Baker Mayfield threw 4 landing passes and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by no means trailed in defeating visiting Washington 37-20 on Sunday at Tampa, Fla., spoiling the Commanders debuts for coach Dan Quinn and rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels.
Within the season opener for each groups, Mayfield accomplished 24 of 30 passes for 289 yards, with three totally different teammates on the receiving finish of the landing performs. Mike Evans had two landing grabs whereas Chris Godwin had a game-high 83 receiving yards with a landing.
Daniels, final yr’s Heisman Trophy winner for LSU, was 17-for-24 passing for 184 yards and was sacked twice. He rushed for a game-high 88 yards, together with a pair of 1-yard landing runs.
Till their remaining possession, which was capped by Daniels’ second 1-yard TD run, the Commanders had extra dashing yards than passing yards.
Mayfield, the 2017 Heisman Trophy winner with Oklahoma, guided the Buccaneers into scoring place on almost each possession.
The Buccaneers opened a 23-7 lead within the third quarter when Mayfield attached with Godwin for a 4-yard landing go.
Daniels produced his first NFL landing later within the quarter on a 1-yard run because the Commanders pulled inside 23-14. However the Buccaneers received again into the top zone on the primary play of the fourth quarter on Mayfield’s 32-yard go to Jalen McMillan.
To cap their scoring, the Buccaneers went 91 yards in 12 performs with Mayfield’s 1-yard flip to Evans with 3:34 left within the sport.
The Buccaneers scored on their first three possessions. Chase McLaughlin kicked discipline targets of 56 and 34 yards.
With Tampa Bay main 6-0, Washington kicker Cade York missed extensive proper on a field-goal try from 47 yards out on a 10-play possession.
The Buccaneers responded by driving 63 yards in eight performs, capped by Mayfield’s 17-yard TD go to Evans.
Washington received rolling once more for a 74-yard drive with Brian Robinson working in from 7 yards out to chop the hole to 13-7.
McLaughlin’s third discipline aim of the half — a 29-yarder — made it 16-7. The half ended with Tampa Bay holding a 205-120 edge in whole yards.
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