchdown-to-interception ratio (10.0) and ninth in passer rating (104.4).
– Mayfield is 1-of-4 players since the 1970 merger with 375+ passing yards and a completion percentage above 85.0% in the same game, joining Tom Brady (10/18/09), Lamar Jackson (10/11/21) and Justin Herbert (9/24/23). Only Mayfield, Brady and Jackson have done so while averaging over 10.0 yards per pass attempt. Per CBS, Mayfield is the first quarterback in NFL history with 375+ passing yards and fewer than five incompletions in a regular season game.
– Sunday’s game marked the first in NFL history in which opposing quarterbacks each recorded 325+ passing yards and completed over 80 percent of their passes.
– Egbuka, a Tacoma, Washington, native notched a career-best 163 yards on seven receptions, with one touchdown. Egbuka’s five touchdown receptions through five career games are tied for the eighth-most since the 1970 merger and are the most ever by a Buccaneers player.
– The rookie wide receiver went over 100 yards receiving for the second consecutive game. Egbuka became the sixth wide receiver since 2020 to record back-to-back 100-yard receiving performances, joining Ja’Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, Puka Nacua, Amon-Ra St. Brown and Brian Thomas Jr.
– Egbuka is the first player in NFL history with 25+ receptions, 400+ receiving yards and five-or-more receiving touchdowns in his first five career games. He also became 1-of-4 players over the last 50 years with 20+ receptions, 300+ receiving yards and 5+ receiving touchdowns through five career games, joining Ja’Marr Chase (2021), Roy Williams (2004) and Randy Moss (1998).
– Egbuka’s 163...
