The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are having a Sunday they wish they could do over, and that is despite their new found lead. Despite their ups and downs today with penalties and the defense playing behind, there have been bright spots.
One of the bright spots on Sunday against the Saints came when Baker Mayfield found Jalen McMillan in the endzone.
Mayfield entered the fourth quarter with just 107 passing yards to his credit, but after the last drive, he now has 182 to his credit. Most of those have gone to Jalen McMillan, with whom he connected for two separate 30+ yard catches, with the second being for a touchdown.
In the play below, you can see Mayfield rolling out to his opposite side and establishing himself to connect with McMillan with a dot to the endzone. The rookie wide receiver would score in his fifth straight game after securing the catch and getting both feet down before going out of bounds.
The touchdown reception for McMillan puts him behind only Randy Moss for most consecutive games with a touchdown reception as a rookie (7).
THE DIME 🎯 THE CATCH 🙌
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