Sunday marked the cease of a four-game slide for Baker Mayfield and the Bucs. And of their first victory in a month Baker balled out. Baker Mayfield was 24-30 for 294 yards. Whereas he didn’t throw for a rating, Baker Mayfield helped lead the Bucs offense to scores on 5 of their first six drives, operating for an 11-yard landing on a kind of drives. Mayfield’s 9.8 yards per try was the very best mark he has put up this season and second highest of his tenure in Tampa Bay.
Bucs QB Baker Mayfield – Photograph by: USA Right this moment
Mayfield was on one other stage on this sport. His completion share over anticipated was +8.9%. This means how significantly better or worse his precise completion share as in comparison with what would have been anticipated. His anticipated factors added per drop again was+0.42. He performed throughout the construction of the offense until the go rush required him to create out of construction.
And on the uncommon event the necessity arose for him to create out of construction, he nailed these alternatives. This included his scrambled and dot to Payne Durham, when he well turned down a dig as a result of he noticed center linebacker Bobby Okereke dropping into the window, in addition to his 11-yard scramble for a landing.
Baker needs to go to the dig, however Okereke falls again underneath it brilliantly. He has the swing to Bucky, however pulls it down, will get out and lofts a magnificence for Durham.
•Triple teaming Dex bc your TE3 can deal with Thibodeaux 1v1• Goedeke dominating Burns was a theme pic.twitter.com/cHh2NdOmtH
— Jon Ledyard (@LedyardNFLDraft) November 25, 2024
Baker’s Large Pictures Are Again
Bucs QB Baker Mayfield – Photograph by: USA Right this moment
The most effective a part of this efficiency was the return of the deep ball for Baker and the Bucs. Mayfield tried 4 passes of 20+ air yards in week 12, finishing three of them for 86 yards. These 4 throws represented 13.3% of his complete makes an attempt for the sport. That’s virtually double his season-long fee heading into the sport.
The three completions additionally introduced up his season-long completion fee on deep throws to 34.4%. With the return of Mike Evans, and Baker’s rising confidence within the performs drawn up for photographs and the gamers operating these routes it provides the lone component lacking from the Bucs offense over the previous month. Specifically a deep-shot component to the passing sport.
And Baker was completely ripping these, and different, throws on this sport. His gap shot to Jalen McMillan towards Cowl-2 was a magnificence.
Absurd rip by Baker. pic.twitter.com/tO9Lvm7q65
— Jon Ledyard (@LedyardNFLDraft) November 25, 2024
The 30-yarder to Rakim Jarrett was much more spectacular. With Jarrett operating a nook route from a condensed #2 right into a cover-3 drop by the perimeter nook, he’s successfully operating into the enamel of the defensive protection. Irrespective of. Baker noticed a delay within the nook’s drop and gunned an absolute magnificence to Jarrett. The popularity after which arm expertise to make that play is up there with every other quarterback within the league.
Simply an unimaginable throw to make the most of a small mistake by the nook. Don’t suppose Rak anticipated it. However good late palms to haul within the dime. pic.twitter.com/s0m399oQu4
— Joshua Queipo (@josh_queipo) November 27, 2024
And his endurance in pocket, adopted by scramble to set off a second response play whereas layering in a drop within the bucket for a 26-yard achieve to Mike Evans was playmaking at its most interesting.
Bucs operating 21 in a static unfold with completely no menace of a run. Simply lining up two backs extensive and saying, “We will win by way of the air this manner.” pic.twitter.com/01E8zbWKv5
— Joshua Queipo (@josh_queipo) November 26, 2024
Mayfield did all of this in windy situations with out placing the ball in hurt’s approach. Professional Soccer Focus credited him with two “Large Time” throws and no turnover-worthy performs. I’d argue it was 4-0, however the large factor is the zero. This model of Mayfield is great. A model able to elevating an already excellent solid round him.
And one able to taking this staff deep into the playoffs. The Bucs will want this Baker as they’re backed behind the eight-ball as they embark on the again half of their schedule. But when he maintains this stage of play be careful.
