Baker Mayfield wins NFC Offensive Player of the Week

Let him bake.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback [autotag]Baker Mayfield[/autotag] baked on Sunday, and now he has the accolade to prove it.

The team announced Wednesday that Mayfield won the NFC’s Offensive Player of the Week award for his stellar effort against the Green Bay Packers in Week 15. Mayfield becomes the fourth player to win an award for the Bucs this season, joining punter Jake Camarda (NFC Special Teams Player of the Week), Antoine Winfield Jr. (NFC Defensive Player of the Week) and defensive tackle Calijah Kancey (NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month).

Mayfield was nigh perfect in Green Bay, and one could take that literally — he put up a perfect passer rating of 158.3 and completed 78.6% of his passes for 381 yards and four touchdowns. The game was one of the best Mayfield has played in his entire career to this point and helped lead the Bucs to a big 34-20 victory over the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.

Mayfield is the ninth Bucs quarterback to win the award and the first since QB Tom Brady did it in Week 5 of the 2021 season for his effort against the Miami Dolphins.

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