Chris Godwin And Baker Mayfield Connect For A Touch Down.
New York’s Orchard Park. Midway in the second quarter, wide receiver Chris Godwin and quarterback Baker Mayfield connected for a 3-yard touchdown on a slant pass to level the score after the Bucs had led 10-0 at the half against the Buffalo Bills. The touchdown made it 10–10 in the game.
The Bills had Taron Johnson aligned up opposite Godwin in man coverage. The Bucs had struggled greatly in the red zone, scoring just 6 touchdowns on 16 attempts going into tonight.
After eight games, the Bucs rank 28th in the league with a red-zone touchdown percentage of 37.5%.
After defeating Kyle Trask to start at quarterback, Baker Mayfield will be playing against the Buccaneers in Week 1—his fourth squad in three years.
Positively, he has access to one of the top wide receiver tandems in the NFL in Mike Evans with Chris Godwin.
The bad news is that Mayfield just finished the worst season of his career, which included being benched and cut of the Panthers before being rescued from the trash heap by the Rams.
As of right now, Mayfield ought to only appear on rosters in leagues where two quarterbacks may start, and even then, he should be considered a backup.
After being cut by three NFL clubs in a single year, the Bucs qb and Heisman Heisman winner had all but vanished from the public eye. However, he played to get back to relevance by helping Tampa Bay to a 3-1 start.
During the Bucs’ bye week, Mayfield was everywhere, fielding numerous queries from the media. Then, he was chatting it up with director Matthew McConaughey the the bench during McAfee’s webcast of the Oklahoma-Texas game.
In addition to hosting “The Pat McAfee Show,” “The Rich Eisen Show,” and a podcast opposite former Oklahoma manager Bob Stoops, he also served as an ESPN guest picker for “College GameDay.”
Chris Godwin, a former Penn State wide receiver, scores his first touchdown in the 2023 NFL season. In the second quarter, Godwin caught a 3-yard pass quarterback Baker Mayfield to tie Tampa Bay and Buffalo.
When the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers play, it’s a physical game, and things frequently become heated.
Having been ejected up to three times throughout their clashes, Mike Evans & Marshon Lattimore are the ones who bear the brunt of it.
However, the hostility is reciprocal and goes beyond those two, and on Sunday morning in the Superdome, things got tense.
Lattimore made multiple attempts to get an altercation out of Evans, but Evans refused to accept the bait.
However, it was another Saints player who delivered the game’s first dirty hit, sending Baker Mayfield sprawling to the ground and frightening the Bucs faithful.
In the third quarter, Mayfield hit Cade Otton for the game’s first touchdown, giving the Bucs a 7-3 lead.
Additionally, Baker was given a cheap shot in the play since he was pushed to the ground and unable to defend himself.
Although wide receiver Chris Godwin has been cleared to play, head coach Todd Bowles stated that quarterback Baker Mayfield of the Buccaneers is certain he will play against the Bills on Thursday night. Nevertheless, neither player was listed as a definite thing on the team’s final injury report.
Godwin and Mayfield are both rated as doubtful to play Buffalo. Godwin has a neck ailment and Mayfield had a knee problem, but both players exercised extensively on Wednesday, so it appears likely that they will start.
Less than an hour ago, during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ third & final preseason game against the Ravens, all eyes were on Baker Mayfield, the team’s starting quarterback and the former number one overall selection.
The opening drive wasn’t exactly off to a perfect start after winning the toss of the coin and choosing to take the football to start the game.
After Tampa Bay’s offense went for a quick three-and-out, the Ravens gained possession and scored a touchdown right away to grab a 7-0 lead.
However, it was evident that Mayfield was feeling dangerous when he regained possession of the ball after Deven Thompkins made a fantastic kickoff return.
The Buccaneers find themselves at Baltimore’s 11-yard line after a terrific toss and grab to Kaylon Geiger, two completions from Godwin, and two nice rushes by Rachaad White by tight end Cade Otton.