Dak Prescott and Jared Goff have played great this season, but with all due respect to them, no one has done more with less than Baker Mayfield.
The Buccaneers quarterback, missing his top four receivers and his starting running back, willed his team to another victory. He didn’t need a comeback this time.
Mayfield and the Bucs beat the 49ers 30-19 to move to 5-1. Tampa Bay’s other four wins were by a total of nine points, and their only loss was 31-25 to the Eagles.
The 49ers slipped to 4-2 and lost star linebacker Fred Warner to a serious ankle injury. They already were playing without Nick Bosa, Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall and George Kittle, among others.
The Bucs, already playing without Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Jalen McMillan, lost rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka to a hamstring i