The Tampa Bay Buccaneers stay very a lot alive within the race for the NFC South title.
Led by a stellar sport from quarterback Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay thumped the Panthers, 48-14 and stored itself within the playoff hunt headed into Week 18.
The Bucs swept the season sequence over the Panthers, outscoring them 74-37 within the two video games. Tampa Bay received wonderful quarterback play in each video games, particularly in Sunday’s victory.
As talked about above, Mayfield was wonderful, finishing 27-of-32 passes for 359 yards and 5 touchdowns. It was Mayfield’s first sport this season with 5 touchdowns and his second straight sport with 300+ passing yards.
Mike Evans continued his quest in the direction of 1,000 yards, ending with 97 yards and two touchdowns.
Evans will want 85 yards in Week 18 in opposition to the Saints to get to 11 straight seasons with 1,000 receiving yards.
Jalen McMillan (5 catches, 51 yards, two touchdowns) and Payne Durham (two catches, 36 yards, landing) had been the recipients of Mayfield’s different three landing passes.
The landing catch for Durham was the primary of his NFL profession.
Tampa Bay will nonetheless need assistance to get into the playoffs. With a Washington win on Sunday in opposition to Atlanta, a Tampa Bay win in Week 18 would safe the division title.
With an Atlanta victory, Tampa Bay would wish to win in Week 18 and have Washington lose to Dallas to clinch a spot within the playoffs.
