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Baker Mayfield’s Near-Perfect Day Lifts Bucs to 4-1 With Fourth Straight Last‑Minute Win

Tampa Bay’s surge rests on Mayfield’s late-game precision despite a leaky, depleted defense.

Overview

  • The Buccaneers beat the Seahawks 38-35 in Seattle on Chase McLaughlin’s 39-yard field goal as time expired after Lavonte David intercepted Sam Darnold with 58 seconds left.
  • Mayfield went 29-of-33 for 379 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions, becoming the first NFL quarterback to top 375 passing yards with fewer than five incompletions in a regular-season game.
  • Tampa Bay is the first team whose first four wins of a season all came on a score in the final minute, and Mayfield now has four game-winning fourth-quarter drives through five games.
  • Both starters completed at least 80% with 325-plus yards for the first time in NFL history, as Darnold finished 28-of-34 for 341 yards and four TDs and later called his late interception “bad quarterback play.”
  • Injuries and defensive struggles persisted for the Bucs, who had no sacks and were without corners Jamel Dean and Benjamin Morrison, while RB Bucky Irving’s shoulder subluxation is reportedly expected to sideline him at least two weeks before a test against the 49ers.